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Old 06-29-2012, 09:47 PM   #1
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# sign in a book name causes the TOC non-functional
I have found that if a html (zip) book name contains the # sign, converting the book to mobi or epub causes the auto-generated TOC non-functional.
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Old 06-29-2012, 11:12 PM   #2
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I have found that if a html (zip) book name contains the # sign, converting the book to mobi or epub causes the auto-generated TOC non-functional.
# is the signal to use a named anchor:

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MyBook.html#midchapter
A mobi expert will need to answer if book named 'door#1.mobi' would bomb the TOC generator
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# is the signal to use a named anchor:

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MyBook.html#midchapter
A mobi expert will need to answer if book named 'door#1.mobi' would bomb the TOC generator
It seems to be happening only during the conversion. If I rename a mobi file with working TOC and use the # sign in the new name, the TOC is unaffected.

I just want to add that I do not complain about Calibre, I do not need to add the # sign in the names. I just report this here to warn the people.

I used the # in some names and after some time I've realized that the TOC did not work. It took me a while to find that this was the reason.

BTW, Sigil is doing it too when converting from html to epub...
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Old 06-30-2012, 12:18 AM   #4
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It has nothing to do with mobi. A # sign in an html filename will cause problems, as # is a reserved character in html. Do not use # signs in html files.
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It has nothing to do with mobi. A # sign in an html filename will cause problems, as # is a reserved character in html. Do not use # signs in html files.
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