ePub Problems

Mechatherium · 01-25-2020, 04:12 PM

I have a similar problem. I just ran a completed EPUB thorough the commandline version of epubchecker and most of my errors are in the form:

Code:

ERROR(RSC-005): How to Commit Suicide epub 12520.epub/OEBPS/Text/Text.xhtml(285,55): Error while parsing file: value of attribute "id" is invalid; must be a string matching the regular expression "[^\s]+"

I used id tags to set up navigation in the document. When I visually inspected them they seemed to be OK; each was unique and began with a character.

Perhaps if I know what "string matching the regular expression "[^\s]+" meant. Does it mean the ids must begin with a space?

Doitsu · 01-25-2020, 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mechatherium

Perhaps if I know what "string matching the regular expression "[^\s]+" meant. Does it mean the ids must begin with a space?

It literally means that ids mustn't contain spaces. IIRC, this is a generic EPUBCheck error message that is also displayed if there are other problems with the id, for example, if the id contains non-ASCII characters other than hyphens, underscores, colons or periods.

What kind of id values did you use?

Mechatherium · 01-25-2020, 07:25 PM

First, Doitsu, thanks for replying so fast!

Most are sigil_toc_id_# where # is a number (autogenerated by Sigil)

There's also poetry/verse that is identified by the name. The first is a song called "I Have Faith" identified by "I Have Faith". Would spaces trip the error?

Mechatherium · 01-25-2020, 07:48 PM

OK, I replaced all the spaces in my ID names with underscores. I made sure to update all the links as well!

The error messages are gone!

01-25-2020, 04:12 PM	#1
Mechatherium Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2020 Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Android tablet	ePub Problems I have a similar problem. I just ran a completed EPUB thorough the commandline version of epubchecker and most of my errors are in the form: Code: ERROR(RSC-005): How to Commit Suicide epub 12520.epub/OEBPS/Text/Text.xhtml(285,55): Error while parsing file: value of attribute "id" is invalid; must be a string matching the regular expression "[^\s]+" I used id tags to set up navigation in the document. When I visually inspected them they seemed to be OK; each was unique and began with a character. Perhaps if I know what "string matching the regular expression "[^\s]+" meant. Does it mean the ids must begin with a space?

01-25-2020, 07:48 PM	#4
Mechatherium Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2020 Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Android tablet	Just checked with epubcheck again OK, I replaced all the spaces in my ID names with underscores. I made sure to update all the links as well! The error messages are gone!

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01-25-2020, 07:25 PM	#3
Mechatherium Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2020 Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Android tablet	First, Doitsu, thanks for replying so fast! Most are sigil_toc_id_# where # is a number (autogenerated by Sigil) There's also poetry/verse that is identified by the name. The first is a song called "I Have Faith" identified by "I Have Faith". Would spaces trip the error?

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