Outputting endnotes that work everywhere

[chezjim]

My books tend to use a lot of end-notes. Since I've typically looked at my SIGIL output through Adobe Reader, I never saw any problem with these. But then checking a book in Aquile reader I see they aren't really clickable.

So I tried a test implementation of this syntax:


For the reference in the main text:
xml
<a id="fn1" href="#fn1a" epub:type="noteref">^[1]</a>
For the endnote:
xml
<aside epub:type="footnote" id="fn1a">
<p><a href="#fn1">[1]</a> Endnote text here.</p>
</aside>

Only this doesn't work either, even if I follow the models very closely and only change the file names.

Raising two questions: should SIGIL end note output work in Aquile and most other readers?

If the above syntax is what is required, why does the tool not use it by default? (Clearly adding it for every HTML-style end note would be meticulous).

[DiapDealer]

It's possible that Aquile is the problem. How many reading systems have you tried it with? Sigil doesn't really have any control over whether or not valid links are not clickable on various readers. Not all readers are as spec compliant as they should be. If your footnotes are working with Adobe's RMSDK, then I suspect they should work in any reputable reading system. I've not heard of Aquile before, so I can't comment on its reputation.

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by chezjim

So I tried a test implementation of this syntax:


For the reference in the main text:
xml
<a id="fn1" href="#fn1a" epub:type="noteref">^[1]</a>
For the endnote:
xml
<aside epub:type="footnote" id="fn1a">
<p><a href="#fn1">[1]</a> Endnote text here.</p>
</aside>

If the endnotes are at the end of the html file, your syntax should work. If it doesn't work in Aquile reader, maybe you have to prefix the href values by the actual file names.

Also the syntax that you used can only be used in epub3 files. If you used it in an epub2 book you might want to convert it an epub3 book with KevinH's epub3tizer plugin.

[chezjim]

Originally Posted by Doitsu

If the endnotes are at the end of the html file, your syntax should work. If it doesn't work in Aquile reader, maybe you have to prefix the href values by the actual file names.

Also the syntax that you used can only be used in epub3 files. If you used it in an epub2 book you might want to convert it an epub3 book with KevinH's epub3tizer plugin.

Thanks. It's a new SIGIL output, so I'd expect it to be epub3, but I'll check.

In fact, the footnotes do work in several other readers. But it seems to me they do in other files on Aquile as well. I'll have to double-check.

Thanks for your help.

[Turtle91]

You can set Sigil’s default for new epubs to either ePub2 or ePub3… so definitely check.
You can easily see the version in the title bar at the very top of the Sigil window.