html2epub and OPF files

ilovejedd · 05-19-2009, 02:07 PM

Ok, so Windows XP sucks at the whole unicode via command-line thing, but I've noticed that all the command-line conversion utilities support OPF input. My question is, how strict are the command-line utilities with OPF files (particularly html2epub)?

Say, I have:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<package version="2.0" xmlns="http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf">
 <metadata xmlns:opf="http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf">
   <title>Title Goes Here</title> 
   <creator>I.M. D’Author</creator>
 </metadata>
 <manifest>
  <item id="story" href="story.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />
 </manifest>
</package>

Will html2epub fix it, divide story.xhtml into chapter/300KB chunks, create the spine/table of contents, etc?

kovidgoyal · 05-19-2009, 02:21 PM

Yes, it will, though you should use any2epub and you may have to specify the spine in addition

ilovejedd · 05-19-2009, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Yes, it will, though you should use any2epub and you may have to specify the spine in addition

Ok, so if I have:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<package version="2.0" xmlns="http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf">
 <metadata xmlns:opf="http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf">
   <title>Title Goes Here</title> 
   <creator>I.M. D’Author</creator>
 </metadata>
 <manifest>
  <item id="story" href="story.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" />
 </manifest>
 <spine toc="ncx">
  <itemref idref="story" />
 </spine>
</package>

And I use the following command-line:

Code:

any2epub --level1-toc "//*[@class='chaptertitle']|//*[@class='toctitle']" --chapter "//*[@class='chapter']" --chapter-mark "pagebreak" --use-auto-toc "Title Goes Here.opf"

any2epub will copy the metadata (in this case title and author) from the OPF file, divide story.xhtml into chunks and create its own OPF file containing the new table of contents for the epub file?

kovidgoyal · 05-19-2009, 03:17 PM

yes .

ilovejedd · 05-19-2009, 03:52 PM

Ok. Thanks a bunch! Don't have my laptop with me, otherwise I'd just test.

05-19-2009, 02:07 PM	#1
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,110 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	html2epub and OPF files Ok, so Windows XP sucks at the whole unicode via command-line thing, but I've noticed that all the command-line conversion utilities support OPF input. My question is, how strict are the command-line utilities with OPF files (particularly html2epub)? Say, I have: Code: <?xml version="1.0"?> <package version="2.0" xmlns="http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf"> <metadata xmlns:opf="http://www.idpf.org/2007/opf"> <title>Title Goes Here</title> <creator>I.M. D’Author</creator> </metadata> <manifest> <item id="story" href="story.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml" /> </manifest> </package> Will html2epub fix it, divide story.xhtml into chapter/300KB chunks, create the spine/table of contents, etc? Last edited by ilovejedd; 05-19-2009 at 02:10 PM.

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05-19-2009, 02:21 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,157 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Yes, it will, though you should use any2epub and you may have to specify the spine in addition

05-19-2009, 03:17 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,157 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	yes .

05-19-2009, 03:52 PM	#5
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,110 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	Ok. Thanks a bunch! Don't have my laptop with me, otherwise I'd just test.

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