ebook-convert breaks internal hyperlinks?

johnstephens · 09-05-2013, 05:49 PM

Hi!

I have a shell script I use to grab some URLs generated by my app via wget, and then convert the XHTML documents into EPUB and MOBI ebooks, thanks to Calibre. Very nice.

I have added internal hyperlinks to the XHTML documents to link footnote markers in the text to endnotes at the end of the document and vice versa.

Code:

My footnote marker<a href="#endnote_1x824" id="marker_1x824">1</a>.

...

<li id='endnote_1x824'>My footnote text. <a href='#marker_1x824'>^</a></li>

When I noticed the ebook hyperlinks were broken, I checked WGET to make sure that WGET wasn't corrupting the links, but the links still looked normal.

But after I convert a document to EPUB, the links are messed up:

Code:

<li id="endnote_1x824" class="calibre19">My footnote text. <a href="{HTML filename}#marker_1x824">^</a></li>

Is there an argument I can pass to ebook-convert to bring working internal hyperlinks over?

kovidgoyal · 09-05-2013, 11:40 PM

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=186697

johnstephens · 09-11-2013, 02:38 PM

Thank you, Kovid! This helped me identify the problem, which was caused by a flag on wget, not by Calibre. Sorry for adding static to the forum, and thanks again for all you do!

09-05-2013, 05:49 PM	#1
johnstephens Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Harrisonburg, VA - USA Device: Kindle, Nook, iPad	ebook-convert breaks internal hyperlinks? Hi! I have a shell script I use to grab some URLs generated by my app via wget, and then convert the XHTML documents into EPUB and MOBI ebooks, thanks to Calibre. Very nice. I have added internal hyperlinks to the XHTML documents to link footnote markers in the text to endnotes at the end of the document and vice versa. Code: My footnote marker<a href="#endnote_1x824" id="marker_1x824">1</a>. ... <li id='endnote_1x824'>My footnote text. <a href='#marker_1x824'>^</a></li> When I noticed the ebook hyperlinks were broken, I checked WGET to make sure that WGET wasn't corrupting the links, but the links still looked normal. But after I convert a document to EPUB, the links are messed up: Code: <li id="endnote_1x824" class="calibre19">My footnote text. <a href="{HTML filename}#marker_1x824">^</a></li> Is there an argument I can pass to ebook-convert to bring working internal hyperlinks over?

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09-05-2013, 11:40 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,198 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=186697

09-11-2013, 02:38 PM	#3
johnstephens Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Harrisonburg, VA - USA Device: Kindle, Nook, iPad	Thank you, Kovid! This helped me identify the problem, which was caused by a flag on wget, not by Calibre. Sorry for adding static to the forum, and thanks again for all you do!