Missing Table of Contents - Page 2

Manichean · 03-30-2011, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by hmf

Could it be a setting in Calibre I've overlooked or some interaction with a plugin I've added.

There's no way a normal installation of Calibre can do this, there are no relevant settings, either. You mentioned plugins, though, which ones do you have installed in addition to the ones that ship with Calibre? And while we're on the topic, what version of Calibre are we talking about?

hmf · 03-30-2011, 03:15 AM

Sorry..I meant right side which shows the TOC in Sigil 4. I did resolve the issue which included a bit of user error I'm embarrassed to say. I'm certainly glad Calibre was not the issue since its such a marvelous tool.
Thanks to those who tried to help.

Manichean · 03-30-2011, 03:16 AM

Enlighten us. What was the problem?

hmf · 03-30-2011, 03:34 AM

OK...have a laugh...
I started to use Sigil 4. I decided to install it on my SSD array. Previously Sigil was on another drive. The version Calibre pointed to was the earlier version. When I opened the files not added to Calibre I would drag them to the desktop icon...which of course was Sigil 4. Why the chapters didn't show in Sigil3.4 TOC Editor I can't say but my problems seem to be taken care of.

DoctorOhh · 03-30-2011, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by hmf

I started to use Sigil 4. I decided to install it on my SSD array. Previously Sigil was on another drive. The version Calibre pointed to was the earlier version. When I opened the files not added to Calibre I would drag them to the desktop icon...which of course was Sigil 4. Why the chapters didn't show in Sigil3.4 TOC Editor I can't say but my problems seem to be taken care of.

Thanks for sharing the reason. You won't hear any laughter from me, I'm sure I've done worse.

The funny thing is we all know why the chapters didn't show in Sigil3.4 TOC Editor, theducks explained it in post 10. The next time you have a Sigil problem the forum is one forum further down on the Mobileread forums page.

Manichean · 03-30-2011, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by hmf

Why the chapters didn't show in Sigil3.4 TOC Editor I can't say but my problems seem to be taken care of.

That would probably be because that version of Sigil tries to rebuild the TOC from h tags. Depending on how chapters are marked in the ePub, that might not work.

theducks · 03-30-2011, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by ldolse

on a side note, based on your descriptions of Sigil's GUI it's fairly clear you don't have a good grasp of what an epub TOC is. The left hand side pane of Sigil is not a 'TOC' - an epub is made up of many files and the left hand side shows the file list.

FYI Sigil 4 Beta has a second window that Is an 'Active TOC' (you can even navigate the chapters) that replaced the older (<v4) TOC Editor
The reason I stopped using the beta, is because of 'split' (mis-)ordering issues

(split,merge and S&R in CV are my most heavily used features

)

Starson17 · 03-30-2011, 11:49 AM

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Oops, accidental edit removed

I hate it when I hit "edit," not "quote."

Starson17 · 03-30-2011, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by theducks

The reason I stopped using the beta, is because of 'split' (mis-)ordering issues

(split,merge and S&R in CV are my most heavily used features

)

I know it's a bit off-topic, but this thread is nearly finished anyway - When you merge, do you worry about the size of the merged components? I know Calibre splits at a maximum size, but I've never run into a problem on my readers with files that are too large.

kiwidude · 03-30-2011, 12:14 PM

I don't worry about it because I am always merging for the purposes of re-splitting into chapters and just "assume" they will be small enough when done. Besides, not sure a Kindle has the page size problem anyway, isn't it only certain devices that do?

What I *do* worry about is double checking that Sigil hasn't thrown away the text instead of merging it. I have had that happen a couple of times - once after about an hour of s&r/editing operations where I hadn't clicked save first

(I am not running the latest Sigil, and yes this is heading OT in the wrong forum, sorry).

theducks · 03-30-2011, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Starson17

I know it's a bit off-topic, but this thread is nearly finished anyway - When you merge, do you worry about the size of the merged components? I know Calibre splits at a maximum size, but I've never run into a problem on my readers with files that are too large.

I split, then Merge a fragment (usually caused by not having a clean 'chapter' for Calibre to break on).
And Yes, I worry about size. (I requested size info/warnings),
Valloric is a 'purist'. Size is NOT in the EPUB spec

But since I split on Chapter boundries, I have yet to see a problem size.

Starson17 · 03-30-2011, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by theducks

I have yet to see a problem size.

Thanks for the comments. I also split on chapters and merge fragments, but I've never been sure if I'll later see a problem doing that.

theducks · 03-30-2011, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Starson17

Thanks for the comments. I also split on chapters and merge fragments, but I've never been sure if I'll later see a problem doing that.

You can always use the 'T' feature of Calibre Library and look at the component pieces, and 'cancel' the Tweak-EPUB session

Manichean · 03-30-2011, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Starson17

I hate it when I hit "edit," not "quote."

I had to get used to that as well

03-30-2011, 03:34 AM	#19
hmf Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 108 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle	OK...have a laugh... I started to use Sigil 4. I decided to install it on my SSD array. Previously Sigil was on another drive. The version Calibre pointed to was the earlier version. When I opened the files not added to Calibre I would drag them to the desktop icon...which of course was Sigil 4. Why the chapters didn't show in Sigil3.4 TOC Editor I can't say but my problems seem to be taken care of. Last edited by hmf; 03-30-2011 at 03:38 AM.

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03-30-2011, 03:15 AM	#17
hmf Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 108 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle	Sorry..I meant right side which shows the TOC in Sigil 4. I did resolve the issue which included a bit of user error I'm embarrassed to say. I'm certainly glad Calibre was not the issue since its such a marvelous tool. Thanks to those who tried to help.

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Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	Enlighten us. What was the problem?

03-30-2011, 12:14 PM	#25
kiwidude Calibre Plugins Developer Posts: 4,728 Karma: 2197770 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis	I don't worry about it because I am always merging for the purposes of re-splitting into chapters and just "assume" they will be small enough when done. Besides, not sure a Kindle has the page size problem anyway, isn't it only certain devices that do? What I do worry about is double checking that Sigil hasn't thrown away the text instead of merging it. I have had that happen a couple of times - once after about an hour of s&r/editing operations where I hadn't clicked save first (I am not running the latest Sigil, and yes this is heading OT in the wrong forum, sorry).

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