LRF output - Page 56

gwynevans · 04-06-2009, 10:51 AM

Before loading into Calibre, put "///Table of Contents///" near the start of the text and "## " at the start of the line before each Chapter heading, e.g.

Code:

///Table of Contents///

## Chapter 1
text
...

## Chapter 2
text
...

then see what the book looks like on the reader after conversion

old soldier · 04-06-2009, 12:20 PM

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mmaimon · 04-20-2009, 05:52 AM

I used Calibre to convert a pdf book, the outcome was a pure text, although the font size was reasonable and comfort to read on my prs-505 ebook reader, the whole graphics of the book seemed to have lost completely.

I just wanted to know if this what the outcome should be? or is there a way to use Calibre and still keep some of the appearance of the book right?

BlackVoid · 04-20-2009, 06:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mmaimon

I just wanted to know if this what the outcome should be? or is there a way to use Calibre and still keep some of the appearance of the book right?

Not with PDF. Try to convert it to LIT first and/or use Bookdesigner.

Ea · 05-03-2009, 06:05 AM

I've been trying to create an ebook using the demo files for creating books with html2lrf that Kovid attached to the first post of this thread.

My book consists of 11 short stories and I'd prefer if I could handle them seperately instead of having everything in one big file. As far as I understand it's possible to link to files you want included, but apparently I don't know how to do it.

I have a "master" html file with cover and table of contents etc. and then I assume I should put in the links to the short stories that are each an html file. And I assume I should put all files in a zip file before adding it to calibre for conversion.

I guess I don't know what markup to use for linking to the story files. A tried <a href=" ... and <link href="... - not sure if either of those is correct. In both cases I tried linking to three files, but the book that was created only contained the last file and no table of contents. Incidentally, the name of that file is also the last alphabetically, which leads me to suspect it's not working and calibre is simply just converting the last file in the zip archive.

Does all this make sense? I can attach sample file if needed.

itimpi · 05-03-2009, 06:23 AM

Normally you would only add the master HTML file (the one containing the cover image and table of contents). Calibre will create the required ZIP file pulling in all the files referenced by links in the master one.

Ea · 05-03-2009, 06:41 AM

Okay, thanks. But it doesn't seem to make any difference. I've one some more testing, it looks like calibre is creating a book from the last file in the list of links. No table of contents or the other files (it's short stories). For example in this list, the book will be created with the last file, in this case "Stuck on you"

<a href="the_allure_of_la.html" />
<a href="the_ghosts_of_christmas_crack.html" />
<a href="stuck_on_you.html" />

itimpi · 05-03-2009, 08:01 AM

That does not look like valid HTML to me!

I would expect the links to be of the form

<a href="the_allure_of_la.html">The Allure of La</a>

as the <a> tag is meant to enclose something that can be clicked on.

You should load the first page into the browser and check it behaves like you want it to.

Ea · 05-03-2009, 08:21 AM

No, you are right, it's not valid. Well, I changed it, and converted again. Now the first file in the list was converted, but still no table of contents or other files. I'm working from the demo file, so I assume it is okay for conversion, and my master file looks like this:

<html>
<head>
<style type='text/css'>
.toc { page-break-after: always; text-indent: 0em; }
.tocpn {text-align: right; }
.tocchr {text-align: right;}
.hanging_indent { padding-left:4em; text-indent:-4em }
.drop { text-indent: 0pt}
.drop:first-letter { font-size:xx-large}
.h2 { page-break-before: always; text-indent: 0em;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Book title</h1>
<p>Blurb text</p>

<h2 id="toc">Table of Contents</h2>
<ul style='page-break-after:always'>
<li><a href="#every_year_again_its_christmas">Every Year Again it's Christmas</a><br /> —For Silverchipmunk</li>
<li><a href="#now_and_then">Now and Then</a><br /> —For Laura McEwan</li>
<li><a href="#the_other_side_of_the_window">The Other Side of the Window</a><br /> —For Ancasta</li>
</ul>

<a href="every_year_again_its_christmas.html">story one</a>
<a href="now_and_then.html">story 2</a>
<a href="the_other_side_of_the_window.html">story 3</a>

</body>
</html>

I don't know if I am adding the links to the files correctly, but I assume if I want a table of contents that link to the story headers, I would need to do it this way?

kovidgoyal · 05-03-2009, 02:06 PM

How exactly are you converting?

Ea · 05-03-2009, 02:12 PM

I'm creating the html file(s). Then importing them into calibre and converting via the GUI.

Edit: if I put everything into one big file it works as intended - which is why I'm assuming the problem lies in linking to the individual story files...

kovidgoyal · 05-03-2009, 02:33 PM

You HTML file should all be in one folder and the HTML file you import into calibre should be the one that links to all others. Also when you import it, does calibre create a ZIP file?

Ea · 05-03-2009, 02:46 PM

I keep all the files in one folder (there's more files in that folder, but I don't know if that's a problem?). Calibre creates a zip file when I import.

I've just checked: I saved the files in calibre to disk after importing the 'master' file, and got a zip archive with these files - see attached screen shot.

It's the 'master' file and the files it links to, And they look okay in a text editor. Also tried one more time to convert to lrf and send the lrf to device, just in case. Still only the first story in the list of three (
<a href="every_year_again_its_christmas.html">story one</a>) and no toc.

kovidgoyal · 05-03-2009, 03:44 PM

open a ticket and attach the zip file

itimpi · 05-03-2009, 04:19 PM

The HTML is still not valid!

It should be something like:

Code:

<li><a href="#now_and_then">Now and Then</a><br /> &mdash;For Laura McEwan</li>
<li><a href="#the_other_side_of_the_window">The Other Side of the Window</a><br /> &mdash;For Ancasta</li>
</ul>

<a name="the_other_side_of_the_window />
<a href="every_year_again_its_christmas.html">story one</a>
<a name="the_other_side_of_the_window.html" />
<a href="the_other_side_of_the_window.html">story 3</a>

The point is that the href="#xxx" type syntax needs a named point in the same file to jump to - it cannot be a reference to an external link.

Whether this would fix your problem I do not know.

04-06-2009, 10:51 AM	#826
gwynevans Wizzard Posts: 1,402 Karma: 2000000 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: iPad 2, iPhone 6s, Kindle Voyage & Kindle PaperWhite	Before loading into Calibre, put "///Table of Contents///" near the start of the text and "## " at the start of the line before each Chapter heading, e.g. Code: ///Table of Contents/// ## Chapter 1 text ... ## Chapter 2 text ... then see what the book looks like on the reader after conversion

04-06-2009, 12:20 PM	#827
old soldier Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Moscow Device: Sony PRS 505 silver	Dear gwynevans! I'm grateful for your time, that you spending for me. I have got a lot of important information not only about Sony reader, but about much more useful things. Now I can help for many other Sony reader owners, that expierenced the same difficulties with their devices, but couldn't get a help from our community due to they didn't knew English sufficiently. I admire from Kovid, who developed Calibre. Thank you very much, friends! Last edited by old soldier; 04-07-2009 at 06:29 AM.

04-20-2009, 05:52 AM	#828
mmaimon Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: prs-505	Lrf Output I used Calibre to convert a pdf book, the outcome was a pure text, although the font size was reasonable and comfort to read on my prs-505 ebook reader, the whole graphics of the book seemed to have lost completely. I just wanted to know if this what the outcome should be? or is there a way to use Calibre and still keep some of the appearance of the book right?

05-03-2009, 02:12 PM	#836
Ea Wizard Posts: 3,490 Karma: 5239563 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3\|iPad air\|iPhone 4S	I'm creating the html file(s). Then importing them into calibre and converting via the GUI. Edit: if I put everything into one big file it works as intended - which is why I'm assuming the problem lies in linking to the individual story files... Last edited by Ea; 05-03-2009 at 02:21 PM. Reason: added note

05-03-2009, 02:46 PM	#838
Ea Wizard Posts: 3,490 Karma: 5239563 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3\|iPad air\|iPhone 4S	I keep all the files in one folder (there's more files in that folder, but I don't know if that's a problem?). Calibre creates a zip file when I import. I've just checked: I saved the files in calibre to disk after importing the 'master' file, and got a zip archive with these files - see attached screen shot. It's the 'master' file and the files it links to, And they look okay in a text editor. Also tried one more time to convert to lrf and send the lrf to device, just in case. Still only the first story in the list of three ( <a href="every_year_again_its_christmas.html">story one</a>) and no toc. Attached Thumbnails

05-03-2009, 06:05 AM	#830
Ea Wizard Posts: 3,490 Karma: 5239563 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3\|iPad air\|iPhone 4S	I've been trying to create an ebook using the demo files for creating books with html2lrf that Kovid attached to the first post of this thread. My book consists of 11 short stories and I'd prefer if I could handle them seperately instead of having everything in one big file. As far as I understand it's possible to link to files you want included, but apparently I don't know how to do it. I have a "master" html file with cover and table of contents etc. and then I assume I should put in the links to the short stories that are each an html file. And I assume I should put all files in a zip file before adding it to calibre for conversion. I guess I don't know what markup to use for linking to the story files. A tried <a href=" ... and <link href="... - not sure if either of those is correct. In both cases I tried linking to three files, but the book that was created only contained the last file and no table of contents. Incidentally, the name of that file is also the last alphabetically, which leads me to suspect it's not working and calibre is simply just converting the last file in the zip archive. Does all this make sense? I can attach sample file if needed.

05-03-2009, 06:23 AM	#831
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,552 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	Normally you would only add the master HTML file (the one containing the cover image and table of contents). Calibre will create the required ZIP file pulling in all the files referenced by links in the master one.

05-03-2009, 06:41 AM	#832
Ea Wizard Posts: 3,490 Karma: 5239563 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3\|iPad air\|iPhone 4S	Okay, thanks. But it doesn't seem to make any difference. I've one some more testing, it looks like calibre is creating a book from the last file in the list of links. No table of contents or the other files (it's short stories). For example in this list, the book will be created with the last file, in this case "Stuck on you" <a href="the_allure_of_la.html" /> <a href="the_ghosts_of_christmas_crack.html" /> <a href="stuck_on_you.html" />

05-03-2009, 08:01 AM	#833
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,552 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	That does not look like valid HTML to me! I would expect the links to be of the form <a href="the_allure_of_la.html">The Allure of La</a> as the <a> tag is meant to enclose something that can be clicked on. You should load the first page into the browser and check it behaves like you want it to.

05-03-2009, 08:21 AM	#834
Ea Wizard Posts: 3,490 Karma: 5239563 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3\|iPad air\|iPhone 4S	No, you are right, it's not valid. Well, I changed it, and converted again. Now the first file in the list was converted, but still no table of contents or other files. I'm working from the demo file, so I assume it is okay for conversion, and my master file looks like this: <html> <head> <style type='text/css'> .toc { page-break-after: always; text-indent: 0em; } .tocpn {text-align: right; } .tocchr {text-align: right;} .hanging_indent { padding-left:4em; text-indent:-4em } .drop { text-indent: 0pt} .drop:first-letter { font-size:xx-large} .h2 { page-break-before: always; text-indent: 0em;} </style> </head> <body> <h1>Book title</h1> <p>Blurb text</p> <h2 id="toc">Table of Contents</h2> <ul style='page-break-after:always'> <li><a href="#every_year_again_its_christmas">Every Year Again it's Christmas</a><br /> —For Silverchipmunk</li> <li><a href="#now_and_then">Now and Then</a><br /> —For Laura McEwan</li> <li><a href="#the_other_side_of_the_window">The Other Side of the Window</a><br /> —For Ancasta</li> </ul> <a href="every_year_again_its_christmas.html">story one</a> <a href="now_and_then.html">story 2</a> <a href="the_other_side_of_the_window.html">story 3</a> </body> </html> I don't know if I am adding the links to the files correctly, but I assume if I want a table of contents that link to the story headers, I would need to do it this way?

05-03-2009, 02:06 PM	#835
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,019 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	How exactly are you converting?

05-03-2009, 02:33 PM	#837
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,019 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You HTML file should all be in one folder and the HTML file you import into calibre should be the one that links to all others. Also when you import it, does calibre create a ZIP file?

05-03-2009, 03:44 PM	#839
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,019 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	open a ticket and attach the zip file

05-03-2009, 04:19 PM	#840
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,552 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	The HTML is still not valid! It should be something like: Code: <li><a href="#now_and_then">Now and Then</a><br /> —For Laura McEwan</li> <li><a href="#the_other_side_of_the_window">The Other Side of the Window</a><br /> —For Ancasta</li> </ul> <a name="the_other_side_of_the_window /> <a href="every_year_again_its_christmas.html">story one</a> <a name="the_other_side_of_the_window.html" /> <a href="the_other_side_of_the_window.html">story 3</a> The point is that the href="#xxx" type syntax needs a named point in the same file to jump to - it cannot be a reference to an external link. Whether this would fix your problem I do not know.

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