Superscript in titles

paulpeer · 01-19-2010, 06:03 AM

I'm working on a book with many superscripts in the titles. If I create the code as follows

<h3>TITLE<sup><a href="#sdfootnote24sym" id="sdfootnote24anc">24</a></sup></h3>

the book view looks perfecly but the TOC shows: TITLE24

If I change the code to

<h3>TITLE</h3> <sup><a href="#sdfootnote24sym" id="sdfootnote24anc">24</a></sup>

the TOC is perfect, but the book view looks stupid (superscript on next line).

Does anyone has a suggestion?

Thanks!

Valloric · 01-19-2010, 07:15 AM

I don't think you'll ever be able to get text display as superscript in the TOC. Not because of Sigil, but because I doubt you can express a superscript in the NCX file. The NCX doctype is, well, "ncx". It's not HTML. I doubt there's a "<sup>" tag (I could be wrong).

What I would do is this:

Code:

<h3 title="TITLE^24">TITLE<sup><a href="#sdfootnote24sym" id="sdfootnote24anc">24</a></sup></h3>

That is, display the superscript correctly in the book, but use the common "^" notation for the TOC. The "title" attribute overrides the content of the element for the TOC generation.

paulpeer · 01-19-2010, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valloric

The "title" attribute overrides the content of the element for the TOC generation.

Yeees! That's the trick I was looking for. Thanks very much, Valloric!

rogue_ronin · 01-19-2010, 04:48 PM

If the NCX allows unicode, then you could fake it by using superscript characters directly:

Code:

Title²⁴

m a r

Valloric · 01-19-2010, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rogue_ronin

If the NCX allows unicode, then you could fake it by using superscript characters directly.

Damn good idea. An NCX is still an XML file, and thus uses Unicode. And since Sigil is fully Unicode aware and exports everything as UTF-8, you can use this:

Code:

<h3 title="Title²⁴">

But there's a good chance a Reading System will screw up the rendering. Try it in ADE first.

Jellby · 01-20-2010, 08:37 AM

But if the "24" is just a note call, I don't think anyone would want it showing in the TOC.

And using Unicode is not always a solution. It does not work if you have "M<sup>lle</sup>" or "3.<sup>er</sup>" in your titles (although in these cases, rendering the superscripts as normal text is an acceptable solution).

01-19-2010, 06:03 AM	#1
paulpeer Zealot Posts: 147 Karma: 56 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Antwerpen Device: iPhone, Sony PRS-505, EPUBreader	Superscript in titles I'm working on a book with many superscripts in the titles. If I create the code as follows <h3>TITLE<sup><a href="#sdfootnote24sym" id="sdfootnote24anc">24</a></sup></h3> the book view looks perfecly but the TOC shows: TITLE24 If I change the code to <h3>TITLE</h3> <sup><a href="#sdfootnote24sym" id="sdfootnote24anc">24</a></sup> the TOC is perfect, but the book view looks stupid (superscript on next line). Does anyone has a suggestion? Thanks!

01-19-2010, 07:15 AM	#2
Valloric Created Sigil, FlightCrew Posts: 1,982 Karma: 350515 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Kobo Clara HD	I don't think you'll ever be able to get text display as superscript in the TOC. Not because of Sigil, but because I doubt you can express a superscript in the NCX file. The NCX doctype is, well, "ncx". It's not HTML. I doubt there's a "<sup>" tag (I could be wrong). What I would do is this: Code: <h3 title="TITLE^24">TITLE<sup><a href="#sdfootnote24sym" id="sdfootnote24anc">24</a></sup></h3> That is, display the superscript correctly in the book, but use the common "^" notation for the TOC. The "title" attribute overrides the content of the element for the TOC generation.

01-19-2010, 04:48 PM	#4
rogue_ronin Banned Posts: 475 Karma: 796 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Honolulu Device: Nokia 770 (fbreader)	If the NCX allows unicode, then you could fake it by using superscript characters directly: Code: Title²⁴ m a r

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Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,515 Karma: 18512745 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	But if the "24" is just a note call, I don't think anyone would want it showing in the TOC. And using Unicode is not always a solution. It does not work if you have "M<sup>lle</sup>" or "3.<sup>er</sup>" in your titles (although in these cases, rendering the superscripts as normal text is an acceptable solution).

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