[Q] Table of Contents Creation from Single digits & no Headings?x

John IV · 01-17-2024, 01:06 AM

Hello, I could have sworn there was a thread somewhere on this forum for TOC generation using different XPath examples for somewhat oddly formatted Chapter indicators, but I can't find it again.

I'm just trying to create a TOC from the html files that simply has the chapters as '1' and '2' and so forth through '23' on their own lines. E.g:

<p class="calibre_2">1</p>
<p class="calibre_2">2</p>
etc.
<p class="calibre_2">23</p>

How would one accomplish this? Presumably w/ the generate ToC from XPath wizard? Thank you!

Karellen · 01-17-2024, 01:10 AM

I would convert those chapter headings to real heading tags.

Find: <p class="calibre_2">(\d+)</p>
Replace: <h2>\1</h2>

Then you can run the TOC generator which will find the <h2> tags.

John IV · 01-17-2024, 01:28 AM

Beautiful, thank you.

Karellen · 01-17-2024, 01:57 AM

Sorry, should have also mentioned that you will need to style the <h2> tag in the css file.
Or maybe you could reuse class="calibre_2"

If you want to reuse, then the replace should be... <h2 class="calibre_2">\1</h2>

01-17-2024, 01:06 AM	#1
John IV Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2022 Device: Kindle Scribe	[Q] Table of Contents Creation from Single digits & no Headings?x Hello, I could have sworn there was a thread somewhere on this forum for TOC generation using different XPath examples for somewhat oddly formatted Chapter indicators, but I can't find it again. I'm just trying to create a TOC from the html files that simply has the chapters as '1' and '2' and so forth through '23' on their own lines. E.g: <p class="calibre_2">1</p> <p class="calibre_2">2</p> etc. <p class="calibre_2">23</p> How would one accomplish this? Presumably w/ the generate ToC from XPath wizard? Thank you!

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01-17-2024, 01:10 AM	#2
Karellen Wizard Posts: 1,103 Karma: 4911876 Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2	I would convert those chapter headings to real heading tags. Find: <p class="calibre_2">(\d+)</p> Replace: <h2>\1</h2> Then you can run the TOC generator which will find the <h2> tags.

01-17-2024, 01:28 AM	#3
John IV Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2022 Device: Kindle Scribe	Beautiful, thank you.

01-17-2024, 01:57 AM	#4
Karellen Wizard Posts: 1,103 Karma: 4911876 Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2	Sorry, should have also mentioned that you will need to style the <h2> tag in the css file. Or maybe you could reuse class="calibre_2" If you want to reuse, then the replace should be... <h2 class="calibre_2">\1</h2>

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