XML Language Tag question

phossler · 05-27-2015, 11:51 AM

I had a UK book with UK spellings, so I thought I'd tell the book it's a EN-GB language book.

W3schools helped me with the syntax, and I think I got it correct (see picture)

Do I have to add the tag to each file's <html> section, or is there another way to do it?

theducks · 05-27-2015, 11:58 AM

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Jellby · 05-27-2015, 02:52 PM

Specify the language in the book's metadata, there should be no need to add it to every file.

phossler · 05-27-2015, 03:39 PM

Thanks

1. First thing I tried was in the Metadata edition. 'English' is allowed, but 'en-GB' was not, and there didn't seem to be any 'sub-languages (?)' allowed

2. The OPF had

Code:

<dc:language>en</dc:language>

and I changed that to

Code:

<dc:language>en-GB</dc:language>

and that seems to work, or at least spell check gave me English (GB) as a language for all files.

It'd be nice if the metadata editor [Language] would allow 'sub-languages' since that's more user friendly that editing the OPF directly (just MHO)

Toxaris · 05-27-2015, 04:15 PM

Sigil does have the option to select different types (styles?) of English directly in the metadata editor.

phossler · 05-27-2015, 08:30 PM

@Toxaris -- when I was using Sigil, I never had reason to do anything that advanced.

05-27-2015, 11:51 AM	#1
phossler Wizard Posts: 1,071 Karma: 412718 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Valley Forge, PA, USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite	XML Language Tag question I had a UK book with UK spellings, so I thought I'd tell the book it's a EN-GB language book. W3schools helped me with the syntax, and I think I got it correct (see picture) Do I have to add the tag to each file's <html> section, or is there another way to do it? Attached Thumbnails

05-27-2015, 03:39 PM	#4
phossler Wizard Posts: 1,071 Karma: 412718 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Valley Forge, PA, USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Thanks 1. First thing I tried was in the Metadata edition. 'English' is allowed, but 'en-GB' was not, and there didn't seem to be any 'sub-languages (?)' allowed 2. The OPF had Code: <dc:language>en</dc:language> and I changed that to Code: <dc:language>en-GB</dc:language> and that seems to work, or at least spell check gave me English (GB) as a language for all files. It'd be nice if the metadata editor [Language] would allow 'sub-languages' since that's more user friendly that editing the OPF directly (just MHO)

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05-27-2015, 11:58 AM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,801 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Moderator Notice This is a General EPUB question, Not limited to Calibre. Moving

05-27-2015, 02:52 PM	#3
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,516 Karma: 18512745 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	Specify the language in the book's metadata, there should be no need to add it to every file.

05-27-2015, 04:15 PM	#5
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	Sigil does have the option to select different types (styles?) of English directly in the metadata editor.

05-27-2015, 08:30 PM	#6
phossler Wizard Posts: 1,071 Karma: 412718 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Valley Forge, PA, USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite	@Toxaris -- when I was using Sigil, I never had reason to do anything that advanced.