TOC - create from multiple files

franc · 03-26-2021, 09:24 AM

Hallo

is there a way to create a Table of contents (TOC) with multi selection of files?
I have some books where the toc is broken or totally miscreated and I need to fix that.
I can add files (which are the chapters) one by one, which is unhandy enough, but I cannot multiselect all chapter-files to get added all together to the toc.

In Calibre book-edit I can select more files easily so that must be possible in Sigil as well, I guess, to create the toc fastly from the files somehow.

Thanks for hints.

frank with Sigil 1.5beta

KevinH · 03-26-2021, 09:38 AM

You do not have to multi-select files to generate a table of contents. In fact one chapter per file is the norm. So as long as you use heading tags in each file (h1, h2, h3) to mark the chapter and section titles, you can use Sigil's Create Table Of Contents tool. In epub2 it will recreate the NCX, in epub3 it will recreate the NAV, and there is an option to create a HTML toc as well.

You might want to take a look at the Sigil User Guide if you are new to Sigil.

It can be found here:

https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil....25_epub3.epub

The_book · 03-26-2021, 09:40 AM

1. select all files which is not chapters
2. `save as` into a folder
3. delete them
4. create Table of contents
5. add them back

or

1. select all files which is not chapters
2. replace `<h.` to something else (unique)
1. like `<h(.)` to `<#h\1`
4. create Table of contents
5. replace them back
1. like `<#h(.)` to `<h\1`

DiapDealer · 03-26-2021, 10:09 AM

I have no idea what's going on here.

franc · 03-26-2021, 10:16 AM

Thank firstly a lot for that fast answerings!

Now I see clearer a bit. My toc was not created because the htm-files all missing a h-tag, e.g.:

Code:

...<body class="calibre" link="blue" vlink="blue">

<div class="WordSection">

   <span class="calibre3"><br class="calibre4" clear="all" id="calibre_pb_9"/></span> 

   <p class="MsoNormal1"><span class="calibre1"><img alt="" border="0" class="calibre18" src="../Images/dwhakf-11.png"/></span></p>

   <p class="calibre16"><span class="calibre1">*</span></p>

   <p class="calibre16"><span class="calibre1">Trude wurde seekrank. 
...

So I could replace in all chapter-files the whole body tag with the same body tag and added some h1 Tag so this would work.
But I did it in Calibre's ebook-edit, which can handle that multiselect, so I use both, its faster.
Thanks!

KevinH · 03-26-2021, 10:43 AM

You seem to be going about things in a round-about way.
Please try the user-guide. It was recently updated and has a tutorial on how and why to add headings to mark them and generate a Table of Contents.

Quote:

Originally Posted by franc

Thank firstly a lot for that fast answerings!

Now I see clearer a bit. My toc was not created because the htm-files all missing a h-tag, e.g.:

Code:

...<body class="calibre" link="blue" vlink="blue">

<div class="WordSection">

   <span class="calibre3"><br class="calibre4" clear="all" id="calibre_pb_9"/></span> 

   <p class="MsoNormal1"><span class="calibre1"><img alt="" border="0" class="calibre18" src="../Images/dwhakf-11.png"/></span></p>

   <p class="calibre16"><span class="calibre1">*</span></p>

   <p class="calibre16"><span class="calibre1">Trude wurde seekrank. 
...

So I could replace in all chapter-files the whole body tag with the same body tag and added some h1 Tag so this would work.
But I did it in Calibre's ebook-edit, which can handle that multiselect, so I use both, its faster.
Thanks!

03-26-2021, 09:24 AM	#1
franc Connoisseur Posts: 68 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: none	TOC - create from multiple files Hallo is there a way to create a Table of contents (TOC) with multi selection of files? I have some books where the toc is broken or totally miscreated and I need to fix that. I can add files (which are the chapters) one by one, which is unhandy enough, but I cannot multiselect all chapter-files to get added all together to the toc. In Calibre book-edit I can select more files easily so that must be possible in Sigil as well, I guess, to create the toc fastly from the files somehow. Thanks for hints. frank with Sigil 1.5beta

03-26-2021, 10:16 AM	#5
franc Connoisseur Posts: 68 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: none	Thank firstly a lot for that fast answerings! Now I see clearer a bit. My toc was not created because the htm-files all missing a h-tag, e.g.: Code: ...<body class="calibre" link="blue" vlink="blue"> <div class="WordSection"> <span class="calibre3"><br class="calibre4" clear="all" id="calibre_pb_9"/></span> <p class="MsoNormal1"><span class="calibre1"><img alt="" border="0" class="calibre18" src="../Images/dwhakf-11.png"/></span></p> <p class="calibre16"><span class="calibre1">*</span></p> <p class="calibre16"><span class="calibre1">Trude wurde seekrank. ... So I could replace in all chapter-files the whole body tag with the same body tag and added some h1 Tag so this would work. But I did it in Calibre's ebook-edit, which can handle that multiselect, so I use both, its faster. Thanks!

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03-26-2021, 09:38 AM	#2
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 7,644 Karma: 5433388 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	You do not have to multi-select files to generate a table of contents. In fact one chapter per file is the norm. So as long as you use heading tags in each file (h1, h2, h3) to mark the chapter and section titles, you can use Sigil's Create Table Of Contents tool. In epub2 it will recreate the NCX, in epub3 it will recreate the NAV, and there is an option to create a HTML toc as well. You might want to take a look at the Sigil User Guide if you are new to Sigil. It can be found here: https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil....25_epub3.epub

03-26-2021, 09:40 AM	#3
The_book Zealot Posts: 100 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2019 Device: none	1. select all files which is not chapters 2. `save as` into a folder 3. delete them 4. create Table of contents 5. add them back or 1. select all files which is not chapters 2. replace `<h.` to something else (unique) 1. like `<h(.)` to `<#h\1` 4. create Table of contents 5. replace them back 1. like `<#h(.)` to `<h\1`

03-26-2021, 10:09 AM	#4
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,548 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I have no idea what's going on here.