Convert Chapter (One, Two, Three...etc)

silverdezz · 04-06-2011, 01:53 AM

I want to try convert chapters (One, Two, Three...etc) from pdf to epub...

I try using heuristic function but it doesn't work

I wonder what code i should input in

detect chapter (xpath) ---this is the default one-----
//*[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., 'chapter|book|section|part|prologue|epilogue\s+', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']

what code i can write so in the future...it will detect chapters that start with One, Two, Three...etc

Thanks

ldolse · 04-06-2011, 03:08 AM

Heuristics has a number of patterns for common headings, but it only handles chapter headings like you're describing if the headings are all in capitals - e.g. ONE, TWO, THREE, etc. If they're a mix of uppercase/lowercase characters then it's basically indistinguishable from lines of poetry and other random unpunctuated text that can appear in a book. Right now heuristics should still insert page breaks at each of those points, which should make it easier to do final edits in Sigil.

Manichean · 04-06-2011, 04:42 AM

As for what code to put there, that depends on how chapters are marked in the book (as in what XHTML code is used to represent a chapter heading). There's a tutorial available in the FAQ, but without actual code samples from the book, we won't be able to help you with that.

04-06-2011, 01:53 AM	#1
silverdezz Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: none	Convert Chapter (One, Two, Three...etc) I want to try convert chapters (One, Two, Three...etc) from pdf to epub... I try using heuristic function but it doesn't work I wonder what code i should input in detect chapter (xpath) ---this is the default one----- //*[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., 'chapter\|book\|section\|part\|prologue\|epilogue\s+', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter'] what code i can write so in the future...it will detect chapters that start with One, Two, Three...etc Thanks

04-06-2011, 03:08 AM	#2
ldolse Wizard Posts: 1,337 Karma: 123455 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Malaysia Device: PRS-650, iPhone	Heuristics has a number of patterns for common headings, but it only handles chapter headings like you're describing if the headings are all in capitals - e.g. ONE, TWO, THREE, etc. If they're a mix of uppercase/lowercase characters then it's basically indistinguishable from lines of poetry and other random unpunctuated text that can appear in a book. Right now heuristics should still insert page breaks at each of those points, which should make it easier to do final edits in Sigil. Last edited by ldolse; 04-06-2011 at 04:45 AM.

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04-06-2011, 04:42 AM	#3
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	As for what code to put there, that depends on how chapters are marked in the book (as in what XHTML code is used to represent a chapter heading). There's a tutorial available in the FAQ, but without actual code samples from the book, we won't be able to help you with that.

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