TOC in the GUI

p3aul · 01-04-2011, 08:13 PM

Hi!

I want to convert text files in the GUI to EPUB. The problem is how to detect chapters. some of my books have the word chapter, but others might say CHAPTER, others have roman numerals alone. others may just be a number followed by a period. Still others may just have the words like One, Two, Three and so forth. Kovid helped me out once before when I had Chapters within Parts by placing this in the preferences:

//*[name()='h1' or name()='h2' or name()='h3']

could someone help me out?
Thanks,
Paul

jackie_w · 01-04-2011, 08:27 PM

I believe checking the 'Preprocess Input file" option on the Convert - StructureDetection page is supposed to be pretty good at detecting these common types of chapter headings.

If that doesn't work for you try reading up on the details of "Process using Markdown" for TXT input (on the Convert - TXT Input page). This will definitely work but you will have to do some very simple edits to your TXT file before converting.

01-04-2011, 08:13 PM	#1
p3aul Captain Courageous Posts: 239 Karma: 102 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: calibre, PRS 505	TOC in the GUI Hi! I want to convert text files in the GUI to EPUB. The problem is how to detect chapters. some of my books have the word chapter, but others might say CHAPTER, others have roman numerals alone. others may just be a number followed by a period. Still others may just have the words like One, Two, Three and so forth. Kovid helped me out once before when I had Chapters within Parts by placing this in the preferences: //*[name()='h1' or name()='h2' or name()='h3'] could someone help me out? Thanks, Paul

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01-04-2011, 08:27 PM	#2
jackie_w Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,212 Karma: 16534894 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: Kobo: KA1, ClaraHD, Forma, Libra2, Clara2E. PocketBook: TouchHD3	I believe checking the 'Preprocess Input file" option on the Convert - StructureDetection page is supposed to be pretty good at detecting these common types of chapter headings. If that doesn't work for you try reading up on the details of "Process using Markdown" for TXT input (on the Convert - TXT Input page). This will definitely work but you will have to do some very simple edits to your TXT file before converting.

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