[Plugin] FootnoteLinker Sigil plugin

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by beluga438

I think the id="ftn..." should be positioned after the <a
<p class="note"><a id="ftn1" class="noteSymbol" href="../Text…

Apparently, the Sigil Links report tool will only find targets, if the target is an <a> tag. IMHO, this is a Sigil limitation, since other tags can have id attributes, too.

You can easily test this by checking your epub with EPUBCheck.

If using the Links report tool is important to you could use a regular expression to move the id attribute from the <p> tag to the <a> tag.

[beluga438]

Thank you for your answer.

Yes reports are important for me as I make Epubs with lots of notes.
Report is an easy way to check if all links are Ok.
I have now created a new Saved research :
Find : <p class="note" id="ftn(.*?)"><a class="noteSymbol"
Replace : <p class="note"><a id="ftn\1" class="noteSymbol"

Thank you

[KevinH]

I will look into fixing reports to look for id tags on non-anchors as well sometime before our next release.

[beluga438]

Thank you for your answers

Atn Doitsu :

When links are created "manually" in Sigil, they look like :
<p class="note"><a id="ftn1" class="noteSymbol" href="../Text…

( the id="ftn…" after the <a )

Don't you think it could be a good thing that Footnote linker puts the id in the same position as when it is done manually ?

Thank you

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by KevinH

I will look into fixing reports to look for id tags on non-anchors as well sometime before our next release.

Thanks for looking into this! This'll make the Links report even more versatile.

Originally Posted by beluga438

Don't you think it could be a good thing that Footnote linker puts the id in the same position as when it is done manually ?

No.

Also, changing this behavior might break other code. Since you can easily fix this "problem" with a regular expression, I won't update the plugin.

BTW, some epub3 apps, e.g. iBooks, will look for <aside>, <div> or <p> tags with an id attribute and won't find footnote definitions and/or won't display them as popup footnotes if the id attribute is added to an <a> tag.

Note that there's another Sigil footnote plugin, Easy Footnote Insertion, which might work better for you.

[beluga438]

Hi Doitsu,
I understand.
Thank you for your answer

[thymesnewroman]

Hello there.

I have no experience with editing ebooks. I am really just a reader. but there's an ebook where all the links to the end-of-chapter notes just go to the book's cover. So I would like to fix it, especiallly because this book is heavily noted.

In Sigil's preview, the text looks like:

absolute power of the state.”14 This is incorrect

In Sigil's editor window, it looks like:

 absolute power of the state.”</span><a class="S-T1" href="../Text/index_split_000.xhtml#anchor22"><span class="S-T6">14</span></a> <span class="S-T1">This is incorrect

the next noted part looks like this in the preview

and many others after him have taught us.15 Rome can

and like this in the Editor view

and many others after him have taught us.</span><a class="S-T1" href="../Text/index_split_000.xhtml#anchor23"><span class="S-T6">15</span></a> <span class="S-T1">Rome

What's the best way to fix ALL the notes in this 4-volume work? In the first volume alone, I'm giving a rough approximation of about 500 notes, scattered from index_split_004.xhtml through toindex_split_025.xhtml.

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by thymesnewroman

What's the best way to fix ALL the notes in this 4-volume work?

If the 4 volumes are 4 separate epubs, you shoud be able to use my plugin.

For the plugin to work, all footnote links and definitions must have unique class attributes. In your case you'll also need to remove the existing broken footnote definition links.

You'll need to use a regular expression search to change:

<a class="S-T1" href="../Text/index_split_000.xhtml#anchor22"><span class="S-T6">14</span></a>

to

<a class="noteanchor">14</a>

You'll also need to remove broken backlinks from footnote definitions.

They should look like this:

<p class="note">14. Footnote definition</p>

Finally, you'll also need to right-click the endnotes file and select Add Semantics... > Notes/Footnotes.

If the number of footnote links matches the number of footnote definitions, the plugin should automatically link them.

Make sure to create a backup copy, before you implement these changes!

[thymesnewroman]

Originally Posted by Doitsu

If the 4 volumes are 4 separate epubs, you shoud be able to use my plugin.

Yes, each volume is its own epub.

Originally Posted by Doitsu

Finally, you'll also need to right-click the endnotes file and select Add Semantics... > Notes/Footnotes.

There isn't a separate endnotes file. The notes appear at the end of every chapter, where the chapter is named index_split_006.xhtml, index_split_007.xhtml and so on. (This is in contrast to the print edition, which have footnotes, appearing at the bottom of the page).

Note #14, at the end of chapter 1, looks like this in the Preview window:

14 P. Lobstein, Einleitung in die Evangelische Dogmatik (Freiburg, 1897), 23.

And looks like this in the Editor window:

  <p class="P-P14"><span class="S-T1" id="anchor129"></span><a class="S-T1" href="../Text/index_split_000.xhtml#anchor60"><span class="S-T6">14</span></a> <span class="S-T1">P. Lobstein,</span> <span class="S-T5">Einleitung in die Evangelische Dogmatik</span> <span class="S-T1">(Freiburg, 1897), 23.</span> </p>

Note #15 looks like this in the Preview:

15 Friedrich Schleiermacher, Die Christliche Sitte nach dem Grundsazen der evangelischen Kirche dargestellt (Berlin: G. Reimer, 1884), 5 [Introduction to Christian Ethics, trans. John Shelley (Nashville: Abingdon, 1989)]; Richard Rothe, Zur Dogmatik (Gotha: Perthes, 1869), 10; Alexander Schweizer, Die Glaubenslehre der evangelisch-reformirten Kirche (Zurich: Orell, Fussli, 1847), I, 23.

and looks like this in the Editor window:

<p class="P-P14"><span class="S-T1" id="anchor130"></span><a class="S-T1" href="../Text/index_split_000.xhtml#anchor61"><span class="S-T6">15</span></a> <span class="S-T1">Friedrich Schleiermacher,</span> <span class="S-T5">Die Christliche Sitte nach dem Grundsazen der evangelischen Kirche dargestellt</span> <span class="S-T1">(Berlin: G. Reimer, 1884), 5 [</span><span class="S-T5">Introduction to Christian Ethics</span><span class="S-T1">, trans. John Shelley (Nashville: Abingdon, 1989)]; Richard Rothe,</span> <span class="S-T5">Zur Dogmatik</span> <span class="S-T1">(Gotha: Perthes, 1869), 10; Alexander Schweizer,</span> <span class="S-T5">Die Glaubenslehre der evangelisch-reformirten Kirche</span> <span class="S-T1">(Zurich: Orell, Fussli, 1847), I, 23.</span> </p>

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by thymesnewroman

There isn't a separate endnotes file. The notes appear at the end of every chapter, where the chapter is named index_split_006.xhtml, index_split_007.xhtml and so on.

Unfortunately, you can't use the FootnoteLinker plugin, because it doesn't work with end of chapter footnote definitions.

You might want to post your question in the general epub forum.

[droopy]

Hi Doitsu,
I was referred to your plugin by DNSB when I created a thread asking what to do with footnotes that were converted from "true PDF" (text can be highlighted) to MS Word 2016 Docx on the way to ePub. (I'm using MS Word as middleman as that's what's suggested by Willus at https://www.willus.com/k2pdfopt/pdf_conversion.shtml).

Anyway, does your plugin help me with footnotes that, in MS Word 2016, are differentiated from the main body by its smaller font size and by beginning with a number and then a period and then a space and then the footnote text itself (for example --> 2. Bob Smith blah blah blah).

If not, do you have any suggestions?

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by droopy

Anyway, does your plugin help me with footnotes that, in MS Word 2016, are differentiated from the main body by its smaller font size and by beginning with a number and then a period and then a space and then the footnote text itself (for example --> 2. Bob Smith blah blah blah).

Not really, unless the footnote definition text has a unique HTML class attribute.
(I've attached a sample epub file to the first post.)

[MyDK]

Hi Doitsu
This is a great plugin - thank you so much
Works fine with Sigil v.0.9.10.

[ElTigreCS]

Hi,

I was so happy when I found this plugin. I has been searching around the web how automatically generate links to endnotes and backlinks to footnote anchors. So, first of all, many thank to developer(s) and contributors!

I just bought some ebooks that have this problem: endnotes are not linked! I found footnote anchors with and endnote defintions and replace defaults when started the plugin. But I get the following error (I tried with 2 ebooks, but the same problem).

The number of footnote anchors and footnote definitions don't match!
Don't save the file!!!
Footnote anchors: 231
Footnote definitions: 435

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by ElTigreCS

But I get the following error (I tried with 2 ebooks, but the same problem).

The plugin only works if footnote links and footnote definitions have unique class attributes. Since the plugin detected more footnote definitions than footnote links, some paragraphs that aren't footnote definitions must have the same class attribute as footnote definitions.