Is there a plugin to make non-linear items linear?

deback · 11-27-2017, 05:29 PM

Is there a plugin to make non-linear items linear? And possibly to mark both the titlepage.xhtml and the cover image file as the cover image?

This would help to prevent the cover image from being duplicated during conversion (resulting in a broken image in the second cover image page) -- and from having to edit books to remove the page that has a broken image and to fix the non-linear error that Calibre always finds.

Thank you.

theducks · 11-27-2017, 08:21 PM

You seem to keep asking variations of this question.

Case: You have 4 images in your book. Which one is the cover?

There is no hard and fast naming convention.
The first image (used) may not be a cover at all (no real cover)
The first image FILENAME in the spine, may not be the cover.

e-book editor: DEBUG has the option to mark non-linear items Linear

deback · 11-27-2017, 08:33 PM

Actually, my questions have all been different and specific, even though they might be related.

The titlepage.xhtml is almost always the first page, which almost always includes the cover image. This is the way it is with most or all of the books I've been working with.

Thank you for your response and for your help in the past!

theducks · 11-27-2017, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deback

Actually, my questions have all been different and specific, even though they might be related.

The titlepage.xhtml is almost always the first page, which almost always includes the cover image. This is the way it is with most or all of the books I've been working with.

Thank you for your response and for your help in the past!

You are assuming these are Calibre generated/updated sources
I have many books from publishers that use their own naming. That is not an incorrect practice. The Semantics identifies the purpose of a file.

I choose to hand edit each book and 'clean my way'. (eg remove indented from CENTERED

). On fairly clean books, less than 5 minutes.
Some books just offend my sensibilities. Baen (Post Arnold era) gain a <div for each chapter. I run my Baen-de-div looped as many as there are chapters. lots cleaner looking (code) , even if there is no visible render difference

deback · 11-28-2017, 12:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

You are assuming these are Calibre generated/updated sources
I have many books from publishers that use their own naming. That is not an incorrect practice. The Semantics identifies the purpose of a file.

I choose to hand edit each book and 'clean my way'. (eg remove indented from CENTERED

). On fairly clean books, less than 5 minutes.
Some books just offend my sensibilities. Baen (Post Arnold era) gain a <div for each chapter. I run my Baen-de-div looped as many as there are chapters. lots cleaner looking (code) , even if there is no visible render difference

When I said "titlepage.xhtml," I was referring to the top page, no matter what the actual filename is. I was not assuming anything. I followed up that comment with this: "This is the way it is with most or all of the books I've been working with." (That is, the top page...whatever the filename is...contains the cover image...normally.)

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deback Book E d i t o r Posts: 432 Karma: 288184 Join Date: May 2015 Device: Laptop	Is there a plugin to make non-linear items linear? Is there a plugin to make non-linear items linear? And possibly to mark both the titlepage.xhtml and the cover image file as the cover image? This would help to prevent the cover image from being duplicated during conversion (resulting in a broken image in the second cover image page) -- and from having to edit books to remove the page that has a broken image and to fix the non-linear error that Calibre always finds. Thank you. Last edited by deback; 11-27-2017 at 07:02 PM.

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theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,812 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	You seem to keep asking variations of this question. Case: You have 4 images in your book. Which one is the cover? There is no hard and fast naming convention. The first image (used) may not be a cover at all (no real cover) The first image FILENAME in the spine, may not be the cover. e-book editor: DEBUG has the option to mark non-linear items Linear

11-27-2017, 08:33 PM	#3
deback Book E d i t o r Posts: 432 Karma: 288184 Join Date: May 2015 Device: Laptop	Actually, my questions have all been different and specific, even though they might be related. The titlepage.xhtml is almost always the first page, which almost always includes the cover image. This is the way it is with most or all of the books I've been working with. Thank you for your response and for your help in the past!