How to automatically create chapter titles and breaks in an epub file?

memenow · 11-26-2012, 03:22 PM

I have a big file that is separated into categories with an underscore beneath each category name. The file is constantly changing and there are 80 categories. It is a plain text file. I would like to make it so that each category name is a separate chapter in an epub file. I would also like to make sure each chapter name is the title of the chapter. Is there a way to do this automatically with Calibre? Maybe some regex magic? For example, I would like the chapter titles for the categories below to be: Fruit, Vegetables, Herbs. And I would like it to be parsed automatically (one way to do this would probably involve recognizing the underscores in a regex expression). How can I do this?

Fruit
________
Apples
Bananas

Vegetables
____________
Cucumbers
Zucchini

Herbs
_____
thyme
cayenne

theducks · 11-26-2012, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by memenow

I have a big file that is separated into categories with an underscore beneath each category name. The file is constantly changing and there are 80 categories. It is a plain text file. I would like to make it so that each category name is a separate chapter in an epub file. I would also like to make sure each chapter name is the title of the chapter. Is there a way to do this automatically with Calibre? Maybe some regex magic? For example, I would like the chapter titles for the categories below to be: Fruit, Vegetables, Herbs. And I would like it to be parsed automatically (one way to do this would probably involve recognizing the underscores in a regex expression). How can I do this?

Fruit
________
Apples
Bananas

Vegetables
____________
Cucumbers
Zucchini

Herbs
_____
thyme
cayenne

Use Sigil

(Where you ca see the code and see the test results before you save

('Discard' is my overworked friend

)

The Keyword you are looking for is 'markup'
IMHO, if you are going to do that much work... Do it the Sigil (and REGEX) way: (?sm)<p (.+?)</p>\s+<hr

jackie_w · 11-27-2012, 10:54 PM

You could add some simple 'Markdown' to your txt file like this (note the #'s):

Code:

##Fruit
________
Apples
Bananas

##Vegetables
____________
Cucumbers
Zucchini

##Herbs
_____
thyme
cayenne

and set Convert - TXTInput - Formatting style to markdown

11-26-2012, 03:22 PM	#1
memenow Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2012 Device: nook	How to automatically create chapter titles and breaks in an epub file? I have a big file that is separated into categories with an underscore beneath each category name. The file is constantly changing and there are 80 categories. It is a plain text file. I would like to make it so that each category name is a separate chapter in an epub file. I would also like to make sure each chapter name is the title of the chapter. Is there a way to do this automatically with Calibre? Maybe some regex magic? For example, I would like the chapter titles for the categories below to be: Fruit, Vegetables, Herbs. And I would like it to be parsed automatically (one way to do this would probably involve recognizing the underscores in a regex expression). How can I do this? Fruit ________ Apples Bananas Vegetables ____________ Cucumbers Zucchini Herbs _____ thyme cayenne

11-27-2012, 10:54 PM	#3
jackie_w Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,270 Karma: 16544702 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: ClaraHD, Forma, Libra2, Clara2E, LibraCol, PBTouchHD3	You could add some simple 'Markdown' to your txt file like this (note the #'s): Code: ##Fruit ________ Apples Bananas ##Vegetables ____________ Cucumbers Zucchini ##Herbs _____ thyme cayenne and set Convert - TXTInput - Formatting style to markdown Last edited by jackie_w; 11-27-2012 at 11:00 PM.

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