Language declaration tn the head section

abeonis · 01-01-2013, 04:13 AM

Hi,

I am writting my eBooks in different languages. In Sigil preferences, I have set up the user interface language and the default language for metadata to spanish (for example).

if I add a blank HTML file I was expecting the head declaration to be:
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="es">

Instead, I get:
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

So... I am not sure if the language declaration is necessary or has an impact or not on the final EPUB package. If it has, I know I can use a RegEx replace but it will be more productive that Sigil creates directly the code extracting the language data from the metadata.

Just a suggestion.
Thanks.

Sunlite · 01-01-2013, 05:53 AM

The language of an epub book is defined in its opf file.

There you will find something like this:

Code:

<dc:language>en</dc:language>

As far as I know at least some reading system use this information to choose the dictionary they use if you look up a word.

abeonis · 01-01-2013, 06:09 AM

OK. I just modified the language in the Metadata editor and Sigil instantly adds it to the OPF.

Thx Sunlite.

theducks · 01-01-2013, 06:18 AM

Opening the meta editor and just closing it again seems to set (a blank) Language to the system setting. No need to type if that is what you want

01-01-2013, 04:13 AM	#1
abeonis eBook DIYer Posts: 111 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Europe Device: K4, KF HD 8.9, Readium	Language declaration tn the head section Hi, I am writting my eBooks in different languages. In Sigil preferences, I have set up the user interface language and the default language for metadata to spanish (for example). if I add a blank HTML file I was expecting the head declaration to be: <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="es"> Instead, I get: <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> So... I am not sure if the language declaration is necessary or has an impact or not on the final EPUB package. If it has, I know I can use a RegEx replace but it will be more productive that Sigil creates directly the code extracting the language data from the metadata. Just a suggestion. Thanks.

01-01-2013, 05:53 AM	#2
Sunlite Addict Posts: 206 Karma: 547516 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Berlin, Germany Device: KObo Clara, Kobo Aura, PRS-T1, PB602, CyBook Gen3	The language of an epub book is defined in its opf file. There you will find something like this: Code: <dc:language>en</dc:language> As far as I know at least some reading system use this information to choose the dictionary they use if you look up a word.

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abeonis eBook DIYer Posts: 111 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Europe Device: K4, KF HD 8.9, Readium	OK. I just modified the language in the Metadata editor and Sigil instantly adds it to the OPF. Thx Sunlite.

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