Strange behaviour with "not referenced" files

Phssthpok · 10-21-2015, 09:13 AM

I have just seen a situation where the file names in a book were listed correctly in the OPF file, but marked as not referenced (they appeared in the "miscellaneous" section of the file browser with a warning marker). I noticed that the names included a curly apostrophe character (’). I fixed the problem by renaming the files to remove the apostrophe and then manually editing the OPF file to match, and as soon as I saved the OPF file, all the files moved to the "text" section of the file browser and everything was fine.

I thought it might be an encoding issue (the OPF is a UTF-8 file, but I don't know what encoding would be used for the names in the zipfile itself); however, adding a file to the book called x’y.html worked properly.

Can anyone suggest a reason why what I saw might have happened?

HarryT · 10-21-2015, 09:25 AM

No explanation, but I'd strongly advise sticking to ASCII characters in internal filenames. Saves a load of potential grief.

theducks · 10-21-2015, 10:09 AM

I believe that warning means: No USAGE within the books body

Phssthpok · 10-21-2015, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

I believe that warning means: No USAGE within the books body

No, they were USED: the names appeared correctly in the OPF file but for some reason weren't recognised as being present.

Phssthpok · 10-21-2015, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

No explanation, but I'd strongly advise sticking to ASCII characters in internal filenames. Saves a load of potential grief.

Agreed. This wasn't something I did, just something I was trying to fix. But the thing that puzzles me is when I created a file with a similar name, it worked perfectly...

10-21-2015, 09:13 AM	#1
Phssthpok Age improves with wine. Posts: 576 Karma: 95229 Join Date: Nov 2014 Device: Kindle Oasis, Kobo Libra II	Strange behaviour with "not referenced" files I have just seen a situation where the file names in a book were listed correctly in the OPF file, but marked as not referenced (they appeared in the "miscellaneous" section of the file browser with a warning marker). I noticed that the names included a curly apostrophe character (’). I fixed the problem by renaming the files to remove the apostrophe and then manually editing the OPF file to match, and as soon as I saved the OPF file, all the files moved to the "text" section of the file browser and everything was fine. I thought it might be an encoding issue (the OPF is a UTF-8 file, but I don't know what encoding would be used for the names in the zipfile itself); however, adding a file to the book called x’y.html worked properly. Can anyone suggest a reason why what I saw might have happened?

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10-21-2015, 09:25 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	No explanation, but I'd strongly advise sticking to ASCII characters in internal filenames. Saves a load of potential grief.

10-21-2015, 10:09 AM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,048 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	I believe that warning means: No USAGE within the books body

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