"Reverse" TOC generation - generate <h> tags at TOC points.

[Vanguard3000]

I've got an ebook that uses images for chapter titles, and don't have a "title" parameter. The book has its own table of contents, but they don't point directly to the images (they're just wrapped in <p>'s), and I'm curious if there's a way to have Sigil insert <h> tags at files/positions denoted by the existing table of contents, with the TOC element name as title? For example, I've currently got something like:

<p><img src="ch04.jpg"/></p>

And would like to get something like:

<h1 title="CHAPTER 7: MY ELBOW HURTS"/>
<p><img src="ch04.jpg"/></p>

so I could regex it into:

<h1 title="CHAPTER 7: MY ELBOW HURTS"><img src="ch04.jpg"/></h1>

The closest I can get is the "Create HTML TOC" function, but beyond getting a list of TOC names for copying, it's still not ideal. Is there a way for Sigil to do this and save me a bit of time when this kind of thing shows up? Thanks in advance.

[KevinH]

You might try my TOCSaver plugin but I have not played with it in years:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=333097

Please read this first:

Before Running on ePub3
This plugin will only parse the NCX ToC. So if you have an epub3 and want to save the Nav ToC, then use Sigil's ePub3 Tools to generate an NCX from the current Nav before launching the plugin.

Notes
Since this plugin could make changes to many xhtml files, it would be either a good idea to make a CheckPoint before running the plugin, or at the very least do a File Save-As under a new name, to make sure nothing is ever lost.

[Vanguard3000]

Hey! That worked exactly as I was hoping! And it didn't seem to break anything using Sigil v1.9.30, so it's held up well for not having an update in nearly three years.

Thanks!

[KevinH]

Glad to hear it still works and helped. FWIW, I made no updates because no one has reported any bugs yet. I am a firm believer in "if it ain't broke, don't fix it!"