XPath Help and Pagebreak

emellaich · 07-27-2009, 10:59 PM

Hello all,

I'm just looking for some clarification on XPath. I've been playing around and its not doing what I expected, so I thought I would ask a quick question here. In the Calibre help it gives the following:

//h2[re:test(., 'chapter|section', 'i')]
(Selects <h2> tags that contain the words chapter or section)

What exactly is meant by contains? Does 1) or 2) below contain 'chapter'?

1) <h2 attribute=chapter>Headline</h2>

2) <h2>Chapter</h2>

Also, what do I do to force a pagebreak before a chapter break. I am converting from epub (html) to mobi. I've checked the appropriate meta data box, but it doesn't seem to be working. Maybe its my XPath problem. Or is there some other trick?

Nate the great · 07-27-2009, 11:17 PM

I insert page breaks by hand. Here is what I use:

<div style="page-break-before:always" />

kovidgoyal · 07-27-2009, 11:58 PM

2) and the calibre viewer doesn't support page breaks in MOBI, so check it with another viewer

emellaich · 07-28-2009, 03:17 PM

Thanks for the info

07-27-2009, 10:59 PM	#1
emellaich Wizard Posts: 1,101 Karma: 4388403 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: Palm>Ebookman>IPaq>Axim>Cybook>Kndl2>IPAD>Kndl3SO>Voyager>Oasis	XPath Help and Pagebreak Hello all, I'm just looking for some clarification on XPath. I've been playing around and its not doing what I expected, so I thought I would ask a quick question here. In the Calibre help it gives the following: //h2[re:test(., 'chapter\|section', 'i')] (Selects <h2> tags that contain the words chapter or section) What exactly is meant by contains? Does 1) or 2) below contain 'chapter'? 1) <h2 attribute=chapter>Headline</h2> 2) <h2>Chapter</h2> Also, what do I do to force a pagebreak before a chapter break. I am converting from epub (html) to mobi. I've checked the appropriate meta data box, but it doesn't seem to be working. Maybe its my XPath problem. Or is there some other trick?

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07-27-2009, 11:17 PM	#2
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	I insert page breaks by hand. Here is what I use: <div style="page-break-before:always" />

07-27-2009, 11:58 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	2) and the calibre viewer doesn't support page breaks in MOBI, so check it with another viewer

07-28-2009, 03:17 PM	#4
emellaich Wizard Posts: 1,101 Karma: 4388403 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: Palm>Ebookman>IPaq>Axim>Cybook>Kndl2>IPAD>Kndl3SO>Voyager>Oasis	Thanks for the info

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