Getting calibre to detect "Prologue" and "Epilogue" for TOC

sherman · 09-20-2010, 01:21 AM

By default, calibre does not detect the Prologue or Epilogue of a book while building a table of contents for the book during conversion.

To get calibre to detect the prologue and/or epilogue of a book, go to Preferences -> Conversion (Common Options) -> Structure Detection. In the Detect chapters at (XPath expression: box, change the text from

Code:

//*[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., 'chapter|book|section|part\s+', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']

to

Code:

//*[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., 'prologue|epilogue|chapter|book|section|part\s+', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']

.

Eg: add "prologue|epilogue|" (sans quotes" before the "chapter|book|section|part" part of the expression.

calibre should now detect any instances of prologue or epilogue in a book during conversion, and add entries to them in the calibre built table of contents (if an existing TOC isn't already being used of course).

@Kovid: Is there a reason why calibre does not detect the prologue and/or epilogue of a book during structure detection? If there isn't a reason (or you just didn't think of it), is it possible to change this in future builds of calibre?

kovidgoyal · 09-20-2010, 02:51 AM

fixed, thanks.

sherman · 09-20-2010, 03:21 AM

Oh good

You're welcome

09-20-2010, 01:21 AM	#1
sherman Guru Posts: 877 Karma: 2676800 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Taranaki - NZ Device: Kobo Aura H2O, Kobo Forma	Getting calibre to detect "Prologue" and "Epilogue" for TOC By default, calibre does not detect the Prologue or Epilogue of a book while building a table of contents for the book during conversion. To get calibre to detect the prologue and/or epilogue of a book, go to Preferences -> Conversion (Common Options) -> Structure Detection. In the Detect chapters at (XPath expression: box, change the text from Code: //[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., 'chapter\|book\|section\|part\s+', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter'] to Code: //[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., 'prologue\|epilogue\|chapter\|book\|section\|part\s+', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter'] . Eg: add "prologue\|epilogue\|" (sans quotes" before the "chapter\|book\|section\|part" part of the expression. calibre should now detect any instances of prologue or epilogue in a book during conversion, and add entries to them in the calibre built table of contents (if an existing TOC isn't already being used of course). @Kovid: Is there a reason why calibre does not detect the prologue and/or epilogue of a book during structure detection? If there isn't a reason (or you just didn't think of it), is it possible to change this in future builds of calibre?

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09-20-2010, 02:51 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	fixed, thanks.

09-20-2010, 03:21 AM	#3
sherman Guru Posts: 877 Karma: 2676800 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Taranaki - NZ Device: Kobo Aura H2O, Kobo Forma	Oh good You're welcome

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