EPUB output - Page 23

kovidgoyal · 02-05-2009, 06:21 PM

It's not yet supported for EPUB

ewiplayer · 02-10-2009, 08:43 PM

Hi,

I've been trying to use --level1-toc and friends to no avail.

I've tried all kinds of different things but in the end, the only thing that lets me get everything into the TOC is to use the --chapter flag:

Code:

--chapter='//*[@class="docPartTitle" or @class="docChapterTitle" or @class="docAppendixTitle" or @class="docPrefaceTitle" or @class="docSection1Title"]'

but this gives me a dead flat hierarchy. Ideally what I want to do is:

Code:

--leve1-toc='//*[@class="docPartTitle" or @class="docAppendixTitle" or @class="docPrefaceTitle"]' --level2-toc='//*[@class="docChapterTitle" or @class="docSection1Title"]'

But no matter how I try to do it, include --no-chapters-in-toc or --use-auto-toc, or --chapter=/, those options don't do anything at all. All I get is the default behaviour (h1, h2 with Part and Chapter in it).

Is this feature not working or am I doing something stupid?

Thanks,
EP

kovidgoyal · 02-10-2009, 09:22 PM

As far as I know, they are working. Open a bug report and attach your file alogwith the command line you used.

ewiplayer · 02-11-2009, 06:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

As far as I know, they are working. Open a bug report and attach your file alogwith the command line you used.

Trac crapped out when I was trying to make the ticket. It said the database was locked.

So, I'm just posting it here. I think the tar file should be adequate to reproduce the problem. Just extract and run the create.sh. When I do it, there are no level2 items.

llasram · 02-11-2009, 08:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ewiplayer

So, I'm just posting it here. I think the tar file should be adequate to reproduce the problem. Just extract and run the create.sh. When I do it, there are no level2 items.

The problem is that right now TOC-generation via the --level*-toc options depends upon the markup structure within a single file. If you just 'cat' all the files in the example together (lxml can handle the resulting markup soup) and run calibre with the TOC options you provided, everything works as you had expected.

We'll see what Kovid says, but I don't see an obvious way to fix this in the current release series. Fortunately work on the next release series is in progress

, although I can't begin to guess on a release date.

kovidgoyal · 02-11-2009, 10:32 AM

To elaborate a bit, you don't actually need a single file, just one file per level1 part. So part01.html needs to contain the part01 title as well as the markup for all the chapters in Part1 and so on...

ewiplayer · 02-11-2009, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

To elaborate a bit, you don't actually need a single file, just one file per level1 part. So part01.html needs to contain the part01 title as well as the markup for all the chapters in Part1 and so on...

Alright, I'll give that a shot.

As it stands now, I did try to put everything in one file with the "real" document I'm working on and it failed in a different way. Normally to build the epub with the individual 294 files, it takes about 2 mins. With all 294 concatenated into 1 file, after 105 minutes it was still "Rationalizing fonts..." and sucking up 100% cpu. I wasn't willing to wait anymore and just killed it off.

When I get a chance later, I'll try breaking things up a bit more to see if that gets around this problem.

Cheers

kovidgoyal · 02-11-2009, 11:25 AM

Font rationalization happens for each file, the larger the file, the longer it takes.

Valloric · 02-14-2009, 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiklop74

BTW I was not aware that feature is supported by calibre. How do you embed fonts in epub?

I meant by hand.

kiklop74 · 02-14-2009, 06:34 PM

Yes but I want to avoid all that hassle and since reader already has suitable font why not just use it? And I can tell you it works great.

Valloric · 02-14-2009, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiklop74

Yes but I want to avoid all that hassle and since reader already has suitable font why not just use it? And I can tell you it works great.

But doesn't your workaround make the epub file Reader specific? How would it display on something like the desktop version of Digital Editions? Or some future device?

kiklop74 · 02-14-2009, 11:46 PM

Yes it does make it reader specific but since calibre does not support font embedding from the recipe - embedding them manually is something that does not make much sense to me.

The point of the recipe IS to automate complete process not make it into something you manually need to do every day. Imagine downloading 5 or more newspapers every day and every day having to embed same font 5 times. That is something I just do not want to do, and I do not care that it would not work on some other device since I do not distribute epub files I generate nor do I have any other device. If somebody else want to do some change into recipe - be my guest. After all this is open-source and anybody can adapt code to their specific needs.

kovidgoyal · 02-15-2009, 12:14 AM

Those EPUB files will display fine on other devices/software provided that the device has as default font capable of displaying the needed character set. In any case calibre will soon get suport for embedding fonts in EPUB files.

kiklop74 · 02-15-2009, 06:42 AM

That is really great news Kovid!

Valloric · 02-15-2009, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

In any case calibre will soon get suport for embedding fonts in EPUB files.

This is good news indeed.

02-10-2009, 08:43 PM	#332
ewiplayer Enthusiast Posts: 47 Karma: 90 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-700	--levelN-toc doesn't work? Hi, I've been trying to use --level1-toc and friends to no avail. I've tried all kinds of different things but in the end, the only thing that lets me get everything into the TOC is to use the --chapter flag: Code: --chapter='//[@class="docPartTitle" or @class="docChapterTitle" or @class="docAppendixTitle" or @class="docPrefaceTitle" or @class="docSection1Title"]' but this gives me a dead flat hierarchy. Ideally what I want to do is: Code: --leve1-toc='//[@class="docPartTitle" or @class="docAppendixTitle" or @class="docPrefaceTitle"]' --level2-toc='//*[@class="docChapterTitle" or @class="docSection1Title"]' But no matter how I try to do it, include --no-chapters-in-toc or --use-auto-toc, or --chapter=/, those options don't do anything at all. All I get is the default behaviour (h1, h2 with Part and Chapter in it). Is this feature not working or am I doing something stupid? Thanks, EP

02-14-2009, 11:46 PM	#342
kiklop74 Guru Posts: 800 Karma: 194644 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Argentina Device: Kindle Voyage	Yes it does make it reader specific but since calibre does not support font embedding from the recipe - embedding them manually is something that does not make much sense to me. The point of the recipe IS to automate complete process not make it into something you manually need to do every day. Imagine downloading 5 or more newspapers every day and every day having to embed same font 5 times. That is something I just do not want to do, and I do not care that it would not work on some other device since I do not distribute epub files I generate nor do I have any other device. If somebody else want to do some change into recipe - be my guest. After all this is open-source and anybody can adapt code to their specific needs. Last edited by kiklop74; 02-14-2009 at 11:54 PM.

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02-05-2009, 06:21 PM	#331
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,088 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	It's not yet supported for EPUB

02-10-2009, 09:22 PM	#333
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,088 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	As far as I know, they are working. Open a bug report and attach your file alogwith the command line you used.

02-11-2009, 10:32 AM	#336
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,088 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	To elaborate a bit, you don't actually need a single file, just one file per level1 part. So part01.html needs to contain the part01 title as well as the markup for all the chapters in Part1 and so on...

02-11-2009, 11:25 AM	#338
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,088 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Font rationalization happens for each file, the larger the file, the longer it takes.

02-14-2009, 06:34 PM	#340
kiklop74 Guru Posts: 800 Karma: 194644 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Argentina Device: Kindle Voyage	Yes but I want to avoid all that hassle and since reader already has suitable font why not just use it? And I can tell you it works great.

02-15-2009, 12:14 AM	#343
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,088 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Those EPUB files will display fine on other devices/software provided that the device has as default font capable of displaying the needed character set. In any case calibre will soon get suport for embedding fonts in EPUB files.

02-15-2009, 06:42 AM	#344
kiklop74 Guru Posts: 800 Karma: 194644 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Argentina Device: Kindle Voyage	That is really great news Kovid!

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