How do I specify the split point when converting TXT into EPUB?

junjunjey · 11-25-2023, 09:55 AM

I tried adding the <h1> tag on my chapter headers while still in txt format, filling the first two boxes in Structure Detection with the XPath //h:h1, and making sure the 'Do not split on page breaks' in EPUB output remain unchecked; but the converted output rarely recognize my tag (it did work like once every five conversions).
More often than not it read the <h1> tag as <h1&rt;.

The only other thing I messed around was changing the input character encoding in the Look & Feel to utf-8 because otherwise the unicodes wouldn't be recognized and would only be replaced with �

My workaround so far is by editing via calibre-edit, merge the html files, and then split them with //h:h1 but sometimes I convert web-novels with over a thousand chapters and it gets my PC buggy while waiting for that workaround process to finish.

kovidgoyal · 11-25-2023, 11:19 PM

Use a text markup language such as markdown, set the option in the txt input settings in calibre to use markdown and in your text file use markdown syntax for headings.

JSWolf · 11-26-2023, 07:15 AM

Text Markdown

https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax

11-25-2023, 09:55 AM	#1
junjunjey Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2023 Device: none	How do I specify the split point when converting TXT into EPUB? I tried adding the <h1> tag on my chapter headers while still in txt format, filling the first two boxes in Structure Detection with the XPath //h:h1, and making sure the 'Do not split on page breaks' in EPUB output remain unchecked; but the converted output rarely recognize my tag (it did work like once every five conversions). More often than not it read the <h1> tag as <h1&rt;. The only other thing I messed around was changing the input character encoding in the Look & Feel to utf-8 because otherwise the unicodes wouldn't be recognized and would only be replaced with � My workaround so far is by editing via calibre-edit, merge the html files, and then split them with //h:h1 but sometimes I convert web-novels with over a thousand chapters and it gets my PC buggy while waiting for that workaround process to finish.

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11-25-2023, 11:19 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,976 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Use a text markup language such as markdown, set the option in the txt input settings in calibre to use markdown and in your text file use markdown syntax for headings.

11-26-2023, 07:15 AM	#3
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,512 Karma: 129668758 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Text Markdown https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax