On 9/19/22 19:30, Boris Goldowsky wrote:

Two questions on Ebook Creator:

I have a pretty simple book with several chapters, each of which has an HTML file. These start with an <h1> for the chapter title, and then <h2> etc for sections, subsections etc within the chapter.   The .ebook file links to these from <chapter> eleements.I am creating an EPUB from this.

Right now the EPUB has the chapter names repeated at the beginning of each chapter – one header for the chapter element, and then an identical header from the <h1>.  What’s the best way to prevent this?

Also, I would like the EPUB TOC to have a depth of 2 – chapters and sections.  I with tocdepth=”2” (or 10!) on the <book> element, I just get the chapters listed in the TOC, not sure why.


Sorry but it seems that there is a misunderstanding here.

A .ebook document has been designed as a simple replacement for DITA map or a DocBook assembly. See article "HTML5 as an alternative to DITA and DocBook", http://www.xmlmind.com/tutorials/HTML5Books/HTML5Books.html

As such, a .ebook document must point to HTML pages containing the HTML equivalent of a topic.

This is not the case of an HTML page with an <h1> for the chapter title, and then <h2>, etc, for sections, subsections etc, within the chapter.

A topic has a title (head/title) and a body. The h1, h2, h3, etc, found in the body are not part of the structure of the Ebook. They are merely bridgeheads.

See attached sample Ebook resembling what you want to achieve.


Title: Chapter

Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text.

h2 here

Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text.

Title: Chapter

Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text.

h2 here

Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text.

Title: Section

Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text.

h3 here

Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text.

Title: Section

Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text.

h3 here

Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text. Some text.

Attachment: test.ebook
Description: XML document

Attachment: test.epub
Description: application/epub

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