[bksvol-discuss] Re: chapter headings
- From: Guido Corona <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 13:29:32 -0600
Yes, that is what the header stripper tries to do.
In all fairness, there are some standards that those headers must meet in
order for the tool to work. Marissa can likely provide the algorythm in
detail, but approximately, the header must be the first non blank line
on the page, and must be immediately followed by a completely blank line.
Failing that the tool gets confused.
Guido
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"Lisa Leonardi" <lml5280@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Ok, this is probably a really stupif question, and one that I think I know
the answer to, but I want to clarify. When the stripper strips the page
headers, is it trying to get rid of the title and author names that are
found on the top of each page? I ask this because, if that is the case, I
don't think it always does what it is meant to. I have downloaded
countless books that still contain the title and author at the start of
each page.
Lisa
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From: Guido Corona
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Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 8:41 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: chapter headings
Folks, there is a better way than removing blank lines below/above
chapter headings. Split the Chapter heading on two lines, and leave a
couple or three lines blank above the headings.
Chapter 1 --
In the very Beginnings.
In the beginnings lived Aloysius of Appenzell, the great and fair-minded
sage.
This splitting will likely defeat the overzealous header stripping logic.
However, it is high time that Bookshare developer fix the stripper and
make it a little more intelligent. Kurzweil 9 can distinguish between
chapter headers and page headers, so should Bookshare.
Perhaps Marissa can urge developers to fix the problem.
Guido
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Pam Quinn <quinns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Thanks for the responses. It's just a shame that so many books in the
collection have fallen victim to this. Here again, a matter of
experience I guess. Anyway think I'll try your method Shelley, of not
leaving any blank lines above or below the chapter headings for the
books I have yet to clean up and submit, and we'll see what happens.
Pam
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