Metadata batch edit breaking epub files

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Metadata batch edit breaking epub files

Closed this issue 3 years ago · 5 comments

TheCrappyCompletionist commented 3 years ago

This is actually related to the previous issue I've had that was marked as resolved - The metadata editor would give me an error as seen here:
https://github.com/benchen71/epub-metadata-editor/issues/63

but now I found out how the files are being corrupted. I'm batch editing the files, and the editor is breaking the package.opf file.
I manually correct the error, but after batch editing it a second time, the file breaks again. Not sure why.

^ basically above was in correct format, but after pressing batch edit, the file broke again and now looks like this

Answer 1 · 2021-12-19T08:08:29.000Z

more details: I'm trying to batch edit the following fields:

Answer 2 · 2021-12-19T11:02:49.000Z

OK, it looks like something might be wrong when using the batch edit to replace Creator 2 with a blank string. I'll investigate...

Answer 3 · 2021-12-20T02:36:01.000Z

Also, is there a way to batch edit the creator 1 and 2 type? like set them to author/illustrator etc.?

Answer 4 · 2021-12-29T23:08:24.000Z

I've confirmed the error: the code is not handling multiple creators with EPUB3 files correctly when replacing fields with an empty string.

Answer 5 · 2021-12-30T00:56:00.000Z

I think the problem has been dealt with. And as a bonus for waiting for patiently, I've also added the ability to batch set the creator1 and creator2 roles! Check out 1.8.11.