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src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/utils.py

@@ -302,5 +302,29 @@ def align_block(raw, multiple=4, pad=b'\0'):
     return raw + pad*(multiple - extra)
 
 
+def detect_periodical(toc, log):
+    '''
+    Detect if the TOC object toc contains a periodical that conforms to the
+    structure required by kindlegen to generate a periodical.
+    '''
+    for node in toc.iterdescendants():
+        if node.depth() == 1 and node.klass != 'article':
+            log.debug(
+                'Not a periodical: Deepest node does not have '
+                'class="article"')
+            return False
+        if node.depth() == 2 and node.klass != 'section':
+            log.debug(
+                'Not a periodical: Second deepest node does not have'
+                ' class="section"')
+            return False
+        if node.depth() == 3 and node.klass != 'periodical':
+            log.debug('Not a periodical: Third deepest node'
+                    ' does not have class="periodical"')
+            return False
+        if node.depth() > 3:
+            log.debug('Not a periodical: Has nodes of depth > 3')
+            return False
+    return True
 
 

src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/writer2/indexer.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from collections import OrderedDict, defaultdict
 
 from calibre.ebooks.mobi.writer2 import RECORD_SIZE
 from calibre.ebooks.mobi.utils import (encint, encode_number_as_hex,
-        encode_tbs, align_block, utf8_text)
+        encode_tbs, align_block, utf8_text, detect_periodical)
 
 
 class CNCX(object): # {{{
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ class Indexer(object): # {{{
         self.log = oeb.log
         self.opts = opts
 
-        self.is_periodical = self.detect_periodical()
+        self.is_periodical = detect_periodical(self.oeb.toc, self.log)
         self.log('Generating MOBI index for a %s'%('periodical' if
             self.is_periodical else 'book'))
         self.is_flat_periodical = False
@@ -344,28 +344,6 @@ class Indexer(object): # {{{
 
         self.calculate_trailing_byte_sequences()
 
-    def detect_periodical(self): # {{{
-        for node in self.oeb.toc.iterdescendants():
-            if node.depth() == 1 and node.klass != 'article':
-                self.log.debug(
-                    'Not a periodical: Deepest node does not have '
-                    'class="article"')
-                return False
-            if node.depth() == 2 and node.klass != 'section':
-                self.log.debug(
-                    'Not a periodical: Second deepest node does not have'
-                    ' class="section"')
-                return False
-            if node.depth() == 3 and node.klass != 'periodical':
-                self.log.debug('Not a periodical: Third deepest node'
-                        ' does not have class="periodical"')
-                return False
-            if node.depth() > 3:
-                self.log.debug('Not a periodical: Has nodes of depth > 3')
-                return False
-        return True
-    # }}}
-
     def create_index_record(self): # {{{
         header_length = 192
         buf = StringIO()

src/calibre/ebooks/mobi/writer2/main.py

@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ class MobiWriter(object):
         self.serializer = Serializer(self.oeb, self.images,
                 write_page_breaks_after_item=self.write_page_breaks_after_item)
         text = self.serializer()
-        self.content_length = len(text)
         self.text_length = len(text)
         text = StringIO(text)
         nrecords = 0
@@ -206,21 +205,16 @@ class MobiWriter(object):
         if self.compression != UNCOMPRESSED:
             self.oeb.logger.info('  Compressing markup content...')
 
-        data, overlap = self.read_text_record(text)
+        while text.tell() < self.text_length:
-
+            data, overlap = self.read_text_record(text)
-        while len(data) > 0:
             if self.compression == PALMDOC:
                 data = compress_doc(data)
-            record = StringIO()
 
+            data += overlap
+            data += pack(b'>B', len(overlap))
+
+            self.records.append(data)
             nrecords += 1
-            data, overlap = self.read_text_record(text)
-            record.write(data)
-
-            # Write information about the multibyte character overlap, if any
-            record.write(overlap)
-            record.write(pack(b'>B', len(overlap)))
-            self.records.append(record.getvalue())
 
         self.last_text_record_idx = nrecords