"Not all base chapters are defined" message

[Dharding]

I am new to Typefriendly and I like it very much so far.  I am getting the message "not all base chapters are defined" after I made changes to my sort_hints.txt file.  I modified a chapter that was getting very large and broke it into smaller chapters (each with its own filename.txt file).  I added the new filenames to my sort_hints.txt file in the order that I want them to appear and now I am getting the message.  I have looked for documentation that describes the chapter structure, but I haven't found anything that helps me figure out why I am getting this message.  Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[Zyx]

Hi,

you must specify all the chapters at the given level in sort_hints.txt. Let's say you have your big chapter:

foo.txt
big.txt
bar.txt

In sort_hints you have:

Code:

foo
big
bar

Then you split the big chapter into several smaller ones:

foo.txt
big.txt
big.part1.txt
big.part2.txt
big.part3.txt
bar.txt

Now you can keep the existing sort_hints file and TypeFriendly will sort the sub-chapters in the alphabetical order. If you do not like that, you can add new entries, but then - you must specify all of them at the given level. It means that you cannot miss i.e. big.part2 or you will see the very message: "Not all base chapters defined".

Code:

foo
big
big.part2
big.part1
big.part3
bar

TypeFriendly should give you some information, what chapter definition is missing in sort_hints.txt - just add it there.

[Dharding]

Thank you for the details.  I have corrected my sort_hints.txt and everything is working well.