How do I remove this type of tag?

[vleaf0210]

Example:

<span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="koboSpan" id="kobo.2.1">　キン、と</span>

Result:

　キン、と

I want to remove the tag from the code above and keep only the text inside the tag.
I don't know what regex to use for this like pattern... Could you help me?

[KevinH]

Using the TagMechanic plugin might be the easiest way.

But those span tags do not hurt anything and they really do not need to be removed at all.

Why are you trying to remove them? They were placed there in the kobo version of that book for a reason.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by vleaf0210

Example:

<span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="koboSpan" id="kobo.2.1">　キン、と</span>

Result:

　キン、と

I want to remove the tag from the code above and keep only the text inside the tag.
I don't know what regex to use for this like pattern... Could you help me?

Use calibre and use the Modify ePub plugin to remove the KePub code form your eBooks.

The other solution is to download them as ePub from Kobo you won't have the Kobo code to remove.

[vleaf0210]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Use calibre and use the Modify ePub plugin to remove the KePub code form your eBooks.

The other solution is to download them as ePub from Kobo you won't have the Kobo code to remove.

Can't you remove this tag with a regex in sigil?

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Use calibre and use the Modify ePub plugin to remove the KePub code form your eBooks.

The other solution is to download them as ePub from Kobo you won't have the Kobo code to remove.

Stop it Jon.

They asked in a Sigil Forum, there are ways to do it with Sigil, so start with a Sigil solution or stay out of the conversation.

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by vleaf0210

Can't you remove this tag with a regex in sigil?

Regex is never ideal for removing tags from xhtml that can be nested. Like spans.

[KevinH]

@vleaf0210

As explained, when tags are nested like spans can be, regex can get confused.

That is why I tried to suggest using the TagMechanic plugin may be easier.

I assumed you have a basic understanding of how to find, install, and use Sigil plugins. If not, our Sigil User Guide may help.

if you still want to try with regex, others in the regex thread can certainly provide some help.

[DNSB]

You could use regex to remove those spans however TagMechanic is a safer solution since it handles nested spans. I would suggest installing TagMechanic, selecting the files you want to remove those spans from and then running TagMechanic. Select the action as delete, the tag name as span, the attribute as class and the Whose value is field as koboSpan. Click on process and then commit and exit. Note that some books will not have the class= and you could try using the id attribute instead. That will require setting the Whose value is field using a regex such as 'kobo\.\d+\.\d+' without the quotes (basically matching any string of the format kobo.number(s).number(s) )