three trailing dots ...

cybmole · 12-13-2010, 05:51 AM

is there any way to patch up sentences that end with ...

so that e-readers do not split them over two lines ?

I hate seeing lines which trail off like ..
.
!

it would not be allowed in a printed book.

I am wondering if anything can be done at html level to force all sets of 3 dots to stay together during re-flows ?

GRiker · 12-13-2010, 06:07 AM

Use the HTML entity representing an ellipsis: … or ….

G

cybmole · 12-13-2010, 11:05 AM

OK - so I'd need to do a global find & replace on my source

if I open in sigil i find there are 400+ instances of ". . ."

do i put "&hellip" in the replace all box ( without the quotes and without a trailing semicolon ) ?

ldolse · 12-13-2010, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cybmole

OK - so I'd need to do a global find & replace on my source

if I open in sigil i find there are 400+ instances of ". . ."

do i put "&hellip" in the replace all box ( without the quotes and without a trailing semicolon ) ?

Correct, except for the trailing semi-colon - you need to include that.

Find: . . .

Replace with: …

If there is a space between the final word and the first dot in the ellipsis then you should also replace that space with a non-breaking space -  

cybmole · 12-13-2010, 11:20 AM

thanks - sigil - code view - find & replace all
". . ." to "…"
seems to have done the trick

I left out looking for the preceeding space, as I'll be happy just to have all 3 dots on the same line, even if they have a line all to themselves.

it would be nice if the "smarten punctuation" feature took care of this, automatically - but maybe there are valid instances where ". . ." should stay as-is ?

theducks · 12-13-2010, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cybmole

it would be nice if the "smarten punctuation" feature took care of this, automatically - but maybe there are valid instances where ". . ." should stay as-is ?

12-13-2010, 05:51 AM	#1
cybmole Wizard Posts: 3,720 Karma: 1759970 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: none	three trailing dots ... is there any way to patch up sentences that end with ... so that e-readers do not split them over two lines ? I hate seeing lines which trail off like .. . ! it would not be allowed in a printed book. I am wondering if anything can be done at html level to force all sets of 3 dots to stay together during re-flows ?

12-13-2010, 11:20 AM	#5
cybmole Wizard Posts: 3,720 Karma: 1759970 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: none	thanks - sigil - code view - find & replace all ". . ." to "…" seems to have done the trick I left out looking for the preceeding space, as I'll be happy just to have all 3 dots on the same line, even if they have a line all to themselves. it would be nice if the "smarten punctuation" feature took care of this, automatically - but maybe there are valid instances where ". . ." should stay as-is ? Last edited by cybmole; 12-13-2010 at 11:22 AM.

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12-13-2010, 06:07 AM	#2
GRiker Comparer of the Ephemeris Posts: 1,496 Karma: 424697 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: iPad	Use the HTML entity representing an ellipsis: … or …. G

12-13-2010, 11:05 AM	#3
cybmole Wizard Posts: 3,720 Karma: 1759970 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: none	OK - so I'd need to do a global find & replace on my source if I open in sigil i find there are 400+ instances of ". . ." do i put "&hellip" in the replace all box ( without the quotes and without a trailing semicolon ) ?