Question: Find/Replace in css stylesheet

ElMiko · 12-23-2011, 08:51 AM

I'm trying to replace all margin values with 0. Is there any way to do this? I keep getting screwed up by the fact that the strings don't end consistently: sometimes the end in ";" (easy enough to search for and replace), but sometimes the string ends in "[\s]" or "}". One solution I considered would be to replace all numbers following the colon ("margin([^:]*): [0-9]+") with a zero ("margin\1: 0"), but the search gets hung up by the decimal point.

What am I doing wrong... besides everything?

Spoiler:

DiapDealer · 12-23-2011, 09:48 AM

Is your stylesheet really massive enough that you can't easily step through it one instance at a time and verify each replacement?

WS64 · 12-23-2011, 09:50 AM

Probably much too complicated, but seems to work (in 0.4.903):
F: margin([-a-z]*:)?([^;^\n^}]*)([;\n}])
R: margin\1 0\3

theducks · 12-23-2011, 09:53 AM

Margin can take many forms.
margin, margin-top, margin-bottom...

(not tested)

Code:

margin([\-.+])\:\s*\d+

what this is intended to find is all variants of margin followed by a colon followed by digits
I stop there and leave the units alone 0em is valid

, so KISS

you might need to do tricks for decimal points (\.* )

DaleDe · 12-23-2011, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

Margin can take many forms.
margin, margin-top, margin-bottom...

(not tested)

Code:

margin([\-.+])\:\s*\d+

what this is intended to find is all variants of margin followed by a colon followed by digits
I stop there and leave the units alone 0em is valid

, so KISS

you might need to do tricks for decimal points (\.* )

Actually 0 should not have any units.

theducks · 12-23-2011, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaleDe

Actually 0 should not have any units.

Interesting

I see it all the time: 0em, 0%, 0pt
flightcrew does not gripe

Jellby · 12-23-2011, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaleDe

Actually 0 should not have any units.

It need not have units, but it may.

ElMiko · 12-23-2011, 03:39 PM

@ WS46 - Thanks so much! It does work, so I went through and deconstructed it through whole bunch of trial and to figure out why (thank you also for introducing me to the "\n" character... I'm sure that'll come in handy in the future!).

@theducks - That one didn't match anything, but maybe I was implementing it incorrectly. Thanks for giving it a shot, though.

@DiapDealer: Is this a real question? Just for fun, time yourself on how long it takes for you to manually replace all the margin values in the very small sample I gave you. And then multiply that by 800.... or don't! Multiply it by one! Why wouldn't you want to do something more efficiently if it's at all possible???

shall1028 · 12-23-2011, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElMiko

@DiapDealer: Is this a real question? Just for fun, time yourself on how long it takes for you to manually replace all the margin values in the very small sample I gave you. And then multiply that by 800.

Don't use calibre to create the mess and you won't need to replace so many instances.

ElMiko · 12-23-2011, 05:35 PM

@shall1028 - I don't really have much in the way of other options for conversion...

cybmole · 12-23-2011, 11:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shall1028

Don't use calibre to create the mess and you won't need to replace so many instances.

or use calibre+ use the Extra CSS preferences to insert your own preferred values. works for me.

Hitch · 12-24-2011, 03:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElMiko

@shall1028 - I don't really have much in the way of other options for conversion...

What are you converting? I'm genuinely curious. I like many things about Calibre, but not the to → ePUB conversion.

Hitch

ElMiko · 12-25-2011, 06:29 AM

I use calibre to convert between all formats except PDF. For PDF, I use MobiPocket Creator => PRC/MOBI, and then convert that file to EPUB in calibre for copy editing.

12-23-2011, 08:51 AM	#1
ElMiko Addict Posts: 320 Karma: 56788 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle	Question: Find/Replace in css stylesheet I'm trying to replace all margin values with 0. Is there any way to do this? I keep getting screwed up by the fact that the strings don't end consistently: sometimes the end in ";" (easy enough to search for and replace), but sometimes the string ends in "[\s]" or "}". One solution I considered would be to replace all numbers following the colon ("*margin([^:]): [0-9]+") with a zero ("margin\1: 0"), but the search gets hung up by the decimal point. What am I doing wrong... besides everything? Spoiler*: .calibre { display: block; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 5pt; margin-right: 5pt; margin-top: 0; padding-left: 0; padding-right: 0 } .calibre1 { display: block; text-align: center } .calibre2 { display: block; font-size: 1.5em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 0.67em } .calibre3 { display: block; font-size: 1.375em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 0.83em } .calibre4 { border: 1px inset; color: gray; display: block; height: 2px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0.5em } .calibre5 { display: block; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 1em } .calibre6 { font-style: italic } .calibre7 { display: block; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-top: 1em; text-align: right } Last edited by ElMiko; 12-23-2011 at 08:54 AM.*

12-23-2011, 09:50 AM	#3
WS64 ♫ Posts: 660 Karma: 506380 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Germany Device: Kobo Aura / PB Lux 2 / Bookeen Frontlight / Kobo Mini / Nook Color	Probably much too complicated, but seems to work (in 0.4.903): F: margin([-a-z]:)?([^;^\n^}])([;\n}]) R: margin\1 0\3 Last edited by WS64; 12-23-2011 at 09:53 AM.

12-23-2011, 09:53 AM	#4
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,782 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Margin can take many forms. margin, margin-top, margin-bottom... (not tested) Code: margin([\-.+])\:\s\d+ what this is intended to find is all variants of margin followed by a colon followed by digits I stop there and leave the units alone 0em is valid , so KISS you might need to do tricks for decimal points (\. ) Last edited by Jellby; 12-23-2011 at 10:44 AM. Reason: fixed markup

12-23-2011, 03:39 PM	#8
ElMiko Addict Posts: 320 Karma: 56788 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle	@ WS46 - Thanks so much! It does work, so I went through and deconstructed it through whole bunch of trial and to figure out why (thank you also for introducing me to the "\n" character... I'm sure that'll come in handy in the future!). @theducks - That one didn't match anything, but maybe I was implementing it incorrectly. Thanks for giving it a shot, though. @DiapDealer: Is this a real question? Just for fun, time yourself on how long it takes for you to manually replace all the margin values in the very small sample I gave you. And then multiply that by 800.... or don't! Multiply it by one! Why wouldn't you want to do something more efficiently if it's at all possible??? Last edited by ElMiko; 12-23-2011 at 04:47 PM.

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12-23-2011, 09:48 AM	#2
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,546 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Is your stylesheet really massive enough that you can't easily step through it one instance at a time and verify each replacement?

12-23-2011, 05:35 PM	#10
ElMiko Addict Posts: 320 Karma: 56788 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle	@shall1028 - I don't really have much in the way of other options for conversion...

12-25-2011, 06:29 AM	#13
ElMiko Addict Posts: 320 Karma: 56788 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle	I use calibre to convert between all formats except PDF. For PDF, I use MobiPocket Creator => PRC/MOBI, and then convert that file to EPUB in calibre for copy editing.