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mezme · 03-29-2011, 11:23 AM

This is going to sound quirky... but...

A previous update a zillion updates ago... the comments section switched to a HTML based text... which is great 80% of the time!

The problem that I run into is that the other 20% is problematic when you are drag 'n' dropping or copy/pasting text from the internet to calibre for a book description. The text usually keeps the formatting (weird fonts, white text color, etc).

That being said... there IS a nifty little remove formatting button that you can click as you add comments but when you are say adding 50 books at a time... this can be a bit of a hassle.

How much trouble would it be to add a "remove formatting from comments" button to the edit metadata option? OR add a tweak that would allow you to disable formatting and make the comments section a plain text field vs HTML?

I wasn't sure if it's something that would be horrendously hard or just not worth the time... Figured asking here would give me an idea if it would be a waste of David's time putting a request in.

03-29-2011, 11:23 AM	#1
mezme Connoisseur Posts: 59 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: PRS700	[Old Thread] Comments section formatting This is going to sound quirky... but... A previous update a zillion updates ago... the comments section switched to a HTML based text... which is great 80% of the time! The problem that I run into is that the other 20% is problematic when you are drag 'n' dropping or copy/pasting text from the internet to calibre for a book description. The text usually keeps the formatting (weird fonts, white text color, etc). That being said... there IS a nifty little remove formatting button that you can click as you add comments but when you are say adding 50 books at a time... this can be a bit of a hassle. How much trouble would it be to add a "remove formatting from comments" button to the edit metadata option? OR add a tweak that would allow you to disable formatting and make the comments section a plain text field vs HTML? I wasn't sure if it's something that would be horrendously hard or just not worth the time... Figured asking here would give me an idea if it would be a waste of David's time putting a request in.