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crankypants · 10-29-2015, 07:28 AM

Sigil 0.8.7 on Windows 8.

When I paste a text file into Sigil it does lots of formatting for me, that's great. But many times I end up with 2 spaces between words, and in the Sigil preview window, these 2 spaces are not compressed into 1 space, which I thought XHTML would do, just like HTML.

So, I want to replace 2 spaces (or more) that are between words, with one single space. Example where _ is a space.

Code:

Good__morning_today.

Should end up as:

Code:

Good_morning_today.

This should not be affected.

Code:

_____<p>This is the beginning of a paragraph.</p>

10-29-2015, 07:28 AM	#1
crankypants Hmm. Posts: 124 Karma: 2016606 Join Date: Oct 2015 Device: Android 4.2 Google Play Reader	How to make regex to replace 2 spaces between words, with one space? Sigil 0.8.7 on Windows 8. When I paste a text file into Sigil it does lots of formatting for me, that's great. But many times I end up with 2 spaces between words, and in the Sigil preview window, these 2 spaces are not compressed into 1 space, which I thought XHTML would do, just like HTML. So, I want to replace 2 spaces (or more) that are between words, with one single space. Example where _ is a space. Code: Good__morning_today. Should end up as: Code: Good_morning_today. This should not be affected. Code: _____<p>This is the beginning of a paragraph.</p>