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nabsltd · 09-19-2016, 04:51 PM

With just a regex, there's nothing simple about a search for a tag with a specific "class=" and then removing that tag (and it's closing tag). For example, build a general-purpose regex that successfully deletes the tag with class "deleteme", along with the matching closing tag:

Code:

<span class="keep01">Here <span class="deleteme">is <span class="alsokeep">the</span> text <span class="dontdelete">in the</span> book</span> that should all remain intact.</span>

This operation is trivial with a real HTML editor (I use Expression Web), but Sigil (and Calibre) don't have anything that can do this, and that's a simple operation compared to what you can do with a real editor.

09-19-2016, 04:51 PM	#3
nabsltd Fanatic Posts: 527 Karma: 9529956 Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamden, CT Device: Kindle Paperwhite (11th gen), Scribe, Kindle 4 Touch	With just a regex, there's nothing simple about a search for a tag with a specific "class=" and then removing that tag (and it's closing tag). For example, build a general-purpose regex that successfully deletes the tag with class "deleteme", along with the matching closing tag: Code: <span class="keep01">Here <span class="deleteme">is <span class="alsokeep">the</span> text <span class="dontdelete">in the</span> book</span> that should all remain intact.</span> This operation is trivial with a real HTML editor (I use Expression Web), but Sigil (and Calibre) don't have anything that can do this, and that's a simple operation compared to what you can do with a real editor.