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Barto · 11-20-2018, 07:20 AM

Hi all!
I am now dealing with a very special book using a lot of math chars. Most of them can are embedded in the fonts we use, like ¬, ∈, ∀ or ∃. But some are not, e.g. ℕ (symbol of natural numbers).
So, they are also not visible in readers like ADE, Calibre or on devices.

Now I have used an HTML Entities code for this in Sigil: &#8469[semicolon] (I am writing like this, because you'll see the symbol otherwise)
Sigil presents it as a symbol given above, but after I save the file, Sigil automatically converts the code into a special character such as this: Name: N.jpg
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(alt="bold, empty N"). This character is not visible in ADE, and I do not know how to force Sigil not to convert code into spec. chars.

Can this be done at all in this version?

Thanks
Bart

11-20-2018, 07:20 AM	#1
Barto Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2015 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paper White, Sony Reader,ADE (Win),BlueFire (And)	Automatic change of coded HTML Entities into special chars in Sigil 0.9.9 upon saving Hi all! I am now dealing with a very special book using a lot of math chars. Most of them can are embedded in the fonts we use, like ¬, ∈, ∀ or ∃. But some are not, e.g. ℕ (symbol of natural numbers). So, they are also not visible in readers like ADE, Calibre or on devices. Now I have used an HTML Entities code for this in Sigil: &#8469[semicolon] (I am writing like this, because you'll see the symbol otherwise) Sigil presents it as a symbol given above, but after I save the file, Sigil automatically converts the code into a special character such as this: (alt="bold, empty N"). This character is not visible in ADE, and I do not know how to force Sigil not to convert code into spec. chars. Can this be done at all in this version? Thanks Bart Last edited by Barto; 11-20-2018 at 07:26 AM. Reason: code presented as a symbol, wanted to show the code