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Tex2002ans · 08-11-2019, 09:30 PM

Step 1: Open up the Find/Replace (Ctrl+F) or press the menu Search > Find & Replace.

Step 2: Make sure you have the Mode box set as Regex.

If you want to be safe, only have the Index open in Sigil, and change the 2nd dropdown to "Current File". This will make sure it won't go replacing through your entire book (although it shouldn't).

Step 3: Put this in the fields:

Search: <div class="sgc-index-entry">\s+(.+?)\s+(<a href="[^"]+">)\d+</a>\s+</div>
Replace: <div class="sgc-index-entry">\2\1</a></div>

What that will do is take your example code, and convert it into:

Code:

<div class="sgc-index-entry"><a href="link to the poem">first line of the poem</a></div>

It takes the link from around #1 and wraps it around the entry instead.

Alternate #3: Personally, what I would do is use:

Replace: <p class="indexfirstline">\2\1</a></p>

and adjust the CSS. The code would be much more readable.

08-11-2019, 09:30 PM	#2
Tex2002ans Wizard Posts: 2,306 Karma: 13057279 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kobo Forma, Nook	Step 1: Open up the Find/Replace (Ctrl+F) or press the menu Search > Find & Replace. Step 2: Make sure you have the Mode box set as Regex. If you want to be safe, only have the Index open in Sigil, and change the 2nd dropdown to "Current File". This will make sure it won't go replacing through your entire book (although it shouldn't). Step 3: Put this in the fields: Search: <div class="sgc-index-entry">\s+(.+?)\s+(<a href="[^"]+">)\d+</a>\s+</div> Replace: <div class="sgc-index-entry">\2\1</a></div> What that will do is take your example code, and convert it into: Code: <div class="sgc-index-entry"><a href="link to the poem">first line of the poem</a></div> It takes the link from around #1 and wraps it around the entry instead. Alternate #3: Personally, what I would do is use: Replace: <p class="indexfirstline">\2\1</a></p> and adjust the CSS. The code would be much more readable. Last edited by Tex2002ans; 08-11-2019 at 09:36 PM.