[CubGeek]

Originally Posted by Tex2002ans

The easiest way to do it is to use DiapDealer's fantastic "TagMechanic" plugin.

I explained how to install Sigil plugins in this 2021 post.

And I gave step-by-step instructions on how to use TagMechanic here:

• 2020: "Replacing All Tags Of One Kind With Another"

Cheers, that'll help significantly. Luckily, the few things I'm crafting are small enough, and I'm doing them slow enough, that there isn't much "spaghettification" of the code, or the whole <span>ception of nested <span>s thing that I've seen when I peeked inside a couple of my purchased or calibre-converted books.

You see the parentheses you wrapped around your stuff? That's called a "Capture Group".

Yup! Note my edit above where I learned about Capture Groups and backreferences and... However, I like your explanation better. Much more user friendly.

Side Note #2: If you want some more Regex tricks, I just wrote a post a few months ago here:

• 2022: "Need help with regex"

which linked to some of my other posts over the years. I break down + color-coordinate many of the ones I use.

bookmarked!

And I don't know if you caught this topic:

• 2021: "Italics and Bold"

where I explained differences between <i> + <em> even further.

Oh, I did. *twitch* I'm sure I was mumbling about em's and i's and strong's and b's (oh my!) in my sleep to the annoyance of my cats