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ElMiko · 05-07-2025, 10:01 AM

Thanks, KevinH (for both responses).

I think I can still make this work by tweaking the order of operations a tiny bit. Muscle memory is a pitiless mistress, though.

For the record, I do generally use a clip for inserting line breaks ("</p> <p class="calibre1"> in prose. In the case of verse, however, it's a little more finicky.

Take:

Code:

<p><i>Roses are red Violets are purple I can't rhyme anything with purple This poem stinks</i><p>

Inserting the above clips (yours OR mine) would break the html because it doesn't account for the <i> tags. So that would require a separate clip that incorporate italics. But it would also need to incorporate a clip that changes the class to my desired format ("hindent"), which means either making two more clips beyond the standard one (one for plain "hindent" breaks and one for italicized "hindent" breaks) or a second operation (first break the lines with a standard <i/p> break, then go back and replace the classes). All of this is a horrifying multi-key-stroke ordeal, whereas "PageEdit/BookView" is: change the main class to "hindent", and then "Enter" three times.

Like, I said, though, I think there's a small tweak to the workflow that can get around it. It's mostly a failure on my part to think creatively, seeing as it's a process that's so deeply ingrained at this point. Basically, I think I just have to remember to copy a string of the target text from Code View before hitting F2 so that I can paste it into the search bar in PageEdit.

05-07-2025, 10:01 AM	#4
ElMiko Evangelist Posts: 473 Karma: 65460 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle	Thanks, KevinH (for both responses). I think I can still make this work by tweaking the order of operations a tiny bit. Muscle memory is a pitiless mistress, though. For the record, I do generally use a clip for inserting line breaks ("</p> <p class="calibre1"> in prose. In the case of verse, however, it's a little more finicky. Take: Code: <p><i>Roses are red Violets are purple I can't rhyme anything with purple This poem stinks</i><p> Inserting the above clips (yours OR mine) would break the html because it doesn't account for the <i> tags. So that would require a separate clip that incorporate italics. But it would also need to incorporate a clip that changes the class to my desired format ("hindent"), which means either making two more clips beyond the standard one (one for plain "hindent" breaks and one for italicized "hindent" breaks) or a second operation (first break the lines with a standard <i/p> break, then go back and replace the classes). All of this is a horrifying multi-key-stroke ordeal, whereas "PageEdit/BookView" is: change the main class to "hindent", and then "Enter" three times. Like, I said, though, I think there's a small tweak to the workflow that can get around it. It's mostly a failure on my part to think creatively, seeing as it's a process that's so deeply ingrained at this point. Basically, I think I just have to remember to copy a string of the target text from Code View before hitting F2 so that I can paste it into the search bar in PageEdit. Last edited by ElMiko; 05-07-2025 at 10:45 AM.