Help with Apostrophes

dvd8n · 10-16-2012, 05:22 PM

I imported a few hundred text files into Calibre, spending quite a bit of time carefully setting up the author, series etc. I converted them to ePub and imported them into my Sony reader.

Only after doing all the work did I notice that a lot of them were displaying apostrophes on the reader as a question mark. In Calibre's reader they were not displaying at all.

I traced the problem to the originator of the text files choosing to use 0x92 as an apostrophe in a lot of the files.

This is actually an acute accent, I think. And, interestingly, Calibre is converting it to a 0xC2 followed by a 0x92 in the epub. And not displaying it / them.

I'm not blaming Calibre for this, But, can anyone suggest how to recover from this without an insane amount of work?

Thanks, D

DoctorOhh · 10-17-2012, 12:44 AM

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Moved thread to the conversion sub-forum. Hopefully someone will stop by with some help.

You might find Sigil and the Sigil forum a source of help in solving your problem.

Good Luck.

WillAdams · 10-17-2012, 08:04 AM

Should be trivial.

Use a tool to unarchive the ePub files (they're really .zip archives), then use a global search-replace tool which will work on all files w/in a sub-directory to make the change, then re-archive the files back to .ePub.

Mac OS X Applescripts for this here:

http://code.google.com/p/epub-apples...downloads/list

dvd8n · 10-17-2012, 04:31 PM

Thanks.

However I decided that trying to fix the epubs was thinking about it the wrong way, as getting Calibre to regenerate them is no big deal. And all the work was in establishing the books in the library, with their tags, not in the conversion.

I deleted the epubs from the library, leaving the texts in place.

I then used Agent Ransack to find all files containing 0x92. I then used Notepad++ to a global replace on the 0x92, changing them to a normal apostrophe.

All that's left to do now is reconvert.

Thanks everyone for their interest.

D

10-16-2012, 05:22 PM	#1
dvd8n Connoisseur Posts: 75 Karma: 77598 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: Sony PRS-650, Hanvon h516, Kobo Aura HD	Help with Apostrophes I imported a few hundred text files into Calibre, spending quite a bit of time carefully setting up the author, series etc. I converted them to ePub and imported them into my Sony reader. Only after doing all the work did I notice that a lot of them were displaying apostrophes on the reader as a question mark. In Calibre's reader they were not displaying at all. I traced the problem to the originator of the text files choosing to use 0x92 as an apostrophe in a lot of the files. This is actually an acute accent, I think. And, interestingly, Calibre is converting it to a 0xC2 followed by a 0x92 in the epub. And not displaying it / them. I'm not blaming Calibre for this, But, can anyone suggest how to recover from this without an insane amount of work? Thanks, D

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10-17-2012, 12:44 AM	#2
DoctorOhh US Navy, Retired Posts: 9,896 Karma: 13806776 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North Carolina Device: Icarus Illumina XL HD, Kindle PaperWhite SE 11th Gen	Moderator Notice Moved thread to the conversion sub-forum. Hopefully someone will stop by with some help. You might find Sigil and the Sigil forum a source of help in solving your problem. Good Luck.

10-17-2012, 08:04 AM	#3
WillAdams Wizard Posts: 1,258 Karma: 3439432 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (300ppi), Samsung Galaxy Book 12	Should be trivial. Use a tool to unarchive the ePub files (they're really .zip archives), then use a global search-replace tool which will work on all files w/in a sub-directory to make the change, then re-archive the files back to .ePub. Mac OS X Applescripts for this here: http://code.google.com/p/epub-apples...downloads/list

10-17-2012, 04:31 PM	#4
dvd8n Connoisseur Posts: 75 Karma: 77598 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: Sony PRS-650, Hanvon h516, Kobo Aura HD	Thanks. However I decided that trying to fix the epubs was thinking about it the wrong way, as getting Calibre to regenerate them is no big deal. And all the work was in establishing the books in the library, with their tags, not in the conversion. I deleted the epubs from the library, leaving the texts in place. I then used Agent Ransack to find all files containing 0x92. I then used Notepad++ to a global replace on the 0x92, changing them to a normal apostrophe. All that's left to do now is reconvert. Thanks everyone for their interest. D

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