How to search/replace double quote with left/right double quote ?

Alt68er · 01-21-2014, 12:01 PM

Hi,

I have a lot of ebooks which are using the correct left double quote but at the end the double quote instead of the correct right double quote.

When doing a search and replace then ALL the double quotes are replaced which is not really helpfull in case of

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

or

Code:

<p><span class="S-T">

or similar expressions.

I want to replace them only within the "normal" text.

Can anyone tell me please how I can do that? I did not find a way by myself...

1000 thanks in advance and regards,
Peter

theducks · 01-21-2014, 12:33 PM

ebook-editor (part of) Calibre has smartypants built in
You don't need to convert to use the new editor, but you do need to install Calibre

capidamonte · 01-21-2014, 04:36 PM

Try running these three sequences, in order:

Code:

Search: ([>\s])\&quot\;(.*?[^\s])\&quot\;([<\s])
Replace: \1&ldquo;\2&rdquo;\3

Search: ([>\s])\&quot\;(.*?[^\s])\&rdquo\;([<\s])
Replace: \1&ldquo;\2&rdquo;\3

Search: ([>\s])\&ldquo\;(.*?[^\s])\&quot\;([<\s])
Replace: \1&ldquo;\2&rdquo;\3

You can replace the entity names with whatever characters you need, such as " or ', or other appropriate entity names, such as British single-quotes, or cyrillic double-angle quotes, etc.

Don't forget to notice the "literal" slashes if you modify the expression.

It should properly ignore the quotation marks inside of HTML tags. Nonetheless, experiment with care.

I've modified this slightly from my NoteTab use to suit Sigil -- it may have errors -- if anyone notices, please inform and update.

Aloha.

davidfor · 01-21-2014, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

ebook-editor (part of) Calibre has smartypants built in
You don't need to convert to use the new editor, but you do need to install Calibre

The Polish Books function in calibre also has it as an option. As does the Modify ePub plugin which is what I normally use out of long standing habit.

Alt68er · 01-24-2014, 11:57 AM

Thanks a lot for your attention and hints.

First I tried the "Polish books function" in the calibre ebook-editor. This really works great with one mouseclick.

Thanks again and a nice weekend,
Peter

01-21-2014, 12:01 PM	#1
Alt68er Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2013 Device: Pocketbook touch lux (623)	How to search/replace double quote with left/right double quote ? Hi, I have a lot of ebooks which are using the correct left double quote but at the end the double quote instead of the correct right double quote. When doing a search and replace then ALL the double quotes are replaced which is not really helpfull in case of Code: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> or Code: <p><span class="S-T"> or similar expressions. I want to replace them only within the "normal" text. Can anyone tell me please how I can do that? I did not find a way by myself... 1000 thanks in advance and regards, Peter

01-21-2014, 04:36 PM	#3
capidamonte Not who you think I am... Posts: 374 Karma: 30283 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Honolulu Device: PocketBook 360 -- Ivory	Try running these three sequences, in order: Code: Search: ([>\s])\&quot\;(.?[^\s])\&quot\;([<\s]) Replace: \1“\2”\3 Search: ([>\s])\&quot\;(.?[^\s])\&rdquo\;([<\s]) Replace: \1“\2”\3 Search: ([>\s])\&ldquo\;(.*?[^\s])\&quot\;([<\s]) Replace: \1“\2”\3 You can replace the entity names with whatever characters you need, such as " or ', or other appropriate entity names, such as British single-quotes, or cyrillic double-angle quotes, etc. Don't forget to notice the "literal" slashes if you modify the expression. It should properly ignore the quotation marks inside of HTML tags. Nonetheless, experiment with care. I've modified this slightly from my NoteTab use to suit Sigil -- it may have errors -- if anyone notices, please inform and update. Aloha.

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01-21-2014, 12:33 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,908 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	ebook-editor (part of) Calibre has smartypants built in You don't need to convert to use the new editor, but you do need to install Calibre

01-24-2014, 11:57 AM	#5
Alt68er Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2013 Device: Pocketbook touch lux (623)	Thanks a lot for your attention and hints. First I tried the "Polish books function" in the calibre ebook-editor. This really works great with one mouseclick. Thanks again and a nice weekend, Peter

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