Fix HTML & Beautify current file. Possible in bulk?

chaot · 03-25-2015, 02:12 PM

At the beginning of editing a book I see 2 or 3 routine tasks:

Run Checkbook (-> No problems found)
Fix HTML and/or
Beautify current file

The latter includes the second at least as regards the 'brown block at the beginning' of each file.

Quote:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">

Manual -> Beautifying files talks of all files

Quote:

This tool is used to auto-format all HTML and CSS files so that they “look pretty”.
Accessed via Tools->Beautify all files

As already noted above now the button says Beautify current file.
Not being able to do that in bulk is waste of time and includes the ability to oversee something, especially if the book contains many of them.

Click image for larger version

Name: Beautify current file.png
Views: 449
Size: 54.9 KB
ID: 136373

How do I edit all/at least all selected files in bulk? Marking of files for this purpose results currently fruitless.

theducks · 03-25-2015, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chaot

At the beginning of editing a book I see 2 or 3 routine tasks:

Run Checkbook (-> No problems found)
Fix HTML and/or
Beautify current file

The latter includes the second at least as regards the 'brown block at the beginning' of each file.

Manual -> Beautifying files talks of all files

As already noted above now the button says Beautify current file.
Not being able to do that in bulk is waste of time and includes the ability to oversee something, especially if the book contains many of them.

Attachment 136373

How do I edit all/at least all selected files in bulk? Marking of files for this purpose results currently fruitless.

There are 2 Beautifies:
Tools Menu: does all files
The one on the edit fram does the current file only

eschwartz · 03-25-2015, 02:42 PM

As per the User Manual instructions, the "Beautify all files" option is in the "Tools" menu.

The "Tools" menu can be found in the menubar on the top of the screen.

chaot · 03-25-2015, 02:55 PM

The possibilities are many.

In the manual there should be a note about.

eschwartz · 03-25-2015, 03:12 PM

The manual specifically says "Accessed via Tools->Beautify all files".

phossler · 03-25-2015, 03:55 PM

kovid very thoughtfully (and user friendlyly) added the correct task description in the tool tips

I've customized my toolbars a little to fit my way of working

chaot · 03-27-2015, 02:51 PM

The assessment (justification) of an event is almost always dictated by the winner.

Quote:

The manual specifically says "Accessed via Tools->Beautify all files".

@eschwartz Yes, it could be seen. We have to be very attentive.*

@phossler ... user friendlyly, more is not possible you think!? But that's only after appropriate means.

Click image for larger version

Name: Beautify all files.png
Views: 235
Size: 15.4 KB
ID: 136462

* OT Issue is the quality of the manual. If anyone is interested I'll make further explanations.

eschwartz · 03-29-2015, 12:41 AM

Feel free to open a new thread with any suggestions as to how you feel the User Manual can be improved and made clearer.

Documentation is less easy to write when one already knows everything about the product (and Kovid knows since he wrote it!

) -- it is much easier when approaching from the perspective "what would I not have known".

03-25-2015, 02:55 PM	#4
chaot Head of lunatic asylum Posts: 349 Karma: 77620 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: UTC +1 Device: Tolino Vision 3HD	The possibilities are many. In the manual there should be a note about. Last edited by chaot; 03-25-2015 at 02:59 PM. Reason: add In the manual there should be a note about.

03-25-2015, 03:55 PM	#6
phossler Wizard Posts: 1,087 Karma: 447222 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Valley Forge, PA, USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite	kovid very thoughtfully (and user friendlyly) added the correct task description in the tool tips I've customized my toolbars a little to fit my way of working Attached Thumbnails

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Touch Poll: what's more important, new features or fix current bugs?	danskmacabre	Kobo Reader	56	10-14-2014 12:03 PM
Bulk convert HTML characters for epub	christopher88	ePub	13	12-02-2013 12:23 PM
HTML input plugin stripping text within toc tags in child html file	nimblebooks	Conversion	3	02-21-2012 03:24 PM
Convert HTML to MOBI (HTML recognized as ZIP file)	pdubois	Conversion	1	01-25-2011 12:55 PM
Kobo reader cannot parse html file names with space/apostrophes. Can calibre fix this	Bismar	Calibre	1	05-20-2010 01:12 PM

03-25-2015, 02:42 PM	#3
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	As per the User Manual instructions, the "Beautify all files" option is in the "Tools" menu. The "Tools" menu can be found in the menubar on the top of the screen.

03-25-2015, 03:12 PM	#5
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	The manual specifically says "Accessed via Tools->Beautify all files".

03-29-2015, 12:41 AM	#8
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Feel free to open a new thread with any suggestions as to how you feel the User Manual can be improved and made clearer. Documentation is less easy to write when one already knows everything about the product (and Kovid knows since he wrote it! ) -- it is much easier when approaching from the perspective "what would I not have known".

Advert

Advert