Adding HTML back to comments

Rellwood · 10-08-2020, 07:13 PM

I made a bad move and normalized all my comments. Now there are markdown characters everywhere and I lost all formatting (yes, what did I expect?). I want to go back, but I can't for the life of me figure out how I can, short of individually going in and resetting the metadata.

I tried importing a catalog.csv from a library with good comments, but the import just shows the same markings. I can't seem to import anything and have the markdown commets "**" and "#" characters show up as what they would be. Nothing changes.

So, how can I possibly fix this? Is there some way that I can just have the comments column reset to "recognize" the markings? Is there a custom column I can make that I can copy the current comments to, that would transform them to what they should be and they copy them back?

I really, REALLY, don't want to have to go in and manually download new metadata for 6000 books. I don't really want to restart with an older library (It has been a couple of months), and I don't want to start from scratch.

Any possible suggestions?

ownedbycats · 10-08-2020, 08:28 PM

You could try search & replace. Not sure of the regexes to convert markdown back to HTML though.

Rellwood · 10-08-2020, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

You could try search & replace. Not sure of the regexes to convert markdown back to HTML though.

It won't work because the html marks are different depending on where they are located.

**= Bold

<b> Bold at the beginning
</b> bold at the end.

So, I am kind of stuck.

hobnail · 10-08-2020, 10:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rellwood

It won't work because the html marks are different depending on where they are located.

**= Bold

<b> Bold at the beginning
</b> bold at the end.

So, I am kind of stuck.

I don't see that as a problem for using regular expressions. You just need to analyze the way things are laid out with markdown, i.e., figure out the patterns, and then construct the appropriate regular expressions.

ownedbycats · 10-08-2020, 11:01 PM

No, it's possible. I just dont know how to do it in Python.

theducks · 10-08-2020, 11:14 PM

Markdown starts and ends with the same mark, correct?

Your regex need to be NOT greedy \*\*(.+?)\*\*

10-08-2020, 07:13 PM	#1
Rellwood Library Breeder (She/Her) Posts: 1,301 Karma: 1937893 Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Fullerton, California Device: Paperwhite 2015 (2), PW 2024 (12 GEN), PW 2023 (11 GEN), Scribe (1st)	Adding HTML back to comments I made a bad move and normalized all my comments. Now there are markdown characters everywhere and I lost all formatting (yes, what did I expect?). I want to go back, but I can't for the life of me figure out how I can, short of individually going in and resetting the metadata. I tried importing a catalog.csv from a library with good comments, but the import just shows the same markings. I can't seem to import anything and have the markdown commets "**" and "#" characters show up as what they would be. Nothing changes. So, how can I possibly fix this? Is there some way that I can just have the comments column reset to "recognize" the markings? Is there a custom column I can make that I can copy the current comments to, that would transform them to what they should be and they copy them back? I really, REALLY, don't want to have to go in and manually download new metadata for 6000 books. I don't really want to restart with an older library (It has been a couple of months), and I don't want to start from scratch. Any possible suggestions?

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10-08-2020, 08:28 PM	#2
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,363 Karma: 79528341 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	You could try search & replace. Not sure of the regexes to convert markdown back to HTML though.

10-08-2020, 11:01 PM	#5
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 11,363 Karma: 79528341 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	No, it's possible. I just dont know how to do it in Python.

10-08-2020, 11:14 PM	#6
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,270 Karma: 61916422 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Markdown starts and ends with the same mark, correct? Your regex need to be NOT greedy \\(.+?)\\

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