HTML special characters - tip for the unwary

John Everett · 06-02-2010, 06:36 AM

I am continuing a mammoth recompile and have now discovered an interesting feature in Sigil (bearing in mind I am recompiling stuff already done in Calibre).

A common abbreviation for 'et cetera' is '&c.' as well as 'etc.'

If you leave '&c.' in your source file, the parser in Sigil thinks this is the start of a Special Character (like — and so on), and promptly drops the rest of the file, since it is looking for a concluding semi-colon and a valid Special HTML Character.

Remedy: global replace of '&c.' by 'etc.' (I have just done a text where there were ten of these).

I am not raising a bug report about this, because it is easier to fix the 'feature' by getting the source clean to start with.

John

Jellby · 06-02-2010, 08:00 AM

Doesn't it work if you replace & with & (the correct way to have an ampersand in HTML)?

John Everett · 06-02-2010, 02:40 PM

I am sure it would.

J

06-02-2010, 06:36 AM	#1
John Everett Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Apple iPad	HTML special characters - tip for the unwary I am continuing a mammoth recompile and have now discovered an interesting feature in Sigil (bearing in mind I am recompiling stuff already done in Calibre). A common abbreviation for 'et cetera' is '&c.' as well as 'etc.' If you leave '&c.' in your source file, the parser in Sigil thinks this is the start of a Special Character (like — and so on), and promptly drops the rest of the file, since it is looking for a concluding semi-colon and a valid Special HTML Character. Remedy: global replace of '&c.' by 'etc.' (I have just done a text where there were ten of these). I am not raising a bug report about this, because it is easier to fix the 'feature' by getting the source clean to start with. John

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06-02-2010, 08:00 AM	#2
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,570 Karma: 20150435 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	Doesn't it work if you replace & with & (the correct way to have an ampersand in HTML)?

06-02-2010, 02:40 PM	#3
John Everett Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Apple iPad	I am sure it would. J

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