Little F&R RegEx help to clean a Calibre conversion

[phossler]

Real noob question:

When I convert a MOBI to EPUB using Calibre to clean it up and add my own CSS using Sigil, there's a lot of Calibre-created tags that I have to manually do a F&R on.

Things like:

<p class="calibre2"> ... <p class="calibre99"> etc.

<p class="calibre1 sgc-1">&nbsp;</p>

<div class="mbppagebreak" id="calibre_pb_0"></div>

My CSS has the 'standard' <p>, <h1>, etc. and I usually have to tidy' up the Calibre tags, inport my CSS, and manually apply the Headings

I assume there's no script (darn !!!) , but some guidence on a easy way to clean the tags would be appreciated.

Paul

[theducks]

Originally Posted by phossler

Real noob question:

When I convert a MOBI to EPUB using Calibre to clean it up and add my own CSS using Sigil, there's a lot of Calibre-created tags that I have to manually do a F&R on.

Things like:

<p class="calibre2"> ... <p class="calibre99"> etc.

<p class="calibre1 sgc-1">&nbsp;</p>

<div class="mbppagebreak" id="calibre_pb_0"></div>

My CSS has the 'standard' <p>, <h1>, etc. and I usually have to tidy' up the Calibre tags, inport my CSS, and manually apply the Headings

I assume there's no script (darn !!!) , but some guidence on a easy way to clean the tags would be appreciated.

Paul

If you simply remove the class selectors from the stylesheet, they will be ignored in the body.
Now, doing it your way, destroys existing styling that is only slightly obvious from context.
How does your P tag know an item should be centered? Italic? Bold?
What about the H tag? Centered? Italic?
Then ther is the infamous HR tag that ADE does not center if less than full width.
IMHO it is far better to hand tune each stylesheet that FITS THE BOOK than use a OSFA stylesheet with a book NOT created for that sheet

[phossler]

Thanks for the insights, and they're pretty much right on.

The input to the conversion that uses such radical surgery are usually garbaged up, having 2 or 3 TOC's embedded, bad chapter breaks, inconsistant fonts, etc. The original format is long gone.

I typically just want to clean them up for be readable on my Kindle, and have a usable TOC. Doing the cleaning in Sigil, manually spliting and marking the chapters, and using Calibre to convert the EPUB to MOBI works well enough to have a readable book for personal use.

My CSS with my <p> and <hx> includes the .italic, .bold, .underline that Calibre likes to add, as well a serif font (personal preference)

I just try to tidy things up by deleteing the Calibre added classes, etc. and doing the F&R manually the way I only know how to do it is tedious and error prone.

So I was looking for some technique or RegEx guidence to make it a little easier

Paul

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by phossler

So I was looking for some technique or RegEx guidence to make it a little easier

If you're 100% sure that you won't be needing any of the Calibre styles, simply use the following regex:

Find: class="calibre\d+"
Replace:

(There's a space before "class" in the Find expression.)

[phossler]

Thanks, and I WILL make a back up ... just in case

Paul