Beautify and broken-up lines

Rand Brittain · 11-05-2014, 02:43 PM

In Sigil, if text is broken up over multiple lines in the html file but isn't actually a separate tag, the editor will condense it for you, so that

Code:

<p>I wrote
my text
like this</p>

becomes

Code:

<p>I wrote my text like this</p>.

It would be nice if Calibre's beautify feature could do this as well, so that I'd have one less thing I need to open Sigil to do.

kovidgoyal · 11-05-2014, 09:54 PM

I'd call that an anti-feature. What if you like your source code to have short lines? Or if your <p> tag has white-space

re set in the CSS. That would change the appearance of the rendered text. Beautify, unlike Sigil tries hard to ensure that changes it makes do not change too much, in particular the chance of changin the rendered appearance of text is very low.

eschwartz · 11-08-2014, 11:54 PM

I assume anyone using automated beautify features is not one of the people who prefers short lines.

I do accept the reason that white-space:pre might be in play.

Could there be a setting or tweak to assume that white-space:pre is not used?
Or, this might be a bit of work to implement, and I am not sure of the performance impact, but you could also check the rendered CSS for its presence. (Live CSS already shows this?)

kovidgoyal · 11-08-2014, 11:57 PM

It can go either way, there are people that prefer short lines and people that prefer long lines, leaving it upto the editor to wrap them.

Personally, I have no interest in joining/splitting text lines, patches are welcome.

roger64 · 11-20-2014, 02:38 AM

Hi

Searching for and suppressing \n transforms the text in a huge bag of words, and then, using "Beautify" puts everything back magically in -good- order.

I did it sometimes, when the text in the code was too ragged for my taste. Use with care.

11-05-2014, 02:43 PM	#1
Rand Brittain Bookmaker Posts: 427 Karma: 2143650 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Cybook Opus	Beautify and broken-up lines In Sigil, if text is broken up over multiple lines in the html file but isn't actually a separate tag, the editor will condense it for you, so that Code: <p>I wrote my text like this</p> becomes Code: <p>I wrote my text like this</p>. It would be nice if Calibre's beautify feature could do this as well, so that I'd have one less thing I need to open Sigil to do.

11-05-2014, 09:54 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,337 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I'd call that an anti-feature. What if you like your source code to have short lines? Or if your <p> tag has white-spacere set in the CSS. That would change the appearance of the rendered text. Beautify, unlike Sigil tries hard to ensure that changes it makes do not change too much, in particular the chance of changin the rendered appearance of text is very low.

11-20-2014, 02:38 AM	#5
roger64 Wizard Posts: 2,624 Karma: 3120635 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Kindle PW3 (wifi)	Hi Searching for and suppressing \n transforms the text in a huge bag of words, and then, using "Beautify" puts everything back magically in -good- order. I did it sometimes, when the text in the code was too ragged for my taste. Use with care. Last edited by roger64; 11-20-2014 at 02:44 AM.

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11-08-2014, 11:54 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)	I assume anyone using automated beautify features is not one of the people who prefers short lines. I do accept the reason that white-space:pre might be in play. Could there be a setting or tweak to assume that white-space:pre is not used? Or, this might be a bit of work to implement, and I am not sure of the performance impact, but you could also check the rendered CSS for its presence. (Live CSS already shows this?)

11-08-2014, 11:57 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,337 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	It can go either way, there are people that prefer short lines and people that prefer long lines, leaving it upto the editor to wrap them. Personally, I have no interest in joining/splitting text lines, patches are welcome.

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