need help with sigil

jouka · 06-22-2019, 09:46 AM

so i have a ebook (epub) with over 1000 individual files in it. the problem im having is that not all of it is formatted properly, i have text that is not located within <p></p>. my question is is here a way to place all the non formatted text into <p></p> with out having to do it manually for each chapter

</head>
<body>
<h1>chapter 1</h1>
text
<p>text</p>
<p>text</p>
text

KevinH · 06-22-2019, 10:12 AM

You could wrap everything inside the body tag with a "div" or "section" tag if that is more appropriate. Then you use regular expression find and replace to replace the opening body tag with the opening body tag followed by an opening div tag, and then replace the closing body tag with a closing div followed by the closing body tag.

Also why on earth does any ebook have 1000 chapters. Something must be very broken or it is a fixed layout with 1000 pages of text.

theducks · 06-22-2019, 10:26 AM

First, lets be clear:
This is NOT a Sigil (or any other editor, caused problem).
This is a terrible ('Naked Text') ,coding issue. that can be fixed using a decent editor like Sigil

Code:

</head>
<body>
<h1>chapter 1</h1>
text
<p>text</p>
<p>text</p>
text
</p>   <<< I assume this is the second case

I would do 2 passes of fixes (lime, sky blue) in REGEX mode:
first:

Code:

  Looks for naked between a /H1 at the end of a line and a P tag at the start of a line 
Search: </h1>\s+(.+?)\s+<p>
Replace: <h1><p>\1</p> <p>

second: looks for naked between /P and P tags

Code:

Search: </p>\s+(.+?)\s+<p>
Replace: </p> <p>\1</p> <p>

Each looks for the closing tag BEFORE the naked text. And should stop when it finds the specified opening tag Note OTHER BLOCK TAGS before the specified opening tag., will trip this up. (<Div, H#, Blockquote>) USE EXTREME CARE if using a 'Replace all'

carmenchu · 06-23-2019, 06:03 AM

Please,

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

Code:

 Looks for naked between a /H1 at the end of a line and a P tag at the start of a line 
Search: </h1>\s+(.+?)\s+<p>
Replace: <h1><p>\1></p> <p>

shouldn't be

Code:

Search: </h1>\s+(.+?)\s+<p>
Replace: </h1> <p>\1</p> <p>

and

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

second: looks for naked between /P and P tags

Code:

Search: </p>\s+(.+?)\s+<p>
Replace: </p> <p>\1></p> <p>

Code:

Search: </p>\s+(.+?)\s+<p>
Replace: </p> <p>\1</p> <p>

Have found the same faulty encoded books more than once...

theducks · 06-23-2019, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carmenchu

Please,

shouldn't be

Code:

Search: </h1>\s+(.+?)\s+<p>
Replace: </h1> <p>\1</p> <p>

and

Code:

Search: </p>\s+(.+?)\s+<p>
Replace: </p> <p>\1</p> <p>

Have found the same faulty encoded books more than once...

I made a typo , sorry

Notjohn · 06-23-2019, 11:28 AM

Well, I enjoyed the first three sentences anyhow.

06-22-2019, 09:46 AM	#1
jouka Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2019 Device: ehh	need help with sigil so i have a ebook (epub) with over 1000 individual files in it. the problem im having is that not all of it is formatted properly, i have text that is not located within <p></p>. my question is is here a way to place all the non formatted text into <p></p> with out having to do it manually for each chapter </head> <body> <h1>chapter 1</h1> text <p>text</p> <p>text</p> text

06-22-2019, 10:26 AM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,048 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	First, lets be clear: This is NOT a Sigil (or any other editor, caused problem). This is a terrible ('Naked Text') ,coding issue. that can be fixed using a decent editor like Sigil Code: </head> <body> <h1>chapter 1</h1> text <p>text</p> <p>text</p> text </p> <<< I assume this is the second case I would do 2 passes of fixes (lime, sky blue) in REGEX mode: first: Code: Looks for naked between a /H1 at the end of a line and a P tag at the start of a line Search: </h1>\s+(.+?)\s+<p> Replace: <h1><p>\1</p> <p> second: looks for naked between /P and P tags Code: Search: </p>\s+(.+?)\s+<p> Replace: </p> <p>\1</p> <p> Each looks for the closing tag BEFORE the naked text. And should stop when it finds the specified opening tag Note OTHER BLOCK TAGS before the specified opening tag., will trip this up. (<Div, H#, Blockquote>) USE EXTREME CARE if using a 'Replace all' Last edited by theducks; 06-23-2019 at 10:43 AM. Reason: removed stray >

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06-22-2019, 10:12 AM	#2
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,761 Karma: 5706256 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	You could wrap everything inside the body tag with a "div" or "section" tag if that is more appropriate. Then you use regular expression find and replace to replace the opening body tag with the opening body tag followed by an opening div tag, and then replace the closing body tag with a closing div followed by the closing body tag. Also why on earth does any ebook have 1000 chapters. Something must be very broken or it is a fixed layout with 1000 pages of text.

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