search-replace with regular expressions

[JeanM]

Hi,
I want (in French) to add a non-breaking space in front of the ";" or the "!" for example, in the search box I put [a-z]; or [a-z]! but what should I put in the replace box so that I don't lose the last character of the sentence? … of the sentence and not necessarily end of paragraph.

Bonsoir,
Je souhaite (en français) ajouter un espace insécable devant les ";" ou les "!" par exemple, dans recherche je mets [a-z]; ou [a-z]! mais que dois-je mettre dans remplacer pour ne pas perdre le dernier caractère de la phrase*?… pas nécessairement fin d'alinéa.

Merci google pour la traduction en anglais

[DNSB]

I'd suggest searching for ([a-z]); or ([a-z])! and using \1&#1 6 0 ;; or \1&#1 6 0 ;! as the replace. Alternately, you could use & 8 2 3 9 ; (a narrow non-breaking space) if your font supports that glyph.

Remove the spaces between the digits of 160 or 8239 and the ; (needed to keep the characters visible).

[Sarmat89]

To be able to put " !" in the replace box, use

(?<=\p{Ll})!

[JeanM]

calibre, version 5.34.0
ERREUR : Exception non gérée: <b>IndexError</b>:no such group

calibre 5.34  embedded-python: True is64bit: True
Linux-5.13.0-28-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.2.5 Linux ('64bit', 'ELF')
('Linux', '5.13.0-28-generic', '#31~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 19 14:08:10 UTC 2022')
Python 3.8.5
Interface language: fr
Successfully initialized third party plugins: Standard Ebooks (1, 0, 0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "calibre/gui2/tweak_book/boss.py", line 1116, in search
  File "calibre/gui2/tweak_book/search.py", line 1561, in run_search
  File "calibre/gui2/tweak_book/search.py", line 1468, in do_replace
  File "calibre/gui2/tweak_book/editor/widget.py", line 329, in replace
  File "calibre/gui2/tweak_book/editor/text.py", line 598, in replace
IndexError: no such group

[JeanM]

DNSB

calibre, version 5.34.0
ERREUR : Exception non gérée: <b>IndexError</b>:no such group

calibre 5.34  embedded-python: True is64bit: True
Linux-5.13.0-28-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.2.5 Linux ('64bit', 'ELF')
('Linux', '5.13.0-28-generic', '#31~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 19 14:08:10 UTC 2022')
Python 3.8.5
Interface language: fr
Successfully initialized third party plugins: Standard Ebooks (1, 0, 0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "calibre/gui2/tweak_book/boss.py", line 1116, in search
  File "calibre/gui2/tweak_book/search.py", line 1561, in run_search
  File "calibre/gui2/tweak_book/search.py", line 1468, in do_replace
  File "calibre/gui2/tweak_book/editor/widget.py", line 329, in replace
  File "calibre/gui2/tweak_book/editor/text.py", line 598, in replace
IndexError: no such group

[davidfor]

I would use:

([a-z])([;!])

or

(\w)([;!])

The latter allows mixed case. And I think accented characters.

With the replace being:

\1
 6 0 ;\2

or

\1& 8 2 3 9 ;\2

With, as @DNSB said, the extra spaces inside the number removed. If I don't put them in, the browser or site interprets the code. Or you could cut-and-paste the space you want to put there.

[JeanM]

Thank you very much, it works!

[un_pogaz]

Hello comrade francophone o/
To make your life easier in the future, when you add new books for example, I recommend the plugin Mass Search/Replace which allows allows to launch quickly and easily in 1 click a Search/Replace operation.
Here is my list of operations for non-breaking spaces (and a little more).
To add it in your plugin : right click > Import > In the window, select the file "unbreakable space.owip.zip" on your PC

Français:
Bonjour camarade francophone o/
Pour vous faciliter la vie a l'avenir, quand vous ajouter de nouveau livres par exemple, je vous recommande le plugin Mass Search/Replace qui vous permet de lancer rapidement et facilement en 1 clique une opération Search/Replace.
Voici ci joint ma liste d'opération pour les espace insécable (et un peu plus).
Pour l'ajouter dans votre plugin : clique droite > Importer > Dans la fenêtre, sélectionner le fichier "espace insécable.owip.zip" sur votre PC

EDIT: Oh, it's for the editor, crap