Common words/phrases too aggressively italicized.

carnivore · 02-11-2011, 10:04 AM

I like the idea of auto italics, but the (I presume) regex that decides what to italicize is a little too greedy.

For example, a sentence that ends in a word that ends in ie will trigger the regex:

Mmmm, that is some good pie.
becomes
Mmmm, that is some good pie.

It seems that it wouldn't be too much trouble to check for a preceding word character and reject any that have one.

Can I edit the rules myself, or is that buried in the code somewhere?

Thanks!

user_none · 02-11-2011, 11:19 AM

You can't edit it unless you run from source. The agressiveness has been toned down by a large amount for the 0.7.45 release.

carnivore · 02-11-2011, 06:36 PM

Yup! I saw that item in the changelog as I was upgrading. I did a test and it seems to be much more tractable.

You guys rock.

02-11-2011, 10:04 AM	#1
carnivore Member Posts: 12 Karma: 42 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Kindle 3	Common words/phrases too aggressively italicized. I like the idea of auto italics, but the (I presume) regex that decides what to italicize is a little too greedy. For example, a sentence that ends in a word that ends in ie will trigger the regex: Mmmm, that is some good pie. becomes Mmmm, that is some good pie. It seems that it wouldn't be too much trouble to check for a preceding word character and reject any that have one. Can I edit the rules myself, or is that buried in the code somewhere? Thanks!

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02-11-2011, 11:19 AM	#2
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,487 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	You can't edit it unless you run from source. The agressiveness has been toned down by a large amount for the 0.7.45 release.

02-11-2011, 06:36 PM	#3
carnivore Member Posts: 12 Karma: 42 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Kindle 3	Yup! I saw that item in the changelog as I was upgrading. I did a test and it seems to be much more tractable. You guys rock.