Smarten punctuation only?

Psymon · 10-20-2013, 08:48 AM

Hi folks!

I've been using Sigil to code my first epub, and as I get closer to completing it I thought a nice typographical "tweak" would be to get all my apostrophes and quotation marks converted to "smart" (or "curly") ones. I searched around to see if there was an easy way to do this, and discovered that Calibre has it built right in! Yippee!

So I ran my epub through it (making sure to back it up first), but Calibre invariably changes all my code all over the place and makes a total mess of things.

I'm utterly unfamiliar with Calibre, but is there a way that I could use the "smarten punctuation" feature ONLY, and leave absolutely everything else alone, and not mess with my HTML or CSS or anything else?

DiapDealer · 10-20-2013, 08:59 AM

The Modify Epub plugin will allow you to smarten the punctuation without doing a wholesale conversion, as will the "Polish books" feature of calibre (may need to add it to an existing toolbar/menu in preferences).

Psymon · 10-20-2013, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

The Modify Epub plugin will allow you to smarten the punctuation without doing a wholesale conversion, as will the "Polish books" feature of calibre (may need to add it to an existing toolbar/menu in preferences).

Awesome! Took me a while to find figure out where/how to add that "Polish Books" button to the toolbar, but that seems to have done the trick! At least, it's "polished" now, and as far as I can tell the HTML, etc. is all okay (Sigil did a "fix" on the files when I re-opened the revised epub), and now I just need to check it all over visually to confirm for sure it's all okay -- but so far so good!

Thanks so much!

DiapDealer · 10-20-2013, 10:28 AM

Not a problem. Glad to help!

10-20-2013, 08:48 AM	#1
Psymon Chief Bohemian Misfit Posts: 571 Karma: 462964 Join Date: May 2013 Device: iPad, ADE	Smarten punctuation only? Hi folks! I've been using Sigil to code my first epub, and as I get closer to completing it I thought a nice typographical "tweak" would be to get all my apostrophes and quotation marks converted to "smart" (or "curly") ones. I searched around to see if there was an easy way to do this, and discovered that Calibre has it built right in! Yippee! So I ran my epub through it (making sure to back it up first), but Calibre invariably changes all my code all over the place and makes a total mess of things. I'm utterly unfamiliar with Calibre, but is there a way that I could use the "smarten punctuation" feature ONLY, and leave absolutely everything else alone, and not mess with my HTML or CSS or anything else?

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10-20-2013, 08:59 AM	#2
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,891 Karma: 207182180 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	The Modify Epub plugin will allow you to smarten the punctuation without doing a wholesale conversion, as will the "Polish books" feature of calibre (may need to add it to an existing toolbar/menu in preferences).

10-20-2013, 10:28 AM	#4
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,891 Karma: 207182180 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Not a problem. Glad to help!