change font style of single page of html

meghane_e · 06-12-2018, 02:36 PM

I have an HTML book (14 files) and one of the chapters was preformatted as completely italic text with tags scattered in the HTML (not the css). It's the Prologue and it is an author-published web chapter.

In the Epub editor, I tried a simple Select on the text in the file preview pane to de-italicize it, but the Editor only seems to add Italics tags. The files wasn't too long, so I did it manually (about 20-25 occurrences). For future reference, is there a built-in way to remove the html formatting (xxxx or similar tags) while preserving the text? Ex. Here is some italicized text that I want to invert . Or is it something I need a regular expression for? The Metadata editor has a function to remove HTML formatting, so am I just overlooking it in the Epub editor?

Thanks to anyone who can provide some help!

theducks · 06-12-2018, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by meghane_e

I have an HTML book (14 files) and one of the chapters was preformatted as completely italic text with tags scattered in the HTML (not the css). It's the Prologue and it is an author-published web chapter.

In the Epub editor, I tried a simple Select on the text in the file preview pane to de-italicize it, but the Editor only seems to add Italics tags. The files wasn't too long, so I did it manually (about 20-25 occurrences). For future reference, is there a built-in way to remove the html formatting (xxxx or similar tags) while preserving the text? Ex. Here is some italicized text that I want to invert . Or is it something I need a regular expression for? The Metadata editor has a function to remove HTML formatting, so am I just overlooking it in the Epub editor?

Thanks to anyone who can provide some help!

In the Code view.
Select the text, including the <i tags at both ends
Ctrl-F (find): replace the text you want to keep with (.+?)
set replace to \1
Set the mode to REGEX: (current file if you don't want Global)

reset the cursor to The top: the click find is it a correct find

click replace. Preview if needed is the replace good:

Repeat: find: replace and find:

deback · 06-12-2018, 06:16 PM

Theducks's explanation made no sense to me, but here's a way to remove italics quickly. Find the class that's being used to italicize the text (example: . Click on the stylesheet.css file at the left and find that class (in the example above, it would be "italics"). Then remove the line that says font style: italic; from that section. Save the file, and you're done.

Personally, I would do a find for (or whatever italics code is being used) and then replace all with blank, which will remove all occurrences of the span. Then hit Beautify Files, which will remove all the closing codes.

BetterRed · 06-12-2018, 08:16 PM

@meghane_e - The Sigil editor has a Format->Remove Formatting option, you could try that next time. IIRC, in Book View it only removes styling tags, i.e. bold, italics etc.

Bit surprised the calibre editor doesn't have a similar feature, or maybe it does and I haven't spotted it

BR

meghane_e · 06-12-2018, 09:06 PM

Thanks for the suggestions! Was really sure I was overlooking an option in the Calibre book editor. But perhaps not. I've been going back and forth between Sigil and Calibre's book editor until I decide what my priorities are. Sigil is bit more straight forward, but Calibre is more functional and powerful. My regex knowledge (and memory capacity) was from 20 years ago so it's been really slow building it back up. So sad. But it's useful and good brain exercise.

Really appreciate the help!

theducks · 06-12-2018, 09:34 PM

Duho!

Use the Edit spans and Tags plugin.
It can delete i tags among others

davidfor · 06-12-2018, 10:33 PM

You can also try the plugin Diap's Editing Toolbag. That has a tool that will remove various tags based on class or ids. Or replace them with something else.

DoctorOhh · 06-13-2018, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by theducks

Duho!

Use the Edit spans and Tags plugin.
It can delete i tags among others

I can't find a plugin by this name for calibre, is this a plugin for Sigil?

Update: Nevermind, I see the Edit Spans and Divs plugin is not a stand alone plugin, but installs when you add Diap's Editing Toolbag plugin.

theducks · 06-13-2018, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by DoctorOhh

I can't find a plugin by this name for calibre, is this a plugin for Sigil?

Update: Nevermind, I see the Edit Spans and Divs plugin is not a stand alone plugin, but installs when you add Diap's Editing Toolbag plugin.

I read the name off th window header header when the PI was running. Never thought to check the name attached to the configured Icon

meghane_e · 06-16-2018, 05:12 PM

That's excellent! I haven't used it other than try one or two small changes to a file. Definitely helpful! Thank you for suggesting it and Diap for writing it!

06-12-2018, 02:36 PM	#1
meghane_e Zealot Posts: 116 Karma: 38500 Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: San Jose, CA Device: Kindle moving to Kobo or Boox	change font style of single page of html I have an HTML book (14 files) and one of the chapters was preformatted as completely italic text with tags scattered in the HTML (not the css). It's the Prologue and it is an author-published web chapter. In the Epub editor, I tried a simple Select on the text in the file preview pane to de-italicize it, but the Editor only seems to add Italics tags. The files wasn't too long, so I did it manually (about 20-25 occurrences). For future reference, is there a built-in way to remove the html formatting (<i ...>xxxx</i> or similar tags) while preserving the text? Ex. Here is some italicized text that I want to invert . Or is it something I need a regular expression for? The Metadata editor has a function to remove HTML formatting, so am I just overlooking it in the Epub editor? Thanks to anyone who can provide some help! Last edited by meghane_e; 06-12-2018 at 02:45 PM. Reason: more details

06-12-2018, 06:16 PM	#3
deback Book E d i t o r Posts: 432 Karma: 288184 Join Date: May 2015 Device: Laptop	Theducks's explanation made no sense to me, but here's a way to remove italics quickly. Find the <span> class that's being used to italicize the text (example: <span class="italics">. Click on the stylesheet.css file at the left and find that class (in the example above, it would be "italics"). Then remove the line that says font style: italic; from that section. Save the file, and you're done. Personally, I would do a find for <span class="italics"> (or whatever italics code is being used) and then replace all with blank, which will remove all occurrences of the span. Then hit Beautify Files, which will remove all the closing </span> codes.

06-12-2018, 09:06 PM	#5
meghane_e Zealot Posts: 116 Karma: 38500 Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: San Jose, CA Device: Kindle moving to Kobo or Boox	Thanks for the suggestions! Was really sure I was overlooking an option in the Calibre book editor. But perhaps not. I've been going back and forth between Sigil and Calibre's book editor until I decide what my priorities are. Sigil is bit more straight forward, but Calibre is more functional and powerful. My regex knowledge (and memory capacity) was from 20 years ago so it's been really slow building it back up. So sad. But it's useful and good brain exercise. Really appreciate the help! Last edited by meghane_e; 06-12-2018 at 09:08 PM.

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06-12-2018, 08:16 PM	#4
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 22,018 Karma: 30277294 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@meghane_e - The Sigil editor has a Format->Remove Formatting option, you could try that next time. IIRC, in Book View it only removes styling tags, i.e. bold, italics etc. Bit surprised the calibre editor doesn't have a similar feature, or maybe it does and I haven't spotted it BR

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theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,267 Karma: 61916422 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Duho! Use the Edit spans and Tags plugin. It can delete i tags among others

06-12-2018, 10:33 PM	#7
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	You can also try the plugin Diap's Editing Toolbag. That has a tool that will remove various tags based on class or ids. Or replace them with something else.

06-16-2018, 05:12 PM	#10
meghane_e Zealot Posts: 116 Karma: 38500 Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: San Jose, CA Device: Kindle moving to Kobo or Boox	That's excellent! I haven't used it other than try one or two small changes to a file. Definitely helpful! Thank you for suggesting it and Diap for writing it!