Proposal: CSS "normalisation" functionality in Sigil - Page 2

ibu · 08-15-2013, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Man Eating Duck

[...] as well as converting tags with specific classes to other tags (<p class="h1"> -> <h1>).

I agree, that it would be very helpful to have a reliable way for such converting tasks in Sigil.

In another thread I asked for a tool for analysing html, which could list all used elements in all text documents of an epub:
p
p class="h1"
p id="foo1"
p id="foo2"
span style="property:value"
em
samp
body class="title"

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Because they can't just download a "parser" and tell it to fix their code. They have to create some sort of interface using a programming language they don't know how to use.

Does anyone know, if the search&replace interface of Dreamweaver in the search mode "specific tag" uses a parser?

Turtle91 · 08-20-2013, 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Man Eating Duck

If extraneous classes bother you: Sigil already has a "Delete unused stylesheet classes" function, have you tried it?

Be careful with that function - it doesn't understand complex CSS either (parent child, parent sibling) and will mark those for deletion. You need to check the list it provides and uncheck those.

eg:
h2 + p.ChTitle
div.v-ctr div

I'd also be careful about combining all css sheets into one. There are some workarounds for those CSS-challenged readers where having different pages is essential. eg fonts.css or page.css

ibu · 08-20-2013, 12:25 PM

@Turtle
Typically I rewrite the complete CSS. In the structure I prefer.
I analyse the CSS manually and decide what is kicked and what is kept.
Because I kick a lot and because I can use standard CSS templates for a normalized Markup: that's not to much work.

Therefore:
My focus is on normalizing the HTML. I need tools which help me not to overlook a single element. Like I wrote in #16.

Still I had no succes in my search for such a tool.

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08-20-2013, 12:25 PM	#18
ibu Addict Posts: 264 Karma: 9246 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Berlin, Germany Device: Kobo H20, iPhone 6+, Macbook Pro	@Turtle Typically I rewrite the complete CSS. In the structure I prefer. I analyse the CSS manually and decide what is kicked and what is kept. Because I kick a lot and because I can use standard CSS templates for a normalized Markup: that's not to much work. Therefore: My focus is on normalizing the HTML. I need tools which help me not to overlook a single element. Like I wrote in #16. Still I had no succes in my search for such a tool.

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