Dealing with fragmented paragraphs after a .docx import

[KevinH]

Search does not use Python unless you are using Python function replace. So your use of external python on a Mac seems a bit strange but it is not the issue.

[MikeMaloney]

Originally Posted by KevinH

What system settings? I am talking about how to use Find and Replace in Sigil, not system settings.

Yes.

Sigil on my windows machine works with the file I sent you and you can't duplicate my issue on your Macs. So, I'm trying to figure out what, on my Mac, is causing the issue.

The only thing that readily comes to mind is that I have a separate Python installation. Is there any way that could be causing this?

I think our comments are in sync at this point.

[BeckyEbook]

Show your "Find & Replace" window. It's probably something trivial, like the "Text" checkbox being selected.

[Karellen]

As a side note, hyphenation has been removed from the document. So when you run the regex, you are going to get a lot of split words.

lack of intel</p>

<p>lectual integration

will end up as

lack of intel lectual integration

There is no quick fix to that, as far as I am aware.

[MikeMaloney]

Originally Posted by BeckyEbook

Show your "Find & Replace" window. It's probably something trivial, like the "Text" checkbox being selected.

Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner.

Thanks.

[MikeMaloney]

Originally Posted by Karellen

As a side note, hyphenation has been removed from the document. So when you run the regex, you are going to get a lot of split words.

lack of intel</p>

<p>lectual integration

will end up as

lack of intel lectual integration

There is no quick fix to that, as far as I am aware.

Yeah - The only good thing about that is that it slows me down enough that I do a good first pass at proofing the OCR.

[theducks]

I have a whole lot of 'Join' saved searches cleanups I run.
Only the first 2 do I run as 'replace ALL' I also adjust the selector as needed.
The tricky ones are honorifics. Not perfect, but it gets 90+%

(copied from my sigl_searches.ini)

63\Name=Cleanup/Joins/Join to upper
63\Find="([[:alpha:],][\"\x201d\xe2\x80\x9d]*)</p>\\s*<p\\b[^>]*>([A-Z\xe2\x80\x9c\"])"
63\Replace=\\1 \\2
64\Name=Cleanup/Joins/To Lower
64\Find="\\s*([a-z],*)</p>\\s+<p class=\"calibre1\">([a-z])"
64\Replace=\\1 \\2
65\Name=Cleanup/Joins/Join span Paras
65\Find="(?sm)([[:alpha:],])</span></p>\\s*<p class=\"MsoNormal1\"><span class=\"calibre5\">([a-z])"
65\Replace=\\1 \\2
66\Name=Cleanup/Joins/Upper-Upper
66\Find="([A-Z,][\"\x201d\xe2\x80\x9d]*)</p>\\s*<p\\b[^>]*>([A-Z\xe2\x80\x9c\"])"
66\Replace=\\1 \\2
67\Name=Cleanup/Joins/Trailing lower
67\Find="([a-z\\,])</p>\n\n  <p class=\"calibre\\d+\">"
67\Replace="\\1 "
68\Name=Cleanup/Joins/Initials
68\Find=([A-Z]\\.)</p>\\s*<p\\b[^>]*>([\"\xe2\x80\x9c]*[A-Z])
68\Replace=\\1 \\2
69\Name=Cleanup/Joins/RTGlwrUPR
69\Find=([a-z])([A-Z])
69\Replace=
70\Name=Cleanup/Joins/Join lower dehyphen
70\Find="([[:alpha:],]\x9d*)-</p>\\s*<p\\b[^>]*>([a-z\x201c\x80\x9c])"
70\Replace=\\1\\2
71\Name=Cleanup/Joins/unsplit w hyphen
71\Find="([[:alpha:],]\xe2\x80\x9d*)-</p>\\s*<p\\b[^>]*>([a-z\xe2\x80\x9c])"
71\Replace=\\1-\\2
72\Name=Cleanup/Joins/LC join P
72\Find="</p>\\s+<p class=\"calibre\\d+\">((<i class=\"calibre\\d+\">)*[a-z])"
72\Replace=" \\1"
73\Name=Cleanup/Joins/Join P rem Heyphen
73\Find=([[:alpha:]])-</p>\\s*<p\\b[^>]*>
73\Replace=\\1
74\Name=Cleanup/Joins/Honorifics
74\Find="(Mr|Mrs|Ms|Dr|Prof)\\.</p>\\s+<p class=\"calibre\\d+\">([A-Z])"
74\Replace=\\1. \\2
75\Name=Cleanup/Joins/de BR punct
75\Find="([[:punct:]])<br class=\"calibre4\" />\\s+(\"*[A-Za-z\xe2\x80\x9c])"
75\Replace="\\1</p><p class=\"calibre3\">\\2"

[MikeMaloney]

Those are great, thanks.

[theducks]

I found it was easier to make specific case S&R and step thru a book, that spend time and effort to make a Perfect solution

A Find is a 'skip' when the current view should not be replaced