Automation function in Sigil to save a lot of labor? - Page 4

theducks · 10-21-2013, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by automa

In this case, what code do you use for find field?

Whatever it takes for YOUR source.

Note I distrust using the 'tokenize' function in search. It can match way too much

Post a complete Sample of the chapter Head block. (start at <Body>)
Color what you want gone RED
Color what you want on the first line Blue
Color what you want on the second line Green

It really is not (usually) difficult

automa · 10-25-2013, 11:18 AM

I just tried finding this (?i)<p([^>]+)>(.*?)Chapter(.*?)</p>
and replacing it with this: <h2\1>\2Chapter\3</h2>

The screen changed to showing all the codes and when I did CTRL+T it didn't show the list of chapters.

automa · 10-25-2013, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

Whatever it takes for YOUR source.

Note I distrust using the 'tokenize' function in search. It can match way too much

Post a complete Sample of the chapter Head block. (start at <Body>)
Color what you want gone RED
Color what you want on the first line Blue
Color what you want on the second line Green

It really is not (usually) difficult

What does tokenize mean? I see there in the options "DotAll", "Minimal Match", "Auto-Tokenize", and "Wrap." And the "Wrap" option is checked by default. What does it do?

theducks · 10-25-2013, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by automa

I just tried finding this (?i)<p([^>]+)>(.*?)Chapter(.*?)</p>
and replacing it with this: <h2\1>\2Chapter\3</h2>

The screen changed to showing all the codes and when I did CTRL+T it didn't show the list of chapters.

Are you sure the code is 100% valid (try switching to Book view. Sigil will hollar if anything is invalid code syntaxwise)

Did the TOC editor open on a different monitor?
Try the entry on the tools menu, just in case the Keyboard shortcut is glitched

theducks · 10-25-2013, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by automa

What does tokenize mean? I see there in the options "DotAll", "Minimal Match", "Auto-Tokenize", and "Wrap." And the "Wrap" option is checked by default. What does it do?

Why not try it and learn . Where is your sense of adventure

JUST DON'T click Replace(all) unless you are 100% satisfied with what you NOW see in the Search box

automa · 10-25-2013, 11:34 AM

I just tried finding

Quote:

(?i)<p([^>]+)>(.*?)Chapter(.*?)</p>

and it says no-matches found. How should it be tweaked?

theducks · 10-25-2013, 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by automa

I just tried finding and it says no-matches found. How should it be tweaked?

If you selected text and clicked the search BUTTON (will copy that into the search box), then right click the tokenize selection, it should find at least ONE

Note: You may need to reset the insert point above to find that instance

did you set the search mode to REGEX?

Perkin · 10-25-2013, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by automa

I just tried finding this (?i)<p([^>]+)>(.*?)Chapter(.*?)</p>
and replacing it with this: <h2\1>\2Chapter\3</h2>

How about changing it to
finding: (?i)<p(.*?Chapter.*?</)p>
replace: <h2\1h2>

Do you get any matches then?

Doitsu · 10-25-2013, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by automa

I just tried finding

Code:

(?i)<p([^>]+)>(.*?)Chapter(.*?)</p>

and it says no-matches found. How should it be tweaked?

The above regex will obviously only work if the initial <p> tag has at least one attribute. I.e. it won't find:

Code:

<p>Chapter 1</p>

BTW, posting a regular expression without the exact text it's supposed to match is rather pointless.

automa · 10-25-2013, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

If you selected text and clicked the search BUTTON (will copy that into the search box), then right click the tokenize selection, it should find at least ONE

Note: You may need to reset the insert point above to find that instance

did you set the search mode to REGEX?

Select what text? What does tokenize supposed to do?

How do you go into REGEX mode?

automa · 10-25-2013, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doitsu

The above regex will obviously only work if the initial <p> tag has at least one attribute. I.e. it won't find:

Code:

<p>Chapter 1</p>

BTW, posting a regular expression without the exact text it's supposed to match is rather pointless.

What would be an example of a an attribute?

theducks · 10-25-2013, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by automa

What would be an example of a an attribute?

You need to stop and learn a little HTML and CSS if you don't know the answer to that question

Hitch · 10-25-2013, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

You need to stop and learn a little HTML and CSS if you don't know the answer to that question

I believe that Diap was trying to make that same point in this reply in this thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...1&postcount=45

The time hath come for the questioner to take the time to learn some of this, instead of just asking us for solutions. If s/he doesn't know what an attribute is, giving him/her regex solutions just...it's the putting the horse two miles ahead of the carriage.

Hitch

mrmikel · 10-25-2013, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by automa

What would be an example of a an attribute?

Go to http://w3schools.com/

They have online tutorials about html and css and try it for yourself sections where you can change things and see how they work.

A search for the word attribute gives you many uses of it and starts off with how to use in html.

automa · 11-03-2013, 01:01 PM

Should I learn HTML5 and CSS3 too?

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10-25-2013, 11:18 AM	#47
automa Zealot Posts: 110 Karma: 972092 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: iPhone	I just tried finding this (?i)<p([^>]+)>(.?)Chapter(.?)</p> and replacing it with this: <h2\1>\2Chapter\3</h2> The screen changed to showing all the codes and when I did CTRL+T it didn't show the list of chapters.

11-03-2013, 01:01 PM	#60
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