Paragraph separator

roger64 · 04-26-2014, 02:53 AM

Hi,

I cleaned a book, using some regex to get rid of a lot of unwanted tags. Ex:

Code:

<span face="Georgia">(.*?)</span>
\1

What was left was text files which kept the former PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR (U+2029). It looked like a ragged display in the code but the book display was unaffected. (see screenshot). I could not clean them directly with the "Beautify" button.

To get rid of them, I just added a new regex which destroyed all of them, including the ones left in the text files, and then launched "Beautify all files" (Embellit tous les fichiers) which reinstates them only in the right places. (screenshot2 - normal code display)

Maybe when performing a regex suppressing tags in the text files, it would be nice if the Calibre editor could check if there are still some unwanted separators left?

kovidgoyal · 04-26-2014, 02:59 AM

There's no way for calibre to know when a line break is "unwanted". You should include the newline you want removed as part of your regular expression, for example:

<p.+</p>(\n)?

Will remove <p> tag including an optional trailing newline.

roger64 · 04-26-2014, 03:10 AM

Thanks for this tip! It's far from obvious (at least for me). I will try it.

side note: By the way, many thanks too for correcting the French elided forms bug (spellchecker) in your last release and for uploading my corrections in the French translation file.

kovidgoyal · 04-26-2014, 03:17 AM

You're welcome

04-26-2014, 02:53 AM	#1
roger64 Wizard Posts: 2,608 Karma: 3000161 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Kindle PW3 (wifi)	Paragraph separator Hi, I cleaned a book, using some regex to get rid of a lot of unwanted tags. Ex: Code: <span face="Georgia">(.?)</span> \1 What was left was text files which kept the former PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR (U+2029). It looked like a ragged display in the code but the book display was unaffected. (see screenshot). I could not clean them directly with the "Beautify" button. To get rid of them, I just added a new regex which destroyed all of them, including the ones left in the text files, and then launched "Beautify all files" (Embellit tous les fichiers) which reinstates them only in the right places. (screenshot2 - normal code display) Maybe when performing a regex suppressing tags in the text files, it would be nice if the Calibre editor could check if there are still some unwanted separators left? Attached Thumbnails Last edited by roger64; 04-26-2014 at 03:48 AM.*

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04-26-2014, 02:59 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,409 Karma: 23977332 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There's no way for calibre to know when a line break is "unwanted". You should include the newline you want removed as part of your regular expression, for example: <p.+</p>(\n)? Will remove <p> tag including an optional trailing newline.

04-26-2014, 03:10 AM	#3
roger64 Wizard Posts: 2,608 Karma: 3000161 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Kindle PW3 (wifi)	Thanks for this tip! It's far from obvious (at least for me). I will try it. side note: By the way, many thanks too for correcting the French elided forms bug (spellchecker) in your last release and for uploading my corrections in the French translation file.

04-26-2014, 03:17 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,409 Karma: 23977332 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You're welcome

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