Are there efficient ways to make the table of contents on EPub of scanned files

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Hitch

The part that cracks me up is that everyone here instantly assumed that the OP was seeking a regex solution. Somehow....something makes me think that wasn't actually the question. ;-)

Hitch

The OP did ask how to automatically do this.

Since this is a Sigil forum, we are not waaaay in left field, to assume a Sigil solution

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by theducks

The OP did ask how to automatically do this.

Since this is a Sigil forum, we are not waaaay in left field, to assume a Sigil solution

Ducky, heart of my heart:

Well...s/he said "automated." What we geeksters think of as automated mayn't be the same thing that s/he thought of as automated. Great regex, though! I may steal it!

Hitch

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Hitch

Ducky, heart of my heart:

Well...s/he said "automated." What we geeksters think of as automated mayn't be the same thing that s/he thought of as automated. Great regex, though! I may steal it!

Hitch

any REGEX I post that is not attributed to others is very open source

[automa]

Originally Posted by theducks

I wonder if we should start a 'Saved Search thread' for frequently reused snips'

I define Frequent use as code that will see usage over many books rather than for a 1 time fix-n-patch job (which can be way more complicated in many cases)

Some of my saved Searches are really Models that need per case tuning before use

69\Name=Fixup/Promote Headings/Roman
69\Find="<p class=\"\\w\">([CLXVI]{1,7})</p>"
69\Replace="<hr class=\"sigil_split_marker\" /><h3 class=\"chapno\">\\1</h3>"

The green is a series (1 to 6) of possible roman characters in a separate paragraph tag. Everything surrounding the Green needs to be adjusted on a case-by-case use.

(I just copied the above direct from my saved search file)

Where do you put the code in at Sigil to affect the change?
Is there a Regex manual for Sigil? Is Regex a Sigil-dedicated programming language or used for other softwares too?

[Toxaris]

RegEx is short for Regular Expressions. It is a powerful way to do search and replaces. There are a number of dialects, but Sigil uses PCRE. That is quite a common dialect.

You can store your searches in the Search editor.

[automa]

Is there screenshot tutorial on how to use Regex on sigil?

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by automa

Is there screenshot tutorial on how to use Regex on sigil?

Automa:

I think you may need to start with learning Regex first, but, if you wish to give it a go in Sigil, there's a pinned post at the top of the forum with some handy regex expressions. If you can afford it, I highly recommend Regex Buddy as a regex learning tool (It's about $40USD). If you have a good text/HTML editor, like NoteTab Pro, you can try some of the regex you see posted, above, therein, assuming it's PCRE-based (if it's NoteTab Pro, it is).

Once you have a handle on basic regex (and don't feel intimidated--it looks scary but is really just more advanced and fancy "search and replace" using logic), you can easily try it in the Sigil interface. Very simply, you would put your regex FIND expression in the Find box; you would put the "replace" regex in the "replace" box, make sure you've clicked "Regex" for Mode, and then make other selections as are needed (for example--Minimal Match, Dotall, Wrap, etc.).

You may wish to start out with a very simple expression, just for a Find, and do a count--see how that goes. Once you can find things using regex, you can go from one to the next, make sure you're getting the finds that you want. Then you can try a replace; again, do ONE only, and make sure that the result is what you want. When you first learn regex, as tedious as it is, you should not do "replace all" until you have it down.

This is the best "El Quickie" tutorial I can give you. I know that there are scads of regex websites out there, and I think (sorry, cannot remember who) one of the MR'ers has a lovely tutorial on the basics of regex, somewhere around here--Ducky will know and post it, if my memory is correct. Again, though, if you can afford it, you may wish to take Regex Buddy out for a spin. It's a complicated and confusing interface to look at and immediately master, but the learning curve is very fast, once you get past how "clunky" the teaching page looks. :-)

Hope that helps!

Hitch

[theducks]

Hitch
I think you are thinking of the one by Manichean
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=118569

Automa
Others have said it
Sigil uses PCRE REGEX.
This is not some sort of special to Sigil REGEX


Since the tutorial was written, Sigil added saved searches and supplied a 'starter set'.
A Sigil saved search has 3 parts:
1) A title (so you can find it again )
2) The Search term
3) the Replace pattern
What they do NOT include is:
(document) Scope
Search mode. Saved searches do not have to be REGEX searches
direction and wrap status

Read the tutorial, Reverse engineer some of the starter saved searches to confirm your understanding.
Visit the Tyrannosaurus Regex thread here at MR for further enlightenment