How find and replace non-printable characters -zwnj and zwj?

Abrakadabra77 · 06-08-2018, 07:05 AM

Hey
I am struggling with such a problem:
In the file I have a non-printable characters - zwnj and zwj
They do not see them in the html code but I know they are there

Raport counts them
I need a way to precisely determine where in the text they are.
Searching with regex = \ u200D does not give a result
Thanks in advance

Doitsu · 06-08-2018, 08:04 AM

Since Sigil uses PCRE, you'll have to use the following expessions:

Code:

\x{200D}
\x{200C}

If you want to replace all occurrences with entities check out DiapDealer's ShadyCharacters plugin.

DiapDealer · 06-08-2018, 08:28 AM

You could also add those two entities to the Preserve Entities list in Sigil's preferences. Then after a save, those characters will be converted to entities. It's just a matter of normal Find and Replace after that.

06-08-2018, 08:04 AM	#2
Doitsu Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,584 Karma: 22735033 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle PW2	Since Sigil uses PCRE, you'll have to use the following expessions: Code: \x{200D} \x{200C} If you want to replace all occurrences with entities check out DiapDealer's ShadyCharacters plugin.

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06-08-2018, 08:28 AM	#3
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,547 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	You could also add those two entities to the Preserve Entities list in Sigil's preferences. Then after a save, those characters will be converted to entities. It's just a matter of normal Find and Replace after that.