Problem: Sigil Auto-adding Attributes to 's

drummerboy · 08-17-2012, 08:07 PM

I accidentally added a class to a (e.g. ) tag instead of inserting after the . I have a pretty large document in which all instances of this were replaced as such.

This seems easy enough to fix with Sigil's find and replace function and it actually does work very well. After replacing all instances of with , it even adds a closing right before the for the line which is excellent.

The problem is that, for some reason, Sigil also decides to add to every instance of when I only asked it to replace .

It is cool that it closes the tags for me as doing that manually would take forever considering the epub file I am editing has a lot of these instances in them, but is there any way to stop it from adding things onto every when all it needs to do is close the ?

I guess if that isn't possible, is there a way to prevent Sigil from automatically "correcting" and closing tags? After which, I would just manually add each closing .

Any help on this matter would be great!

JSWolf · 08-17-2012, 08:09 PM

Try turning off Tidy.

drummerboy · 08-17-2012, 08:23 PM

I tried turning both that and the Well-formed Errors checker off, just in case, though it is still doing the same thing.

I could probably just extract everything from the .epub and use a text editor to avoid all this since I'd be doing it manually if I have to resort to that anyway. I was definitely digging the auto-closing of the tags, though!

mmat1 · 08-18-2012, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by drummerboy

The problem is that, for some reason, Sigil also decides to add to every instance of when I only asked it to replace .

I noticed this strange behaviour several times with regex and "auto-correction".

To avoid this "auto-correction" you'll have to make the s/r in "current file"- mode with "well-formed" check off.

And it would'nt hurt to turn off tidy as well

Ahmad Samir · 08-19-2012, 03:33 AM

I don't think even turning Tidy off will help in this particular case; you can try is adding the closing when you do the search/replace, with search Mode set to Regex:
Find: (.+?)
Replace: \1

FWIW, turning the well-formed check off, means that Sigil will still perform the well-formed checking and apply whatever fixes without notifying you. So basically that option turns off the notification but not the check itself.

Toxaris · 08-19-2012, 05:10 AM

You should never rely on any program auto inserting code when it has to guess what you mean. That is disaster waiting to happen.

dwig · 08-19-2012, 09:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drummerboy

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I guess if that isn't possible, is there a way to prevent Sigil from automatically "correcting" and closing tags? ...

Sigil is NOT CORRECTING your error (open tag) by closing it for you. What it is doing is assuming the was intended to continue past the end of one and continue in the next all the way to the end of the document. To "fix" things so that they work properly, it closes the at the end of the and re-opens it in the next so that it can continue properly.

theducks · 08-19-2012, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toxaris

You should never rely on any program auto inserting code when it has to guess what you mean. That is disaster waiting to happen.

Which is not to say the automatic Warning/advice tools are not useful. but to let any tool that has not passed the Turing Test, decide

I would love to have Tag/parenthesis matching markers in CV, especially when faced with multiple nested spans

08-17-2012, 08:07 PM	#1
drummerboy Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2012 Device: none	Problem: Sigil Auto-adding Attributes to <p>'s I accidentally added a class to a <p> (e.g. <p class="xyz">) tag instead of inserting <span class="xyz"> after the <p>. I have a pretty large document in which all instances of this were replaced as such. This seems easy enough to fix with Sigil's find and replace function and it actually does work very well. After replacing all instances of <p class="xyz"> with <span class="xyz">, it even adds a closing </span> right before the </p> for the line which is excellent. The problem is that, for some reason, Sigil also decides to add <span class="xyz"> to every instance of <p> when I only asked it to replace <p class="xyz">. It is cool that it closes the tags for me as doing that manually would take forever considering the epub file I am editing has a lot of these instances in them, but is there any way to stop it from adding things onto every <p> when all it needs to do is close the <span class="xyz">? I guess if that isn't possible, is there a way to prevent Sigil from automatically "correcting" and closing tags? After which, I would just manually add each closing </span>. Any help on this matter would be great!

08-19-2012, 03:33 AM	#5
Ahmad Samir Zealot Posts: 114 Karma: 5246 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: none	I don't think even turning Tidy off will help in this particular case; you can try is adding the closing </span> when you do the search/replace, with search Mode set to Regex: Find: <p class="xyz">(.+?)</p> Replace: <p><span class="xyz">\1</span></p> FWIW, turning the well-formed check off, means that Sigil will still perform the well-formed checking and apply whatever fixes without notifying you. So basically that option turns off the notification but not the check itself.

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08-17-2012, 08:09 PM	#2
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,957 Karma: 128903250 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Try turning off Tidy.

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drummerboy Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2012 Device: none	I tried turning both that and the Well-formed Errors checker off, just in case, though it is still doing the same thing. I could probably just extract everything from the .epub and use a text editor to avoid all this since I'd be doing it manually if I have to resort to that anyway. I was definitely digging the auto-closing of the tags, though!

08-19-2012, 05:10 AM	#6
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	You should never rely on any program auto inserting code when it has to guess what you mean. That is disaster waiting to happen.

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