Modify multiple xhtml files enmasse in one go?

[Pocok]

Hello

I have a couple of epubs with over 40-50 xhtml files in them.

Unfortunately the *author* didn't create separate css style file(s), but rather incorporated them into each and every xhtml file.

I want to modify/update them all, but going through them manually would be quite time consuming process, I just want to replace certain segments at the upper part of files, as they were built identically.

Is there a way to speed this process up, not going through them one-by-one?

Thank you!

[BeckyEbook]

I admit that I do not understand the problem.
If styles are written in each head section of the xhtml file between the

<style>...</style>

tags, then after all, replacing this in all files with:

  <link href="../Styles/Style0001.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/>

takes just a moment.

In addition, if you put your own css file in the Sigil configuration folder with the name user-template2.css (for EPUB2) or user-template3.css (for EPUB3) respectively, and when selecting the "Add Blank Stylesheet" command, you immediately have a ready-made stylesheet file.

Perhaps your problem is more complicated, but in that case show an example.

Edit: With a few EPUB files I think the whole job would take two minutes.

[Pocok]

Thank you for the reply.

I did that trick and it works.

However that still involves:

-opening each xhtml within a given epub
-replacing the css tags with that single line

As I mentioned, in those epubs (because bad structuring or I don't know) there are 40-50 files to get through. In case of 5 epubs, that's a lot to still click through manually.

[DNSB]

IF the <style>...</style> is identical between the xhtml files in an epub, could you not copy the style from one of the files to a new stylesheet, select all the xhtml files and link them to that stylesheet and then remove the <style>...</style> from all xhtml files in single search/replace?

[Pocok]

That worked, thank you!

[Pocok]

Also another question, unrelated to the original issue:




https://i.imgur.com/ZFBEkmL.png

https://i.imgur.com/zadBsga.png

There are 2 epubs about the same story:
- one is "good looking", the other not really
- their structuring (how the files are organized/build up) is not identical, different *author*

how can I make easy and quick modifications on the second one without too much manual work, going through each paragraph manually/by hand? Is there some kind of way or auto process?

[DiapDealer]

Can I just ask why we're consistently giving the word author the asterisk treatment?

[Pocok]

Because they are unknown people (creators), and overall not important to my questions/situation.

[DiapDealer]

I still don't get it, but OK.

[roger64]

Originally Posted by BeckyEbook

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In addition, if you put your own css file in the Sigil configuration folder with the name user-template2.css (for EPUB2) or user-template3.css (for EPUB3) respectively, and when selecting the "Add Blank Stylesheet" command, you immediately have a ready-made stylesheet file.

Could you please elaborate further?

1. By "Sigil configuration folder", I guess you mean the Edit/Preferences folder? In which place precisely should I insert this css file?
2. I do not find "Add Blank Stylesheet" on my Sigil, neither in the "Tools" nor "Insert" menu items. Is it just a new clip?

Sigil 2.0.2. Qt 6.6.1.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by roger64

2. I do not find "Add Blank Stylesheet" on my Sigil, neither in the "Tools" nor "Insert" menu items. Is it just a new clip?

Right click on Styles in the Book Browser window, click on Add Blank Stylesheet. See attached image.

[roger64]

Thanks David, I did not think to look here.

Now for the first question...

[Turtle91]

You are correct, the folder you get from clicking on the button in your edit/preferences section... I think it says "Sigil preferences folder", or something similar, at the bottom of the preferences window. Just put any template files (css, cover, etc.) in that folder. Sigil will see the when it starts up.

[roger64]

Thank you Turtle91.