Is it possible to define rules for non break space?

[habanr]

I try to find way, how automatically insert non break space after some Czech language one letter words (prepositions, conjunctions) as "s", "a", "v", "z" which cannot be alone at the end od line as an orphan and must be (because of typographic rules) connected with following word using non break space. Is there any way, how to define on user level such rules in Calibre? Another problem is with quotes. English quotes the same at the beginning and at the end of quoted phrase e.g. "something", but in Czech proper quotes are „something“ (left alt + 0132, left alt + 0147)

[ldolse]

You can use the search and replace feature to do something like this. You could try this for a start:

(?<=\b(s|a|v|z)\b)\s

Replace with:

 

Edited - the original version was looking for a space before the letter instead of after.

[ldolse]

For quotes you could do 1 or two steps - if your book already uses curly or 'smart' quotes then you can use search and replace to replace the open quote with a czech style one. If it is using ASCII quotes then you can do a two step conversion - first convert with the 'Smarten Punctuation' option enabled under look and feel. Then re-convert a second time, and use the Search and Replace feature to replace the open quote.

[habanr]

Originally Posted by ldolse

You can use the search and replace feature to do something like this. You could try this for a start:

(?<=\b(s|a|v|z)\b)\s

Replace with:

 

Edited - the original version was looking for a space before the letter instead of after.

Previous "Search & Replace" causes the conversion to crash see.

calibre, version 0.7.46
ERROR: Conversion Error: <b>Failed</b>: Convert book 1 of 1 (Válka s Mloky)

Convert book 1 of 1 (Válka s Mloky)
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 0.7.46
{'asciiize': False,
'author_sort': None,
'authors': None,
'base_font_size': 0.0,
'book_producer': None,
'change_justification': u'left',
'chapter': u"//*[(name()='h1' or name()='h2') or @class = 'chapter']",
'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak',
'comments': None,
'cover': 'c:\\users\\userxxx\\appdata\\local\\temp\\calibre _0.7.46_tmp_e40dlm\\calibre_0.7.46_qpcxra.jpeg',
'debug_pipeline': u'D:\\Books-import\\Debug',
'dehyphenate': True,
'delete_blank_paragraphs': True,
'disable_font_rescaling': False,
'dont_compress': False,
'enable_heuristics': False,
'extra_css': None,
'fix_indents': True,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'format_scene_breaks': False,
'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4,
'input_encoding': u'utf-8',
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x05659050>,
'insert_blank_line': True,
'insert_metadata': False,
'isbn': None,
'italicize_common_cases': True,
'keep_ligatures': True,
'language': None,
'level1_toc': u'//h:h1',
'level2_toc': u'//h:h2',
'level3_toc': None,
'line_height': 0.0,
'linearize_tables': True,
'margin_bottom': 4.0,
'margin_left': 4.0,
'margin_right': 2.0,
'margin_top': 2.0,
'markup_chapter_headings': True,
'max_toc_links': 50,
'minimum_line_height': 120.0,
'mobi_ignore_margins': False,
'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
'no_inline_navbars': True,
'no_inline_toc': False,
'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.KindleOutput object at 0x05659370>,
'page_breaks_before': u'/',
'personal_doc': u'[PDOC]',
'prefer_author_sort': False,
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'pretty_print': False,
'pubdate': None,
'publisher': None,
'rating': None,
'read_metadata_from_opf': 'c:\\users\\userxxx\\appdata\\local\\temp\\calibre _0.7.46_tmp_e40dlm\\calibre_0.7.46_bgnjop.opf',
'remove_first_image': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing': True,
'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
'renumber_headings': True,
'replace_scene_breaks': u'',
'rescale_images': False,
'series': None,
'series_index': None,
'smarten_punctuation': True,
'sr1_replace': u'&nbsp;',
'sr1_search': u'(?<=\\b(s|a|v|z)\\b)\\s',
'sr2_replace': None,
'sr2_search': None,
'sr3_replace': None,
'sr3_search': None,
'tags': None,
'timestamp': None,
'title': None,
'title_sort': None,
'toc_filter': None,
'toc_threshold': 6,
'toc_title': None,
'unwrap_lines': True,
'use_auto_toc': False,
'verbose': 2}
Python function terminated unexpectedly
[Error 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: u'D:\\Books-import\\Debug\\input\\OEBPS\\Text' (Error Code: 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 103, in main
File "site.py", line 85, in run_entry_point
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 110, in main
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 31, in gui_convert_override
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 25, in gui_convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.py", line 878, in run
File "shutil.py", line 244, in rmtree
File "shutil.py", line 244, in rmtree
File "shutil.py", line 253, in rmtree
File "shutil.py", line 251, in rmtree
WindowsError: [Error 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: u'D:\\Books-import\\Debug\\input\\OEBPS\\Text'

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by habanr

Previous "Search & Replace" causes the conversion to crash see.

WindowsError: [Error 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: u'D:\\Books-import\\Debug\\input\\OEBPS\\Text'

This is a Windows error. Either close the program (editor) you have or had the text section open with or reboot your machine to release those wonderful Windows locks that get put on some files. Read for more info on how to unlock files.