Regular Expressions search in Book Viewer

fncll · 03-03-2016, 06:36 PM

I regularly use the regex capability of the Quality Check plugin to find books. However, once I have the list of books matching the pattern, I don't see a way to find the match within each book since Book Viewer doesn't, to my knowledge, support RegEx in its search.

For example, I search my whole library for:

Code:

\ssough\s

But then I when I want to find the particular place in the book, I have to search through all the matches for

Code:

sough

to find the true match.

Is there a way to use a RegEx search on an individual book's text?

kovidgoyal · 03-03-2016, 11:29 PM

No, there isn't. Search in the viewer is run using qt webkit, and it has no facility for regexes. Youcan convert your book to txt and run your query on the txt file using your favorite txt editor instead.

theducks · 03-03-2016, 11:44 PM

Or use the Book Editor (all text files scope), Just don't SAVE when done

kovidgoyal · 03-04-2016, 12:03 AM

You cant use the book editor as there it searches in the code view, which means you cannot match text that spans multiple html tags.

fncll · 03-04-2016, 12:46 PM

Bummer. Thanks. Converting to text and searching would be sadly slower than repetitively clicking to find the "right" match (I do this multiple times a week often through scores of books each time). And thanks (kind of

for the note about the book editor search...saves me some time trying to figure out why that didn't work when I'd attempted to search that way.

BetterRed · 03-04-2016, 05:52 PM

@fncll - FWIW and only appropriate if you search for the same thing in multiple books.

I ensure all my books have a format that my desktop search tool can handle, most recently that's primarily been Windows Search, which has improved over time. I am currently trialling X1 - impressive, not free though.

BR

03-03-2016, 06:36 PM	#1
fncll Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: AK	Regular Expressions search in Book Viewer I regularly use the regex capability of the Quality Check plugin to find books. However, once I have the list of books matching the pattern, I don't see a way to find the match within each book since Book Viewer doesn't, to my knowledge, support RegEx in its search. For example, I search my whole library for: Code: \ssough\s But then I when I want to find the particular place in the book, I have to search through all the matches for Code: sough to find the true match. Is there a way to use a RegEx search on an individual book's text?

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03-03-2016, 11:29 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No, there isn't. Search in the viewer is run using qt webkit, and it has no facility for regexes. Youcan convert your book to txt and run your query on the txt file using your favorite txt editor instead.

03-03-2016, 11:44 PM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,269 Karma: 61916422 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Or use the Book Editor (all text files scope), Just don't SAVE when done

03-04-2016, 12:03 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You cant use the book editor as there it searches in the code view, which means you cannot match text that spans multiple html tags.

03-04-2016, 12:46 PM	#5
fncll Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: AK	Bummer. Thanks. Converting to text and searching would be sadly slower than repetitively clicking to find the "right" match (I do this multiple times a week often through scores of books each time). And thanks (kind of for the note about the book editor search...saves me some time trying to figure out why that didn't work when I'd attempted to search that way.

03-04-2016, 05:52 PM	#6
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 22,022 Karma: 30277294 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@fncll - FWIW and only appropriate if you search for the same thing in multiple books. I ensure all my books have a format that my desktop search tool can handle, most recently that's primarily been Windows Search, which has improved over time. I am currently trialling X1 - impressive, not free though. BR

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