Problem replacing tags in custom recipe

Phoebus · 07-05-2016, 07:35 AM

Hello, I am newish to recipes but got some to work before. However I am having a problem replacing tags in a recipe.

Some sections of text are blue and naturally these don't show up on an eBook reader. I have tried the re.compile function but it doesn't work for me at least how I do it:

I want to swap the tag:

Code:

<span style="color: blue;">

With an italics tag (so either just make it <i> or make the span class italics).

Any advice, I couldn't find anything in search that worked?

PS - I've tried a few variants of this, eg things like

Code:

preprocess_regexps     = [(re.compile(r'<span style="color: blue;">', re.IGNORECASE), '<i>')]

kovidgoyal · 07-05-2016, 08:16 AM

Just add

remove_attributes = ['style']

to your recipe

Phoebus · 07-05-2016, 10:22 AM

Thanks, I couldn't get that to work, but it did finally work when I changed the auto cleanup to False then it did.

07-05-2016, 07:35 AM	#1
Phoebus Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2015 Device: Kobo Aura H2O	Problem replacing tags in custom recipe Hello, I am newish to recipes but got some to work before. However I am having a problem replacing tags in a recipe. Some sections of text are blue and naturally these don't show up on an eBook reader. I have tried the re.compile function but it doesn't work for me at least how I do it: I want to swap the tag: Code: <span style="color: blue;"> With an italics tag (so either just make it <i> or make the span class italics). Any advice, I couldn't find anything in search that worked? PS - I've tried a few variants of this, eg things like Code: preprocess_regexps = [(re.compile(r'<span style="color: blue;">', re.IGNORECASE), '<i>')]

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07-05-2016, 08:16 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,484 Karma: 28005164 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Just add remove_attributes = ['style'] to your recipe

07-05-2016, 10:22 AM	#3
Phoebus Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2015 Device: Kobo Aura H2O	Thanks, I couldn't get that to work, but it did finally work when I changed the auto cleanup to False then it did.

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