BookDesigner v5 and regular expressions

ShineOn · 08-19-2008, 07:25 PM

Hi everyone, it's my first post in this forum.
I have a PRS-505 (great) and I need fix a lot of text from a BookDesigner interface.

The problem is:

I need get all paragraphs that contents 3 or more dashes. I tried bookdesigner's regular expressions but don't work...

I need something like

^*—*—*—*[\n$\r]

but is not working

(I have the checkbok RegExp checked)

are the regular expressions working fine in BookDesigner????
Thank you and good day for everybody!!!

Nate the great · 08-19-2008, 08:03 PM

RegEx work fine in Book Designer. I had a post here on this a while back. Just a second while I go find it.

Here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...554#post105554

Nate the great · 08-19-2008, 08:20 PM

This should do what you want:

---\n{1}

ShineOn · 08-19-2008, 11:28 PM

Thank you, but didn't work :-(
It's strange, because BD can't match with a end of line, \n , or $, or \r, etc...

example, I have just three text lines in BD:

- Hello -Good Morning -Bye -Thanks
- One Oneee
- Two -Three

If I search - BD find all dash
If I search e{3} BD match eee
If I search \s BD match nothing
If I search \sOne BD match One (not match Oneee)
If i search \n BD match nothing
If i search Three\n BD match nothing

Patricia · 08-20-2008, 08:54 AM

So, perhaps you could edit the book in Word (or whatever) first, then drop it into Book Designer.

HarryT · 08-20-2008, 09:02 AM

I've not been able to make "end of line" RegEx matching work in BD either. Most other RegEx stuff works fine, though.

igorsk · 08-20-2008, 10:13 AM

Maybe try \r\n instead of just \n.

ShineOn · 08-20-2008, 11:30 AM

Ok thanks everyone... finally I tried the text in UltraEdit

Madam Broshkina · 08-25-2008, 12:28 AM

I want to use the regular expressions to delete page numbers in a book. I use \[Pg [0-9]*\] which works well but the footnotes links look just like the page number except they are blue. ( [12] vs [12] )Is there an easy way to tell it not to delete the footnotes using BD or Word?

ShineOn · 08-25-2008, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Madam Broshkina

I want to use the regular expressions to delete page numbers in a book. I use \[Pg [0-9]*\] which works well but the footnotes links look just like the page number except they are blue. ( [12] vs [12] )Is there an easy way to tell it not to delete the footnotes using BD or Word?

are there many footnotes?
Maybe you can replace temporarily footnotes by others characters... [1] by [x] .... [12] by [xx]
Then, you delete all pages and finally restore footnotes.

Another way is using regular expressions directly in html file with a plane text editor. In word, you can go to "View-->html code" and work directly.
So, you can find footnotes like links (a href="xxxxxx") and Page numbers like just text and use regular expressions for filter them.

comtrjl · 08-25-2008, 04:00 PM

Quote:

I want to use the regular expressions to delete page numbers in a book. I use \[Pg [0-9]*\] which works well but the footnotes links look just like the page number except they are blue. ( [12] vs [12] )Is there an easy way to tell it not to delete the footnotes using BD or Word?

In Word if you set the font colour to 'Auto' (but don't change anything else about the font) it finds 'black' [12] but not blue ones.

(That's the Format, and Font buttons within the Search/Replace window; setting it to Black doesn't work)

bob

Madam Broshkina · 08-25-2008, 05:06 PM

Thanks for the suggestions above, I will give these a try. There are about 800 footnotes.

08-19-2008, 07:25 PM	#1
ShineOn Member Posts: 10 Karma: 474 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	BookDesigner v5 and regular expressions Hi everyone, it's my first post in this forum. I have a PRS-505 (great) and I need fix a lot of text from a BookDesigner interface. The problem is: I need get all paragraphs that contents 3 or more dashes. I tried bookdesigner's regular expressions but don't work... I need something like ^———[\n$\r] but is not working (I have the checkbok RegExp checked) are the regular expressions working fine in BookDesigner???? Thank you and good day for everybody!!!

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08-19-2008, 08:03 PM	#2
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	RegEx work fine in Book Designer. I had a post here on this a while back. Just a second while I go find it. Here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...554#post105554

08-19-2008, 08:20 PM	#3
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	This should do what you want: ---\n{1}

08-19-2008, 11:28 PM	#4
ShineOn Member Posts: 10 Karma: 474 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	Thank you, but didn't work :-( It's strange, because BD can't match with a end of line, \n , or $, or \r, etc... example, I have just three text lines in BD: - Hello -Good Morning -Bye -Thanks - One Oneee - Two -Three If I search - BD find all dash If I search e{3} BD match eee If I search \s BD match nothing If I search \sOne BD match One (not match Oneee) If i search \n BD match nothing If i search Three\n BD match nothing

08-20-2008, 08:54 AM	#5
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	So, perhaps you could edit the book in Word (or whatever) first, then drop it into Book Designer.

08-20-2008, 09:02 AM	#6
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I've not been able to make "end of line" RegEx matching work in BD either. Most other RegEx stuff works fine, though.

08-20-2008, 10:13 AM	#7
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	Maybe try \r\n instead of just \n.

08-20-2008, 11:30 AM	#8
ShineOn Member Posts: 10 Karma: 474 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	Ok thanks everyone... finally I tried the text in UltraEdit

08-25-2008, 12:28 AM	#9
Madam Broshkina Manic Do Fuse Posts: 2,312 Karma: 3325462 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Sony 500, 505, 350, Kindle 3, DXG, nook, Irex DR800SG, iPad	I want to use the regular expressions to delete page numbers in a book. I use \[Pg [0-9]*\] which works well but the footnotes links look just like the page number except they are blue. ( [12] vs [12] )Is there an easy way to tell it not to delete the footnotes using BD or Word?

08-25-2008, 05:06 PM	#12
Madam Broshkina Manic Do Fuse Posts: 2,312 Karma: 3325462 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Sony 500, 505, 350, Kindle 3, DXG, nook, Irex DR800SG, iPad	Thanks for the suggestions above, I will give these a try. There are about 800 footnotes.

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