[Editor Plugin] FTFY Encoding Fixer

[scottstephens]

About

This is a Calibre editing plugin to run the ftfy algorithm on book content.

It can be used to fix "mojibake" and other gitches in Unicode text, for instance turning text like this:

> “’Sides, ’tis only for a moon. That ain’t long.�

Into this:

> "'Sides, 'tis only for a moon. That ain't long."

Usage

1. Install the plugin
2. Open Calibre, and open a book for editing
3. In the plugins menu, click the "FTFY Fix Text" entry.
4. If you like the changes that have been made, save the book or save a copy. If not, you can revert changes from the Edit->Revert to... menu item.

Development

Code is available on github if anybody is interested: https://github.com/scottstephens/calibre-ftfy