From: the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm   
      
   On Sat, 13 Jul 2024 11:08:48 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:   
   >   
   > I'm reformatting some HTML files containing chapters of the KJV Bible.   
   > My source follows the practice of italicizing some words.   
   > I find italics distracting.   
   >   
   > These occurrences are consistently of the form   
   >     arbitrary_text   
   >   
   > I wish to delete "" and *ASSOCIATED* "".   
   > Obviously it would not be wise to fully automate the action.   
   > I wish to find all occurrences of  class='add'>arbitrary_text an manually confirm the edit.   
   >   
   > In general, is it feasible?   
      
   Yes, of course. Any editor above the level of Notepad ought to be   
   able to do this. (Sadly, a lot of editors are not above the level of   
   Notepad.)   
      
   For instance, in Vim you would use this command after opening the   
   file:   
      
   :%s;\([^<]*\);\1;gc   
      
   % = process every line of the file   
   \( ... \) makes that part of the pattern match addressable   
   [^>]* matches a string of characters not including a <. If there is   
   other HTML between span and /span, it will not match.   
   \1 = the text found between span and /span   
   gc = do every occurrence on each line, but confirm each one   
      
   > Can KDE's Kate do it?   
      
   I've no idea.   
      
   But there's an easier solution. Change the definition of class add in   
   your style sheet:   
      
   span.add { font-style:normal; }   
      
   Then you won't have to edit the HTML at all.   
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