On 05/14/2021, at 14:04, Cooper Cavalier <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> I have a text/html file which has thousands of endnotes. The file has the
> inline endnote reference as [1], [2], [3], etc. which correspond to the
> appropriate endnote. For the app publisher I am working for, the endnotes
> must be placed in line with specific coding.
>
> I am totally stumped in finding a way either inside of Bbedit or using a
> Python script. I am doing this editing on a Mac.
Hey Doug,
If I've understand correctly all footnote references are going to look like:
_ftn18 and [18].
What think I would do is (without having seen the full scope of the problem):
A) Split off all of the footnotes into their own file.
B) Write a regular expression or a script to massage all of the footnotes into
their new format.
- Leaving the footnote reference as a prefix to the new reference.
- Make sure each footnote is formatted such that they all may be easily
read into an array.
C) Read the footnotes into an array (in Perl for me).
D) Iterate through the array and find the matching footnote ref in the body
document.
- Make the appropriate substitutions.
Another alternative (for me) would be to do the job with BBEdit and AppleScript
using the same general methodology, except that I'd use the page of footnotes
as the array.
Pros:
- Easier to prototype and visualize.
Cons:
- Much slower execution time.
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Best Regards,
Chris
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