Re: Problem With Zapping Gremlins Settings

[Bill Kochman]

Thanks for the tips, Rich. I’ll let you know if your ideas work after I’ve had 
a chance to test for a while.

Kind regards,

Bill Kochman, Administrator 
Bill’s Bible Basics
wordweaver...@gmail.com
https://www.billkochman.com

> On Jan 18, 2024, at 8:12 AM, Rich Siegel  wrote:
> 
> On 17 Jan 2024, at 16:49, Bill Kochman wrote:
> 
>> However, when I use the Zap Gremlins function, it is ALSO removing all of 
>> the apostrophes from the copied text, which obviously results in words being 
>> misspelled. This is particularly true of words which are either contractions 
>> or possessive.
> 
> If the apostrophes are non-ASCII characters ("curly"), then turning off 
> "Non-ASCII Characters" will preserve them (along with any other characters 
> not in the ASCII range).
> 
> Alternatively you could use "Replace with code" and leave "Use ASCII 
> equivalent" turned on.
> 
> R.

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Re: Problem With Zapping Gremlins Settings

[F. Alfredo Rego]

This is truly wonderful. There are so many ways to skin a cat's character(s).

> On Jan 17, 2024, at 15:12, Rich Siegel  wrote:
> 
> On 17 Jan 2024, at 16:49, Bill Kochman wrote:
> 
>> However, when I use the Zap Gremlins function, it is ALSO removing all of 
>> the apostrophes from the copied text, which obviously results in words being 
>> misspelled. This is particularly true of words which are either contractions 
>> or possessive.
> 
> If the apostrophes are non-ASCII characters ("curly"), then turning off 
> "Non-ASCII Characters" will preserve them (along with any other characters 
> not in the ASCII range).
> 
> Alternatively you could use "Replace with code" and leave "Use ASCII 
> equivalent" turned on.
> 
> R.
> 
> 
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Re: Problem With Zapping Gremlins Settings

[Rich Siegel]

On 17 Jan 2024, at 16:49, Bill Kochman wrote:

> However, when I use the Zap Gremlins function, it is ALSO removing all of the 
> apostrophes from the copied text, which obviously results in words being 
> misspelled. This is particularly true of words which are either contractions 
> or possessive.

If the apostrophes are non-ASCII characters ("curly"), then turning off 
"Non-ASCII Characters" will preserve them (along with any other characters not 
in the ASCII range).

Alternatively you could use "Replace with code" and leave "Use ASCII 
equivalent" turned on.

R.


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Problem With Zapping Gremlins Settings

[Bill Kochman]

Hello Group,

It has been a great while since I last posted something to the list.

I have a long-standing problem which I hope someone here can help me to 
resolve. The solution is probably very simple, but I just don’t know what it is.

As some of you may recall, I use BBEdit to write articles and series for my 
online ministry called Bill’s Bible Basics.

During the course of writing my articles, I copy and past a lot of Bible verses 
from a Bible program called Online Bible, or OLB.

The problem is that this application apparently inserts a lot of invisible 
control characters so that the lines of text wrap properly inside the app. At 
least that is my theory.

The problem is the following:

Once I copy and paste the Bible verses into my BBEdit doc, I have to use 
BBEdit’s "Zap Gremlins" function, as otherwise, I am unable to hard wrap my 
text at 60 characters per line.

However, when I use the Zap Gremlins function, it is ALSO removing all of the 
apostrophes from the copied text, which obviously results in words being 
misspelled. This is particularly true of words which are either contractions or 
possessive.

So, because of this problem, I am forced to have to take the extra step of 
proofing the text after zapping the gremlins.

So my question is this:

What settings should I be using in the Zap Gremlins dialog so that the 
apostrophes are not removed from the copied text?

Right now, the settings look like what you see in the image below:



Kind regards,

Bill Kochman, Administrator 
Bill’s Bible Basics
wordweaver...@gmail.com
https://www.billkochman.com

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