contentEl.removeChild(contentEl.firstElementChild);
// Remove everything after the last
(e.g. analytics
s)
const lastP = contentEl.querySelector("p:last-of-type");
while (contentEl.lastElementChild !== lastP) {
contentEl.removeChild(contentEl.lastElementChild);
}
// Remove empty
s or Last Chapter/Next Chapter
s
while (isEmptyOrGarbage(contentEl.lastElementChild)) {
contentEl.removeChild(contentEl.lastElementChild);
}
// Remove redundant attributes and style
Array.prototype.forEach.call(contentEl.children, child => {
if (child.getAttribute("dir") === "ltr") {
child.removeAttribute("dir");
}
// Only ever appears with align="LEFT" (useless) or align="CENTER" overridden by style="text-align: left;" (also
// useless)
child.removeAttribute("align");
if (child.getAttribute("style") === "text-align:left;") {
child.removeAttribute("style");
}
if (child.getAttribute("style") === "text-align:left;padding-left:30px;") {
child.setAttribute("style", "padding-left:30px;");
}
});
// Remove empty s and s
// Remove style attributes from them, as they're always messed up.
const ems = contentEl.querySelectorAll("em, i");
Array.prototype.forEach.call(ems, em => {
if (em.textContent.trim() === "") {
const replacement = contentEl.ownerDocument.createTextNode(" ");
em.parentNode.replaceChild(replacement, em);
} else {
em.removeAttribute("style");
}
});
// In https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/05/monarch-16-13/ there are some s that should be s O_o
const addresses = contentEl.querySelectorAll("address");
Array.prototype.forEach.call(addresses, address => {
const p = contentEl.ownerDocument.createElement("p");
p.innerHTML = address.innerHTML;
address.parentNode.replaceChild(p, address);
});
// Every except underline ones is pointless at best and frequently messed up. (Weird font size, line spacing,
// etc.)
const spans = contentEl.querySelectorAll("span");
Array.prototype.forEach.call(spans, span => {
if (span.getAttribute("style") === "text-decoration:underline;") {
return;
}
if (span.textContent.trim() === "") {
span.parentNode.removeChild(span);
} else {
const docFrag = contentEl.ownerDocument.createDocumentFragment();
while (span.firstChild) {
docFrag.appendChild(span.firstChild);
}
span.parentNode.replaceChild(docFrag, span);
}
});
// In Ward, CloudFlare email protection obfuscates the email addresses:
// https://usamaejaz.com/cloudflare-email-decoding/
for (const emailEl of contentEl.querySelectorAll("[data-cfemail]")) {
const decoded = decodeCloudFlareEmail(emailEl.dataset.cfemail);
emailEl.replaceWith(contentEl.ownerDocument.createTextNode(decoded));
}
// Synthesize a tag to serialize
const bodyEl = contentEl.ownerDocument.createElement("body");
const h1El = contentEl.ownerDocument.createElement("h1");
h1El.textContent = chapter.title;
bodyEl.appendChild(h1El);
while (contentEl.firstChild) {
bodyEl.appendChild(contentEl.firstChild);
}
let xml = serializeToXML(bodyEl);
// Fix recurring strange pattern of extra
in ......
\n
xml = xml.replace(/\s*<\/em><\/p>/g, "
");
// There are way too many nonbreaking spaces where they don't belong.
// If they show up three in a row, then let them live. Otherwise, they die.
// Also remove any run of them after a period.
xml = xml.replace(/([^\xA0])\xA0\xA0?([^\xA0])/g, "$1 $2");
xml = xml.replace(/\.\xA0+\s*/, ". ");
function fixEms() {
// Fix recurring broken-up or erroneous
s
xml = xml.replace(/<\/em>‘s/g, "’s");
xml = xml.replace(/
<\/em>/g, "");
xml = xml.replace(/<\/em>/g, "");
xml = xml.replace(/(\s?\s?[^A-Za-z]\s?\s?)<\/em>/g, "$1");
xml = xml.replace(/<\/em>(\s?\s?[^A-Za-z]\s?\s?)/g, "$1");
xml = xml.replace(/“([^>]+)<\/em>(!|\?|\.)”/g, "“$1$2”");
xml = xml.replace(/([^>]+)<\/em>(!|\?|\.)<\/p>/g, "$1$2
");
xml = xml.replace(/(!|\?|\.)\s{2}<\/em><\/p>/g, "$1
");
xml = xml.replace(/([a-z]+)(\?|\.)<\/em>/g, "$1$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^>]+?)( +)<\/em>/g, "$1$2");
xml = xml.replace(/ ([a-zA-Z]+)<\/em>/g, " $1");
xml = xml.replace(/‘\s*([^<]+)\s*’<\/em>/g, "‘$1’");
xml = xml.replace(/‘\s*([^<]+)\s*<\/em>\s*’/g, "‘$1’");
xml = xml.replace(/‘\s*\s*([^<]+)\s*’<\/em>/g, "‘$1’");
xml = xml.replace(/“\s*([^<]+)\s*”<\/em>/g, "“$1”");
xml = xml.replace(/“\s*([^<]+)\s*<\/em>\s*”/g, "“$1”");
xml = xml.replace(/“\s*\s*([^<]+)\s*”<\/em>/g, "“$1”");
xml = xml.replace(/([^\n>]) ?/g, "$1 ");
xml = xml.replace(/ ?<\/em>/g, " ");
xml = xml.replace(/]+)> /g, "");
xml = xml.replace(/<\/em> <\/p>/g, "");
xml = xml.replace(/([a-z]+),<\/em>/g, "$1,");
}
function fixQuotesAndApostrophes() {
// Fix recurring poor quotes and apostrophes
xml = xml.replace(/”/g, "
“");
xml = xml.replace(/“\s*<\/p>/g, "”
");
xml = xml.replace(/“\s*<\/em><\/p>/g, "”");
xml = xml.replace(/‘\s*<\/p>/g, "’");
xml = xml.replace(/‘\s*<\/em><\/p>/g, "’");
xml = xml.replace(/,” <\/em>/g, ",” ");
xml = xml.replace(/′/g, "’");
xml = xml.replace(/″/g, "”");
xml = xml.replace(/([A-Za-z])‘s(\s?)/g, "$1’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/I‘m/g, "I’m");
xml = xml.replace(/“\s+/g, "
“");
xml = xml.replace(/'/g, "’");
xml = xml.replace(/’([A-Za-z]+)’/g, "‘$1’");
xml = xml.replace(/‘Sup/g, "’Sup");
}
// These interact with each other, so do them a few times.
xml = xml.replace(/,” <\/em>/g, "
,” ");
fixEms();
fixQuotesAndApostrophes();
fixEms();
fixQuotesAndApostrophes();
fixEms();
// Similar problems occur in Ward with and as do in Worm with s
xml = xml.replace(//g, "");
xml = xml.replace(/(\s*\s*)<\/b>/g, "$1");
xml = xml.replace(/(\s*\s*)<\/strong>/g, "$1");
xml = xml.replace(/<\/strong>(\s*)/g, "$1");
xml = xml.replace(/@<\/strong>/g, "@");
xml = xml.replace(/(\s*)<\/strong>/g, "
$1");
xml = xml.replace(/(\s*)<\/strong>/g, "$1");
// No need for line breaks before paragraph ends
// These often occur with the
s inside / fixed above.
xml = xml.replace(/\s*<\/p>/g, "");
// Fix possessive of names ending in "s"
// Note: if the "s" is unvoiced, as in Marquis, then it doesn't get the second "s".
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Judas’([^s])/g, "$1Judas’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Brutus’([^s])/g, "$1Brutus’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Jess’([^s])/g, "$1Jess’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Aegis’([^s])/g, "$1Aegis’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Dauntless’([^s])/g, "$1Dauntless’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Circus’([^s])/g, "$1Circus’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Sirius’([^s])/g, "$1Sirius’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Brooks’([^s])/g, "$1Brooks’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Genesis’([^s])/g, "$1Genesis’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Atlas’([^s])/g, "$1Atlas’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Lucas’([^s])/g, "$1Lucas’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Gwerrus’([^s])/g, "$1Gwerrus’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Chris’([^s])/g, "$1Chris’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Eligos’([^s])/g, "$1Eligos’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Animos’([^s])/g, "$1Animos’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Mags’([^s])/g, "$1Mags’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Huntress’([^s])/g, "$1Huntress’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Hephaestus’([^s])/g, "$1Hephaestus’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Lord of Loss’([^s])/g, "$1Lord of Loss’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])John Combs’([^s])/g, "$1John Combs’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Mama Mathers’([^s])/g, "$1Mama Mathers’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Monokeros’([^s])/g, "$1Monokeros’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Goddess’([^s])/g, "$1Goddess’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Boundless’([^s])/g, "$1Boundless’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Paris’([^s])/g, "$1Paris’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Tress’([^s])/g, "$1Tress’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Harris’([^s])/g, "$1Harris’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Antares’([^s])/g, "$1Antares’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Nieves’([^s])/g, "$1Nieves’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Backwoods’([^s])/g, "$1Backwoods’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Midas’([^s])/g, "$1Midas’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Mrs. Sims’([^s])/g, "$1Mrs. Sims’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Ms. Stillons’([^s])/g, "$1Ms. Stillons’s$2");
xml = xml.replace(/([^‘])Chuckles’([^s])/g, "$1Chuckles’s$2");
// Fixes dashes
xml = xml.replace(/ – /g, "—");
xml = xml.replace(/“((?:)?)-/g, "“$1—");
xml = xml.replace(/-[,.]?”/g, "—”");
xml = xml.replace(/-(!|\?)”/g, "—$1”");
xml = xml.replace(/-[,.]?<\/em>”/g, "—”");
xml = xml.replace(/-“/g, "—”");
xml = xml.replace(/-/g, "
—");
xml = xml.replace(/-<\/p>/g, "—
");
xml = xml.replace(/-<\/em><\/p>/g, "—");
xml = xml.replace(/\s?\s?–\s?\s?/g, "—");
xml = xml.replace(/-\s\s?/g, "—");
xml = xml.replace(/\s?\s-/g, "—");
xml = xml.replace(/\s+—”/g, "—”");
xml = xml.replace(/I-I/g, "I—I");
xml = xml.replace(/I-uh/g, "I—uh");
// Joint names should use em dashes
xml = xml.replace(/Dallon-Pelham/g, "Dallon–Pelham");
xml = xml.replace(/Bet-Gimel/g, "Bet–Gimel");
xml = xml.replace(/Tristan-Capricorn/g, "Tristan–Capricorn");
xml = xml.replace(/Capricorn-Byron/g, "Capricorn–Byron");
xml = xml.replace(/Tristan-Byron/g, "Tristan–Byron");
xml = xml.replace(/Earth-Gimel/g, "Earth–Gimel");
xml = xml.replace(/Gimel-Europe/g, "Gimel–Europe");
xml = xml.replace(/Imp-Damsel/g, "Imp–Damsel");
xml = xml.replace(/Damsel-Ashley/g, "Damsel–Ashley");
xml = xml.replace(/Antares-Anelace/g, "Antares–Anelace");
xml = xml.replace(/Challenger-Gallant/g, "Challenger–Gallant");
xml = xml.replace(/Undersider(s?)-(Breakthrough|Ambassador)/g, "Undersider$1–$2");
xml = xml.replace(/Norwalk-Fairfield/g, "Norwalk–Fairfield");
xml = xml.replace(/East-West/g, "east–west");
xml = xml.replace(/(Green|Yellow)-Black/g, "$1–Black");
xml = xml.replace(/Creutzfeldt-Jakob/g, "Creutzfeldt–Jakob");
xml = xml.replace(/Astaroth-Nidhug/g, "Astaroth–Nidhug");
xml = xml.replace(/Capulet-Montague/g, "Capulet–Montague");
xml = xml.replace(/Weaver-Clockblocker/g, "Weaver–Clockblocker");
xml = xml.replace(/Alexandria-Pretender/g, "Alexandria–Pretender");
xml = xml.replace(/Night Hag-Nyx/g, "Night Hag–Nyx");
xml = xml.replace(/Crawler-Breed/g, "Crawler–Breed");
xml = xml.replace(/Simurgh-Myrddin-plant/g, "Simurgh–Myrddin–plant");
xml = xml.replace(/Armsmaster-Defiant/g, "Armsmaster–Defiant");
// Use
for separators
// https://www.parahumans.net/2019/12/21/interlude-18-z-radiation/ has "super-separators" ("⊙ ⊙ ⊙ ⊙ ⊙") which we
// leave untouched for now.
xml = xml.replace(/■<\/p>/g, "
");
xml = xml.replace(/■<\/p>/g, "
");
xml = xml.replace(/⊙<\/p>/g, "
");
xml = xml.replace(/⊙<\/strong><\/p>/g, "
");
xml = xml.replace(/⊙<\/strong><\/em><\/p>/g, "
");
xml = xml.replace(/⊙⊙<\/strong><\/p>/g, "
");
// Fix recurring miscapitalization with questions
xml = xml.replace(/\?”\s\s?She asked/g, "?” she asked");
xml = xml.replace(/\?”\s\s?He asked/g, "?” he asked");
// Fix bad periods and spacing/markup surrounding them
xml = xml.replace(/\.\.<\/p>/g, ".
");
xml = xml.replace(/\.\.”<\/p>/g, ".”
");
xml = xml.replace(/ \. /g, ". ");
xml = xml.replace(/ \.<\/p>/g, ".
");
xml = xml.replace(/\.\.\./g, "…");
// Fix extra spaces
xml = xml.replace(/ ? <\/p>/g, "");
xml = xml.replace(/([a-z]) ,/g, "$1,");
// The author often fails to terminate a sentence, instead using a comma after a dialogue tag. For example,
// > “I didn’t get much done,” Greg said, “I got distracted by...
// This should instead be
// > “I didn’t get much done,” Greg said. “I got distracted by...
//
// Our heuristic is to try to automatically fix this if the dialogue tag is two words (X said/admitted/sighed/etc.).
//
// This sometimes overcorrects, as in the following example:
// > “Basically,” Alec said, “For your powers to manifest, ...
// Here instead we should lowercase the "f". We handle that via one-offs in substitutions.json.
//
// This applies to ~800 instances, so although we have to correct back in substitutions.json a decent number of
// times, it definitely pays for itself. Most of the instances we have to correct back we also need to fix the
// capitalization anyway, and that's harder to do automatically, since proper names/"I"/etc. stay capitalized.
xml = xml.replace(/,” ([A-Za-z]+ [A-Za-z]+), “([A-Z])/g, ",” $1. “$2");
// Replace single-word s with s. Other s are probably erroneous too, but these are known-bad.
xml = xml.replace(/([A-Za-z]+)<\/i>/g, "$1");
// This occurs enough times it's better to do here than in one-off fixes. We correct the single instance where
// it's incorrect to capitalize in the one-off fixes.
// Note that Ward contains much talk of "the clairvoyants", so we don't want to capitalize plurals.
xml = xml.replace(/the clairvoyant([^s])/g, "the Clairvoyant$1");
// ReSound's name is sometimes miscapitalized. The word is never used in a non-name context.
xml = xml.replace(/Resound/g, "ReSound");
// "patrol block" is capitalized three different ways: "patrol block", "Patrol block", and "Patrol Block". I can see
// arguments for any of them, so let's go with the most prevalent: "patrol block".
xml = xml.replace(/([^ ]) Patrol (?:B|b)lock/g, "$1 patrol block");
// This is sometimes missing its capitalization.
xml = xml.replace(/the birdcage/g, "the Birdcage");
// This is usually spelled "TV" but sometimes the other ways. Normalize.
xml = xml.replace(/tv/g, "TV");
xml = xml.replace(/T\.V\./g, "TV");
// There's no reason why these should be capitalized. (Note that they never appear at the beginning of any sentences.)
xml = xml.replace(/Halberd/g, "halberd");
xml = xml.replace(/Loft/g, "loft");
// Especially early in the story, PRT designations are capitalized; they should not be. This fixes the cases where we
// can be reasonably sure they don't start a sentence, although more specific instances are done in
// substitutions.json, and some need to be back-corrected.
//
// Note: "Master" is specifically omitted because it fails poorly on Interlude 4. Other instances need to be
// corrected via substitutions.json.
xml = xml.replace(
/([a-zA-Z,] |\/)(Mover|Shaker|Brute|Breaker|Tinker|Blaster|Thinker|Striker|Changer|Trump|Stranger|Shifter|Shaper)/g,
(_, prefix, designation) => prefix + designation.toLowerCase()
);
xml = xml.replace(
/(mover|shaker|brute|breaker|tinker|blaster|thinker|master|striker|changer|trump|stranger|shifter|shaper)-(\d+)/gi,
"$1 $2"
);
xml = xml.replace(
// eslint-disable-next-line max-len
/(mover|shaker|brute|breaker|tinker|blaster|thinker|master|striker|changer|trump|stranger|shifter|shaper)[ -/](mover|shaker|brute|breaker|tinker|blaster|thinker|master|striker|changer|trump|stranger|shifter|shaper)/gi,
"$1–$2"
);
// This is consistently missing accents
xml = xml.replace(/Yangban/g, "Yàngbǎn");
// Place names need to always be capitalized
xml = xml.replace(/North end/g, "North End");
xml = xml.replace(/Stonemast avenue/g, "Stonemast Avenue");
xml = xml.replace(/Shale avenue/g, "Shale Avenue");
xml = xml.replace(/Lord street/g, "Lord Street");
xml = xml.replace(/Slater street/g, "Slater Street");
xml = xml.replace(/Hollow point/g, "Hollow Point");
xml = xml.replace(/Cedar point/g, "Cedar Point");
// These are usually not italicized, but sometimes are. Other foreign-language names (like Yàngbǎn) are not
// italicized, so we go in the direction of removing the italics.
xml = xml.replace(/Garama<\/em>/g, "Garama");
xml = xml.replace(/Thanda<\/em>/g, "Thanda");
xml = xml.replace(/Sifara([^<]*)<\/em>/g, "Sifara$1");
xml = xml.replace(/Moord Nag([^<]*)<\/em>/g, "Moord Nag$1");
xml = xml.replace(/Califa de Perro([^<]*)<\/em>/g, "Califa de Perro$1");
xml = xml.replace(/Turanta([^<]*)<\/em>/g, "Turanta$1");
// "okay" is preferred to "ok". This sometimes gets changed back via substitutions.json when people are writing notes
// and thus probably the intention was to be less formal. Also it seems per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-ok the
// "A" in "A-okay" should be capitalized.
xml = xml.replace(/Ok([,. ])/g, "Okay$1");
xml = xml.replace(/([^a-zA-Z])ok([^a])/g, "$1okay$2");
xml = xml.replace(/a-okay/g, "A-okay");
// Signal(l)ing/signal(l)ed are spelled both ways. Both are acceptable in English. Let's standardize on single-L.
xml = xml.replace(/(S|s)ignall/g, "$1ignal");
// Clich(e|é) is spelled both ways. Let's standardize on including the accent.
xml = xml.replace(/cliche/g, "cliché");
// "gray" is the majority spelling, except for "greyhound"
xml = xml.replace(/(G|g)rey(?!hound)/g, "$1ray");
// "Mom" and "Dad" should be capitalized when used as a proper name. These regexps are tuned to catch a good amount of
// instances, without over-correcting for non-proper-name-like cases. Many other instances are handled in
// substitutions.json.
xml = xml.replace(/(? {
if (substitution.before) {
const indexOf = xml.indexOf(substitution.before);
if (indexOf === -1) {
console.warn(`Could not find text "${substitution.before}" in ${chapter.url}. The chapter may have been ` +
`updated at the source, in which case, you should edit substitutions.json.`);
}
if (indexOf !== xml.lastIndexOf(substitution.before)) {
console.warn(`The text "${substitution.before}" occurred twice, and so the substitution was ambiguous. ` +
`Update substitutions.json for a more precise substitution.`);
}
xml = xml.replace(new RegExp(escapeRegExp(substitution.before)), substitution.after);
} else if (substitution.regExp) {
xml = xml.replace(new RegExp(substitution.regExp, "g"), substitution.replacement);
} else {
console.warn(`Invalid substitution specified for ${chapter.url}`);
}
});
// Serializer inserts extra xmlns for us since it doesn't know we're going to put this into a
xml = xml.replace(//, "");
return xml;
}
function isEmptyOrGarbage(el) {
const text = el.textContent.trim();
return text === "" ||
text.startsWith("Last Chapter") ||
text.startsWith("Previous Chapter") ||
text.startsWith("Next Chapter");
}
function escapeRegExp(str) {
return str.replace(/[-[\]/{}()*+?.\\^$|]/g, "\\$&");
}
function decodeCloudFlareEmail(hash) {
let email = "";
const xorWithThis = parseInt(hash.substring(0, 2), 16);
for (let i = 2; i < hash.length; i += 2) {
const charCode = parseInt(hash.substring(i, i + 2), 16) ^ xorWithThis;
email += String.fromCharCode(charCode);
}
return email;
}