I wish for slightly different rtf output (real technical!)

Hi

I use Sente to process my output from Scrivener, and it appears that while Scrivener outputs correct rtf code, it confuses Sente. If Lit&Lat could make a very small change, I suspect that this would solve the problem.

The problem is that if there is exactly one paragraph in a sentence, and if the sentence ends with a Sente reference, and if you are using braces (curly brackets) as a reference delimiter, then Scrivener puts the bookmark end code inside the Sente reference, which confuses Sente.

My text in Scrivener looks like:

The output from this looks like:

The complete time scale of the history of earth can be found in many publications (e.g., \{*WikipediaGST; Gradstein 2004{\*\bkmkend Sidebar_Geological_time_scale-1}\}). \

However, if I add a second paragraph to the section, then the Scrivener compiled output looks like:

The complete time scale of the history of earth can be found in many publications (e.g., \{*WikipediaGST; Gradstein 2004\}). {\*\bkmkend Sidebar_Geological_time_scale-1}\
Second paragraph. \

Note that in the first case the bookmark end is inside the curly brackets, but in the second case it is outside.

I know that Lit&Lat is probably reluctant to make changes to solve a bug in someone else’s code, but this seems like a simple request, that should be easy and unlikely to cause further ramifications.

Thanks

A

PS–Sente has 4 options for delimiters: braces, dash-braces, parentheses, and square brackets. The problem shows up for at least the first two delimiters, and the other two are not available to me because I use those characters in the text.

Hi,

The problem is that Scrivener is currently trimming any non-alphanumeric text from around the bookmark range, so it is excluding that closing brace and period. I have fixed the code for the next update so that it now only trims whitespace from around the bookmark, which addresses this issue.

Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

All the best,
Keith

Thank you for pointing to this wonderful resource (The Timetree of Life) alanterra. :slight_smile:

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