These files contain per-chapter fixes to improve lines of text. They are in a custom file format, whose parser can be found in convert.js.
An example of the basic format is:
@ https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2011/06/14/gestation-1-2/
- each others houses
+ each others’ houses
- x-acto
+ X-Acto
@ https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2011/06/18/gestation-1-3/
- top 5
+ top five
- East end
+ east end
Each chapter, denoted by its URL, gets a section, via a line starting with @ . Indented by two spaces underneath each chapter are pairs of - and + lines, representing the text to replace and the replacement.
Newlines can be included by including the literal string \n:
- <p><em>Crazed, kooky, cracked, crazy</em>, <br />\n<em>Nutty, barmy, mad for me…</em></p>
+ <p><i>Crazed, kooky, cracked, crazy,<br />\nNutty, barmy, mad for me…</i></p>
Since sometimes we need to replace lines with trailing spaces, which don't show up easily when editing, any number of \s strings at the end of the line can be used to denote such trailing spaces:
- MWBB <em>
+ <em>MWBB\s
There is no ability to escape these escape sequences right now, since it is not needed.
If a chapter needs a specific regular expression applied to its contents, use r and s line pairs:
r </em><br />\n<em>\s*
s </em></p>\n<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>
Comment lines can appear at any point under each chapter, starting with # .
- see the Doctor
+ see the doctor
# Unlike the Cauldron Doctor, this is not used as a proper noun