Sigil 0.7.0 Released

[sellew]

Originally Posted by meme

Thanks. I'll need to look at that Clips code again - I'm pretty sure it works for me on Linux. Possibly a focus issue on certain OS's.

There are a few ways to apply clips. Can you test each one. For each one click in the NCX file, and then try Paste Clip in the Clips Editor; try Insert->Clip->clipname; try clicking on a button in the Clip Bar; try using the View->Clips window and selecting a clip; right-click on the NCX and select a Clip; and, almost forgot this one, click in the NCX and then use a clip shortcut (e.g. ctrl-alt-1).

@meme, the pasting clips bug that ElMiko has found in the NCX is exactly the same I found when working on the stylesheet (I reported it in the thread on the beta 0.6.902)
I've tried all the different ways of pasting clips that you listed in both the NCX and Stylesheet, and the result has been always the same: all work fine except selecting a clip in the Clips window.

Paste Clip in the Clips Editor
Insert->Clip->clipname
clicking on a button in the Clip Bar
View->Clips window and selecting a clip
right-click on the Stylesheet/NCX and select a Clip
click in the Stylesheet/NCX and then use a clip shortcut

In the HTML files all 6 ways of pasting clips work fine.

I'm working with Sigil 0.7 and my OS is win7 64bit.

[meme]

Originally Posted by sellew

@meme, the pasting clips bug that ElMiko has found in the NCX is exactly the same I found when working on the stylesheet (I reported it in the thread on the beta 0.6.902)
I've tried all the different ways of pasting clips that you listed in both the NCX and Stylesheet, and the result has been always the same: all work fine except selecting a clip in the Clips window.
...
In the HTML files all 6 ways of pasting clips work fine.

Thanks. I think the reason for it is obvious, now...

[roger64]

Thanks for your replies.

Originally Posted by meme

@roger64 - is there anything that didn't work or wasn't clear about the build instructions?

Of course they were helpful and I did use them (your Sigil help epub) as well as Diap Dealer advices. But I felt the need for more. And yes, it will be good to separate build from the run.

1- Build part - As Qt5 is a big first for everybody, at least for linux distros, you maybe should comment a little more on this point. My Qt5 has been installed in the $HOME and the path location of the library has to be changed accordingly. This may seem obvious to you but I think it should deserve a line of comment to begin with (like: I suppose you binary install of Qt5 to be ...)

2- As you can see I had to complete the first paragraph to begin the build.

-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$HOME/compilation/Qt5.0.1/5.0.1/gcc_64/lib/cmake/

3- Then, there is a creation of these /tmp locked folders (in $HOME and /). From where are they coming from? Are they necessary? For me this was totally unexpected. Can it be avoided?

4- Run part - I think a word is needed about the script and the library location: how long this will be necessary?

Originally Posted by meme

And since you mention Spellchecking - how is this version working for you. The issue with apostrophes should be sorted out - well, at least better than it was hopefully.

I will comment on it a little later with pleasure.

[st_albert]

@meme:
For the Linux build, what does the "-DFORCE_BUNDLED_COPIES=1" define in the cmake command do? I inadvertently built it without that define, and it seems to run fine. (Debian sid, with KDE).

Thanks for all your work!

Albert

[Ahmad Samir]

Originally Posted by st_albert

@meme:
For the Linux build, what does the "-DFORCE_BUNDLED_COPIES=1" define in the cmake command do? I inadvertently built it without that define, and it seems to run fine. (Debian sid, with KDE).

Thanks for all your work!

Albert

Sigil bundles some libraries in its source repository, e.g. Boost, zlib, MiniZip, hunspell, PCRE.... etc; FORCE_BUNDLED_COPIES makes Sigil use those bundled libraries instead of using the system-provided libraries (if they're installed on your system).

For example if you have pcre-devel installed and build with -DFORCE_BUNDLED_COPIES=1, then Sigil will use the bundled pcre not the system-provided ones.

[roger64]

ABOUT SPELLCHECKING

Originally Posted by meme

@roger64
And since you mention Spellchecking - how is this version working for you. The issue with apostrophes should be sorted out - well, at least better than it was hopefully.

To say it in a few words: it was a real pleasure to test it. The "list of mispelled words" is a killer feature which makes v. 0.7 a worthy upgrade and a reward for hard-building Linux users (and others).
- The processing is very quick, very convenient.
- All the previous apostrophe problems (curly vs straight) are solved.
- Adding the words in the user dictionary is a also very handy feature as we can do it selecting one, many or all words of the list.

Congratulations.

Proposals

I would suggest some small things in no particular order for next version:

- Propose (preferences) a comfortable "spellcheck display mode ", separating the text and the list (like the one in the screenshot below).

- The user should have (preferences) a choice of seeing the list
- either your way: with UPPER characters first and then lower ones
- or in strict alphabetical order.
There are advantages and drawbacks for both.

- To say it precisely, the words on the list are either unknown and/or mispelled. A vast majority of them are even perfectly correct. They are just "un-hunspelled", if I may. This should be corrected.

- The spellcheck window is to be translated.

- I would propose to add the number of lines included in the list (as a bottom line info?).

- Some few words are truncated by code (dropcap, sup, span, i or b tags) and just appear on the list for this reason. It's not a real problem but maybe it would be good to make hunspell ignore all this kind of code and plug the letters on both sides if there is no white space of any kind in between.

A question to finish:

when you have a list of elided forms, which precise command do you use to make hunspell analyse it? If I use the plain

-l

argument, it declares all of them to be unknown...

AN OLD QT BUG SQUASHED!! (at last)

The old one, long overdue, about italics not being displayed with embedded italic fonts. I just noticed that, with Sigil 0.7 (and Qt5) t's gone!!!

[alansplace]

When the book browser is displayed and you minimize the main window the book browser remains maximized with no way to minimize it.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by alansplace

When the book browser is displayed and you minimize the main window the book browser remains maximized with no way to minimize it.

I don't see how that's possible.

[st_albert]

Originally Posted by Ahmad Samir

Sigil bundles some libraries in its source repository, e.g. Boost, zlib, MiniZip, hunspell, PCRE.... etc; FORCE_BUNDLED_COPIES makes Sigil use those bundled libraries instead of using the system-provided libraries (if they're installed on your system).

For example if you have pcre-devel installed and build with -DFORCE_BUNDLED_COPIES=1, then Sigil will use the bundled pcre not the system-provided ones.

Thanks, Ahmad. At the moment, I don't have any of those installed, so that's how I was able to get away without it so far.

[st_albert]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I don't see how that's possible.

I'm guessing the book browser has to be undocked first. Can't confirm it, though, since it works as expected on my Linux install.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by alansplace

When the book browser is displayed and you minimize the main window the book browser remains maximized with no way to minimize it.

I detached the 'Book Browser'

I don't DO see this behavior on XP (it dove under other open windows )

I DO see this on W7HP (64bit)

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by theducks

I detached the 'Book Browser'

I don't DO see this behavior on XP (it dove under other open windows )

I DO see this on W7HP (64bit)

Yep, win 7 64bit.

Mine seems permanently detached. I see no way to attach it.

[meme]

Originally Posted by alansplace

Yep, win 7 64bit.

Mine seems permanently detached. I see no way to attach it.

Sounds like Qt5 at work again. Works fine on Linux... So when I detach the Book Browser and minimize my main window, the Book Browser minimizes with it.

But to attach it again you should be able to drag it from the titlebar and drop it somewhere in Sigil - to the left of the editing window, on top of the TOC window, etc. Its easiest to double-click to re-attach, but as that doesn't seem to work on XP it might not help.

[meme]

Originally Posted by roger64

ABOUT SPELLCHECKING



To say it in a few words: it was a real pleasure to test it. The "list of mispelled words" is a killer feature which makes v. 0.7 a worthy upgrade and a reward for hard-building Linux users (and others).

Thanks. Took a few tries

- Propose (preferences) a comfortable "spellcheck display mode ", separating the text and the list (like the one in the screenshot below).

Since you can move the spellcheck window wherever you want, and it'll remember its location, this should already be addressed. Locking it to Sigil would restrict it/make it too small.

- The user should have (preferences) a choice of seeing the list
- either your way: with UPPER characters first and then lower ones
- or in strict alphabetical order.

Yes, something I wanted to add, if someone mentioned it - thanks for the reminder.

- To say it precisely, the words on the list are either unknown and/or mispelled. A vast majority of them are even perfectly correct. They are just "un-hunspelled", if I may. This should be corrected.

Could go either way on this.

- The spellcheck window is to be translated.

There wasn't much time between beta and release - I'm sure they'll catch up - if we don't change the wording again

- I would propose to add the number of lines included in the list (as a bottom line info?).

Try the tooltip on the header.

- Some few words are truncated by code (dropcap, sup, span, i or b tags) and just appear on the list for this reason. It's not a real problem but maybe it would be good to make hunspell ignore all this kind of code and plug the letters on both sides if there is no white space of any kind in between.

There's no way to tell if its a word split by a tag or separate words, so it'll stay as is. But if you see a specific case where a word is being found incorrectly, let use know.

A question to finish:
when you have a list of elided forms, which precise command do you use to make hunspell analyse it? If I use the plain

-l

argument, it declares all of them to be unknown...

Sigil simply converts any curly apostrophes to straight apostrophes in a word before looking in hunspell for a match or suggestion.

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by meme

Sounds like Qt5 at work again. Works fine on Linux... So when I detach the Book Browser and minimize my main window, the Book Browser minimizes with it.

But to attach it again you should be able to drag it from the titlebar and drop it somewhere in Sigil - to the left of the editing window, on top of the TOC window, etc. Its easiest to double-click to re-attach, but as that doesn't seem to work on XP it might not help.

Whe I initially launch Sigil the book browser is not visible, to make it visible I go to view and click book browser (a check mar appears) and then I can size and drag the book browser window all over the place but it will not dock. Double click does nothing.