Untitled.ePub-Sigil and Code question

soulartist · 12-08-2010, 07:46 PM

1) When I open a test ePub doc in Sigil, why does an Untitled.ePub doc open up behind the main Sigil window?

2) Why does the code keep repeating "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"

I’m a painter. What do I have to know about words and writing?

BTW: Of all the readers I have (ADE, Kindle preview, Calibre), Sigil most accurately presents my text. Why?

Thanks,

Eden

Toxaris · 12-09-2010, 04:14 AM

I have no idea. When I open a epub, it is the only open epub. Perhaps you have started multiple instances of Sigil. How do you open the epub, via the menu or by clicking the epub? On what OS are you?

The second part is even stranger. When I open a new page in sigil, it is formated like:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
  "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
  <title></title>
</head>

<body style="">
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
</body>
</html>

Nothing about painters... Is your header like the one above? What is the source of the code?

Valloric · 12-09-2010, 05:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by soulartist

1) When I open a test ePub doc in Sigil, why does an Untitled.ePub doc open up behind the main Sigil window?

This is a Mac-specific issue. I know, it's annoying. Just ignore it for now.

Quote:

Originally Posted by soulartist

2) Why does the code keep repeating "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"

This is related to the code you imported. There was something in it which forced Tidy to add this to everything, or it was there to begin with. It's just a namespace declaration, feel free to ignore/delete it.

Note that when you create a new paragraph in the Book View by pressing ENTER, the attributes from the you were in are copied over to the new .

Quote:

Originally Posted by soulartist

BTW: Of all the readers I have (ADE, Kindle preview, Calibre), Sigil most accurately presents my text. Why?

You'll have to ask the creators of those other Rendering Systems. Although Calibre's presentation should be fairly close to Sigil's; they both use the same underlying engine (QtWebkit).

soulartist · 12-09-2010, 05:06 PM

Here are some points for clarification:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valloric

This is a Mac-specific issue. I know, it's annoying. Just ignore it for now.

Okay

Quote:

This is related to the code you imported. There was something in it which forced Tidy to add this to everything, or it was there to begin with. It's just a namespace declaration, feel free to ignore/delete it.

This was an ePub file exported directly from InDesign. I didn't make any changes with Sigil.

When I look at the the HTML code in Dreamweaver, I see this code (which is free from the xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace">) for the text:

I’m a painter. What do I have to know about words and writing? 

At the top of doc, the only reference to www.w3.org is this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

Quote:

Note that when you create a new paragraph in the Book View by pressing ENTER, the attributes from the you were in are copied over to the new .

I see. So far, I haven't done any work with Sigil; I'm trying to understand how it works.

Quote:

You'll have to ask the creators of those other Rendering Systems. Although Calibre's presentation should be fairly close to Sigil's; they both use the same underlying engine (QtWebkit).

Calibre is okay, but text is often jumbled?

12-08-2010, 07:46 PM	#1
soulartist Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: New Mexico Device: none	Untitled.ePub-Sigil and Code question 1) When I open a test ePub doc in Sigil, why does an Untitled.ePub doc open up behind the main Sigil window? 2) Why does the code keep repeating "http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" <p class="sidebar-quote" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace">I’m a painter. What do I have to know about words and <span class="no-style-override">writing</span>?</p> BTW: Of all the readers I have (ADE, Kindle preview, Calibre), Sigil most accurately presents my text. Why? Thanks, Eden

12-09-2010, 04:14 AM	#2
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	I have no idea. When I open a epub, it is the only open epub. Perhaps you have started multiple instances of Sigil. How do you open the epub, via the menu or by clicking the epub? On what OS are you? The second part is even stranger. When I open a new page in sigil, it is formated like: Code: <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title></title> </head> <body style=""> <p> </p> </body> </html> Nothing about painters... Is your header like the one above? What is the source of the code?

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