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sigil 0.2.0
I just read the Feb 03 post about the upcoming v. 0.2.0; am I interpreting it correctly in that the new version will no longer have a single file with both book and code views, and instead will have numerous files like an unzipped epub and that each one will need to be edited individually?
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Yes, that's it. The first beta will not have support for search&replace across files, but the final version will.
This tabbed-based approach is better than the single-flow one. When you edit the book, you move from chapter to chapter. Here you'll just move from tab to tab. Also, in a single flow system, if you're looking at chapter 19 and want to edit something in chapter 8, you have to lose your current place, scroll up, find chapter 8, do what you want, then find chapter 19 again. With tabs, this is all much quicker since each chapter is a separate tab. And if you need to perform some operations on all files, well then you just use S&R and select "Search/replace in all files" (or whatever I end up calling that). In this new model, you don't lose anything except the slowness and the bugs that come with the single-flow approach. |
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02-23-2010, 04:34 PM | #3 |
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sigil 0.2.0
V. 0.2.0 seems like there will be many advantages, chiefly in speed. However, I must admit I appreciate editing an epub like a simple, single html file rather than editing chapter by chapter, etc. It is similar in that respect to working with a mobi file using mobi creator. Having to worry about all the files involved in an epub is a bit daunting to a beginner like me!
Of course I'll try it but I've saved an install file of v. 0.1.9 and will revert back to that if it seems advisable. Although v. 0.1.9 is a bit slow, at least for a text only with one cover image it is not really that much of a problem on my 2.4 gH dual core. I also have access to a 3 gH quad core if necessary. However, if there were many images, tables, etc. in the epub then speed might be a serious impediment to v. 0.1.9. Anyway, having access to a program like Sigil has certainly helped me learn to create and edit an epub using my own css styles. The only thing I'd really like to see added someday is a log that indicates where and what css and html errors are present in the file. Bob |
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Thanks for the info. You've done such a great job with the 0.1.9 that I expect I'll get used to and really like the new version! I suspect it might be more difficult for beginners to use, but then again, perhaps not so.
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Well I'm quite excited about the release of 0.2.0.
I have no experience with html or xml whatsoever, (though I can clumsily figure stuff out as I change things that already exist) so to find a WYSIWYG editor has been very handy. Have been using it since 0.1.6. Edit: just figured something mind-numbingly simple out! All good... Last edited by Shieko; 02-24-2010 at 12:33 AM. |
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Let's say you don't know (and don't want to know) anything about XHTML, CSS etc. that actually makes up your book. Let's call these technologies magic. So in 0.1.x, you would open an epub file and do your editing in the Book View, and if you switch to Code View you would see the magic. But you don't care about that so you just remain in Book View. That's fine. The content of the original files that made up the epub are all presented in this one "flow", one screen with a scrollbar and a double red line separates these out (the "chapter break" line). In 0.2.0, the only thing that changes (from your perspective) is that you don't have one large "flow" anymore, but several. There is no red line demarcating chapters, they are now in separate files. You click on one of these files, and you see the "chapter" displayed in a new tab. Every tab has Book/Split/Code View. You don't care about the magic, so you remain in Book View. No new knowledge is required from you as the user. You just edit the way you used to before, but now you get to "see" the different "chapters" of the book individually, not all at once. That's it. You have nothing to be afraid of. The people who know and care about the magic can still work with it (and more effectively), and you get an faster/better/easier workflow since you don't have to scroll around as much. |
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What you said is the general idea. But it's remarkably tricky to do while keeping respectable performance. Both tabs would need to render, and I'm trying to avoid it for at least one of them. There are a few other complications as well. |
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And then you move a bit down, and then split again. Another 28.2 seconds... and then again... and then again... I'd rather not be lynched by Sigil's users. So that has to change. I made it my mission to make Sigil fast for 0.2.0. BTW opening files is now very fast. |
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This is really a terrible thread!
Every time I go into the Sigil sub-forum I see it and say to myself: Finally! it is out! Great!!! Then I remember that no, it's just meta talking about 0.2.0... |
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I wish I knew more about xhtml/css, unfortunately it's low on my list of priorities in a busy schedule, and excellent tools like your own save me the hassle |
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