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As for putting it back into Word - this is the main reason I still use the old (pre-0.2.0) version of Sigil. Open the book in 0.1.8 or 0.1.9, go to code view and you have all the code laid out for you. Copy everything (in code view) then paste it into a blank text document (in Notepad or something like that). Go to the top and remove the line saying Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> *Actually it's a bit more complex than that, but since your destination is print in this case the nuances don't really matter. Last edited by charleski; 06-16-2010 at 11:42 AM. |
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Yes, I saw that in the documentation, but I'm using Windows version. Still loving the program, though!! Very grateful to you for directing me to it. Thx, Hitch |
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And today's stupid pet trick IS....
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My new coined phrase for having to PRINT or create editable ebook files (i.e., Word or OO or whatever-the-frack) is "backwardization." I'm being backwardized against my will. I think that there's a statute on the books about that, somewhere. LOL!! On a bright note, my other clients have downloaded Kindle for PC, or the FF-epub add-on, so that they can see the work (I've taken to insisting now), and I've learned to do as MUCH AS POSSIBLE in the actual Word/html file, rather than using regex (sob) in my text editor, because the client MAY want the file to be editable, and having two versions causes this type of mayhem with my serenity. Artists. They'll be the death of me. Yanking my hair out, but still grateful for the help of everyone here, Hitch |
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If you have a set of files and need to automate the process, then going via Prince is a better idea, but with the old Sigil it takes me under 5 secs to open an epub with all its formatting in Word. |
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Would you consider adding something similar to Sigil? I'm thinking about a "Convert to PDF with Prince" option. All you need is passing the xhtml files to Prince, and maybe adding some custom css.
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Jellby: Prince accepts the css file if the path is specified, although it doesn't process every css option; enough to work, though. It would be cool if it did work. It still gets a little wonky; for example, para spacing isn't quite right, like 1.5 instead of 1, that kind of thing, but it's good enough for what I need it for.
Hitch It'd be very cool if it were included in Sigil, but I suspect we're a minority; by its very nature, epub is all about not printing. ;-) Last edited by Hitch; 06-17-2010 at 06:46 AM. Reason: Added a P.S. |
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And yes, I know Prince is free for non-commercial uses. But it's still not open source. |
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I didn't mean including Prince with Sigil, but including the option to use Prince (and the user would have to install Prince him/herself). I'm sure I've also said this before |
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What happens when Prince does something the user didn't expect, or has a bug? I'd get the bug report, and I can't fix it since I don't have access to the source. You have, in fact . My suggestion remains what it was back then: turn that epub2pdf bash script into a GUI application (with PyQt perhaps). That would make it much more accessible, particularly to Windows users. A GUI app where one can just drag an epub into a window and have it converted into a properly typeset PDF would work wonders. Enable the use of some of Prince's advanced options like setting page geometry, adding custom fonts etc. and you have yourself an open source project I'd donate to in a heartbeat. Lot's of people who don't know or care about Sigil could (and would) use that. Last edited by Valloric; 06-17-2010 at 08:41 AM. |
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Sigil to slow to work in whole file, Charleski!
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Hell, just to change from code view to WYWIWYG and back again--without any changes--is a 5-minute wait. Hitch Last edited by Hitch; 06-17-2010 at 08:09 PM. Reason: Added an afterthought. |
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06-17-2010, 08:22 PM | #27 |
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One issue is that of licensing. Such a program would be useless for anyone doing commercial work (and the problem described here is clearly an example of that) unless they were willing to fork out $500 for the professional licence to Prince. Still, might be worth looking into for hobbyists.
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Nope, not 0.1x
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Well If you're editing your whole book as one large HTML file, then it's the same in 0.2.0. It's going to be slow. QtWebKit has seen some performance work and it should be faster in Qt 4.7, but still... split that into chapters to retain your sanity.
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