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Originally Posted by Manichean
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Oh and did I mention that this is as WYSIWYG as VI is a full screen editor?
You'll end up with dozens of different files that you have to edit separately.
In Sigil I still have to edit the CSS file by hand, what is WYSIWYG about that? That is, if there is a CSS
I don't need Sigil for that. Notepad++ is more easy to use. Simply from Calibre use the Tweak option.
This morning I ran into an ePub that existed of 27 HTML/XHTML files. No CSS but all the fortmatting was done in the separate parts. Hurray!!!! Versatility above all
Open File one, correct the 2cm wide margins en 3 cm bottom margins and save it. Open file two, correct the 2.5 cm margins...can leave the bottom margins intact because they are not set here, save file two....
etc etc etc
...save file 27, rebuild ePub. And hope I did not make an error on the way because I won't be able to see it in one go if it is somewere in part 17
In Sigil this would not be any easier, you will have to open 27 tabs and switch between them because all the different parts are treated separately
That is the reason why I want one single file and not 27 or 30 or 4
If Calibre was able to produce one big HTML file I simply could open one file and use a real WYSIWYG editor and make alle changes in one go.
Up till now I use the RTF road. That works, most of the time. It only fails if someone made a mess of the ePub. For example screw up with the size of the different parts and Calibre is not able to generate a correct file. It can miss the last part of the book...or the last part of chapter 13.
ePub is so versatile that anybody is able to produce a big pile of junk in 30 seconds.