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roger64 · 08-14-2013, 02:15 AM

Hi

nnbsp (narrow no-break space) bug in Sigil 0.7.3

Usually with Sigil, the nnbsp entities are not displayed in code view: this means that you can ascertain the presence of a nnbsp only using your cursor. For example, when a nnbp has been inserted between e and ; you will need three cursors moves to go from e to ; but you will see only two characters (in code view). In book view, you can see the - small- white space.

For many months now, I have been consistently producing epubs for MR using some nbsp and mostly nnbsp, according to French typographic rules. For this, I always used some version of Sigil to fine-tune the book and insert the nnbsp within the EPUB.

The version of Sigil (0.7.3) I use has been compiled by DiapDealer for Linux 64 bits, like the previous one I used. It just seems to ignore the nnbsp:

- when I insert a nnbsp (either as &#_x202f; -or as &#_8239; - without the _ of course ) it does not appear again once the EPUB has been saved and reopened. I consistently get a normal white space.

- worse, when I reopen one of my former ebooks which has been published with nnbsp throughout, these entities are not displayed. One can see white spaces instead of nnbsp. Here for example.

@DiapDealer

In the meantime, I would need to reinstalll your former deb version (0.7.0) Could you provide me with a link?

08-14-2013, 02:15 AM	#37
roger64 Wizard Posts: 2,625 Karma: 3120635 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Kindle PW3 (wifi)	Hi nnbsp (narrow no-break space) bug in Sigil 0.7.3 Usually with Sigil, the nnbsp entities are not displayed in code view: this means that you can ascertain the presence of a nnbsp only using your cursor. For example, when a nnbp has been inserted between e and ; you will need three cursors moves to go from e to ; but you will see only two characters (in code view). In book view, you can see the - small- white space. For many months now, I have been consistently producing epubs for MR using some nbsp and mostly nnbsp, according to French typographic rules. For this, I always used some version of Sigil to fine-tune the book and insert the nnbsp within the EPUB. The version of Sigil (0.7.3) I use has been compiled by DiapDealer for Linux 64 bits, like the previous one I used. It just seems to ignore the nnbsp: - when I insert a nnbsp (either as &#_x202f; -or as &#_8239; - without the _ of course ) it does not appear again once the EPUB has been saved and reopened. I consistently get a normal white space. - worse, when I reopen one of my former ebooks which has been published with nnbsp throughout, these entities are not displayed. One can see white spaces instead of nnbsp. Here for example. @DiapDealer In the meantime, I would need to reinstalll your former deb version (0.7.0) Could you provide me with a link? Last edited by roger64; 08-14-2013 at 02:28 AM.