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Originally Posted by st_albert
Sigil is so important to our workflow, that if it ceased to exist, I would create a virtual Linux machine at the last level that was compatible with Sigil, and install the Last Sigil, and keep it as an application that would enable me to edit and modify our epubs.
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I hadn't even thought of the fact that there is a Linux version too.
Same goes for LilyPond and Frescobaldi. Maybe I should start looking into a Linux VM in case things go wrong. (As in: Windows changes in such a way that one of these programs won't run, and they can't be updated anymore.)
A Linux VM may be more future-proof than the already ancient Windows XP.
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Sure, I could do it by hand, but Sigil does all the book-keeping when an epub is modified. To do it by hand, I'd never remember all the changes in content.opf, for example, not to mention the toc.ncx, and whatever else.
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This is the very reason for Sigil's existence. One doesn't need it to edit CSS, text, or HTML; any editor can do that, even notepad if you have to. The thing Sigil does is much more important: keeping the EPUB in order while you add or delete files or TOC entries without you having to know each and every little bit of the EPUB standard.
Sigil keeps the details of how EPUBs are constructed out of the way, letting you do what you actually need to do.
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And with heartfelt thanks to John et al.
Albert
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Couldn't have said it better.
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Originally Posted by Hitch
And I don't think that means only $100 or even $500 each. I don't think most people have any idea what it takes to support coding.
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You can say that again, to many managers in particular.
"I want a button that does <insert huge complex task> here, as we promised that to our clients. It has to be done in a month."
- "Dude... that's a MASSIVE task. That will take two people half a year to develop!"
"But it's only a button! You drag it on the form and write some code for it."
- *sigh*
The times I've had conversations like that...