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"What he is describing basically is a simple* compiler"
Katsunami has got it exactly right. I want a program that I pass to it a directory that represents the contents of the book, and perhaps a configuration file or manifest that defines metadata and other things, and it generates the epub for me. Sounds trivial (I wish!) I did take a brief look at the source. I am (or was) fluent in Pascal, onetime wizard of Z80 assembler, and have an acquaintance with C (my first programming language). My comprehension of C++ is on the same order as my knowledge of ancient Greek. Nil. The code to parse the source files to generate the opf and toc files will not be trivial. It is probably more work than this old and (re)tired programmer wants to take on.
I should also state, that I appreciate the work of the Sigil programmers. They had to choose libraries to use, after all they were building an epub editor, not a text editor. I just wish they had made different choices.
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