Hi, Katsunami:
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You seem to be afraid that a Sigil-like editor, hosted within Calibre, can never be a Sigil replacement because it's not a standalone program. You seem to assume that such an editor will always be second citizen to the "main" program Calibre. I think this fear is unnecessary, assuming this re-implementation is done right.
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Yes. I think that the main user-base for Calibre wants a one-stop shop, for conversion purposes. We see it in here all the time, people who come into the Sigil forums asking questions, not because it has sweet <insert whatever here> to do with Sigil, but because they don't know HTML or CSS or anything at all. That doesn't make them bad people; but that's not the fundamental Sigil userbase.
I just think it's perfectly reasonable to assume that Kovid and the Calibre donors will support what the vast majority of Calibre users WANT. I think that things needed/wanted by the teeny minority of fundamental Sigil users will a) fall to the bottom of the list, simply due to prioritization versus how many folks want X versus Y, and b) not get implemented if they are something to do with the "more tecchie" aspects of Sigil, because again,
what (the vast majority of) Calibre users want is almost the exact opposite of what Sigil IS.
I'm going to bow out of this discussion, because I think my input is neither fruitful nor helpful. And, we are still awaiting an editor to step up, are we not? So there's no point in fighting over a bone that does not yet exist; and I certainly wouldn't begrudge those of you that are more "Calibre-prone" a version of Sigil, or some portion thereof, that runs via Calibre. {shrug}. This discussion--or my viewpoint of it--is not helping the issue at hand.
Respectfully,
Hitch