@kovid,
Another few comments for your consideration (using beta 1.14 10th Dec on Windows 7) :
- If I open an epub just to have a look at something then Quit without making any changes, the epub is updated and the file's OS date/time is changed - although the calibre last_modified date does remain unchanged. Is this deliberate?
I think I recall you saying that the metadata would be automatically updated during an edit, but if I Quit without saving I think I want the file to be totally unchanged. I don't know how others feel.
On the other hand, if I do make changes and then File-Save, the calibre last_modified date is not updated. This doesn't seem logical either.
- Re: Find/Replace
Firstly, when doing Find/Replaces one-by-one checking results each time, the fact that the match is positioned right at the top of the Preview pane is less helpful than if you are able to see some content both immediately before & after the match to get some context. I didn't realise how much I appreciated Sigil positioning each match in the vertical centre of the Preview pane until I didn't have it.
Secondly, when working your way through a series of Find matches across all text files the highlighted file in the left panel File Browser is not changing as each new match is found. Should it be?
- Lastly, this one is purely cosmetic and a matter of opinion, therefore not at all urgent. Regarding the 3 dark themes in Edit - Prefs. I'm not sure if these are canned themes over which there is no control, however...
wombat-dark would be my favourite were it not for the fact that the dark grey used during Find/Replace does not stand out well from the black background. Also if there is syntax highlighting of those pesky nbsp unicode chars in this theme, I can't see it - maybe it's a grey even closer to black.
Similarly, solarized-dark isn't much easier to see in these same 2 respects and solarized-x-dark is even harder IMO.