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Originally Posted by AlPe
(Where do you prefer discussing about it? Here or on GitHub?)
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Here is fine.
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1. the user already has an EPUB 2 file (Open...)
2. the user creates the EPUB (2) file from scratch (New...)
3. the user has an EPUB 3 file already (Open...)
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only cases 1 and 2 are doable now. Only simple edits with no tools used are possible with epub 3 now. We can modify the plugin when Sigil can handle more epub3 editing.
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A. inserting suitable id's (actually <span id="...">) into the XHTML markup to denote the MO fragments (I plan to code a separate edit plugin for doing this automatically);
B. adding audio files into the container (Sigil can do this already);
C. adding the SMIL files into the cointainer (for now, assume they are "dummy" SMIL files, but they can be computed using my aeneas tool: http://www.readbeyond.it/aeneas/ );
D. outputting to EPUB3: this can be done with your plugin plus some modifications I can easily code.
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Is your aeneas opensource? Is it cross-platform? If not, I am not sure this project is doable as my code is gnu gpl and is meant to support all users of Sigil.
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My questions are:
a) since step D is almost already covered by your current plugin, does it make sense/are you fine with me adding functionalities to handle Media Overlays (SMIL) files to it, at least for cases 1. and 2.?
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Happy to as long as your tool is opensource and crossplatform (builds,runs on Linux, MacOSX, and Windows).
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b) What would you suggest for case 3.? Is it better to wait for Sigil to become fully EPUB3-capable? Shall a specific version of the plugin be made for outputting EPUB3 if the user opens an EPUB3?
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Hold off on case 3 since Sigil is not there yet.
Thanks,
KevinH