I had a big long post, which basically said the same things that everybody else said, but--I nuked it, (after all, you've already heart it. You'll listen, or you won't) and below is what I think might actually help you:
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Originally Posted by brolny
Nothing is the perfect, but thanks to you,  Sigil is the best Epub program for now, on our choice. |
YES, it IS. Thanks to a whole bunch of unpaid heroes, I'd like to add. However, it's not a word-processor, and
it's not really a GUI WYSIWYG ePUB-tool. There are other tools out there (of course, they cost money), like Atlantis Word processor, that would largely do what you want; Jutoh, ditto; Blue...Griffon? Guys? What's the name of that other "ePUB editor" that sort-of works? That's a mere 195 EU. (Don't. It's not worth it. I tried it.) Like some of us, you can and do write your HTML, largely, in something else. I use NoteTabPro, which I prefer. Some folks use Dreamweaver. (Ye Gods). I also use INDD, when making both (print & ePUB).
As Toxaris is too modest to boast, you can download his FABULOUS ePUBTools, and you can then rock&roll in Word, export, view, rock&roll in Word, fix stuff, etc. It's nearly a WYSIWYG ePUB editor, kind of. It would suit you,
if you want a WYSIWYG environment. AND, heck, if you need to look at/work on other folks' ePUBs, again, you CAN import them to Word, using his ePUBTools.
In fact, not to be dense, but if you are dealing with AbbyyFineReader (or similar) output, why aren't you proofing it in Word? Abbyy outputs Word, and you could use that, use Tox's tools, which would save you an AMAZING amount of time (I use it often), and you'd be ahead on several fronts. Then output that puppy to HTML, or use Tox's "output HTML" function, in ePUBTools, and you're practically home free. Why not do that?
It's not that the programmers are summarily dismissing you out of hand. (Well, it's kind of like that, to be honest, because Bookview is now more of a hassle than a benefit.) BUT, what you are not understanding is that
the program is doing exactly what you are telling it to do. It isn't built to "do what I mean, not what I say." That's a job for Word, and programs like it. It did what you told it to do, in your example. Then, because it's also built to keep you from creating utterly malformed ePUBs, it "insisted" that you fix it, to be proper code. (Hell, at least it didn't give you PSOD [Pink Screen of Death], which is a
real horror. Eats your file.)
It's not a bug. It's doing what you told it to do. EXACTLY what you told it to do. As DD pointed out, you need to enable the "fix it as I go" options, to protect yourself from yourself, if you persist in using Bookview. That should solve a chunk of what you're dealing with.
You're using a square peg, round hole approach. I really do think you should try Toxaris' tool, given what you've said. If the reason for using Sigil in BV, in the first place, is because of scanning error corrections, then you are genuinely missing out in not trying that. You can find it in his signature block. I love it. In fact, pretty much everyone around here that is doing that type of work, who's tried it, REALLY likes it. The most perfectionist guy I know uses it.
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