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Originally Posted by Gregg Bell
Thanks Freeshadow. I hear you. As a writer, though, you often make a lot of tweaks to your books, especially in the backmatter. And your method sounds great, but I don't know how LO handles images. I'm big on Sigil. So even if I make the tweaks in Sigil and then the tweaks back in LO, it's a lot to keep track of. Did I make the tweaks in the LO this time? That sort of thing. To me, all I focus on is the epub I made in Sigil. I don't know how LO is going to handle tweaks. I don't know what kind of epubs Writer2Epub makes. I trust Sigil and making the changes in the Code View. If it makes more work, well, okay, but it affords peace of mind.
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That parses here as "I don't want to take the trouble to learn how to properly use my tools. So instead of doing it right initially, I'll take twice as long to do it over down the road fixing errors I shouldn't have made in the first place."
Greg, the single most valuable thing you possess is your
time, and it's the thing you must invest wisely. I'm older than you, and may be more conscious of my own mortality, but people who do
not properly invest their time dismay me.
"
I don't know how LO handles images." Greg, you are a
craftsman. LO is one of your critical tools. If you want to
practice your craft effectively, you must learn to properly
use your tools. If you do, you are on your way to mastery of your craft. If you
don't, you are a putterer and an amateur, your likelihood of accomplishing anything is slim, and you shouldn't lie to yourself pretending otherwise.
Learn how LO handles images by
using them in it. Sigil is
not intended for the use you are making of it.
I do occasional DTP projects. I import Word documents into my DTP program to do layout, markup, and typesetting. The DTP program has the capability of performing edits on the text, but that capability is intend for
extremely minor edits, like correcting the odd typo before I output a PDF for the printer. What you're doing with Sigil sounds like what would happen to me if I tried to do any significant
composition in the DTP program after the fact. If I did, I'd be doing it wrong, just as you are now.
Do yourself a favor and attain mastery of your tools. Your work will be better for it, and so will you.
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Dennis