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Valloric · 02-10-2009, 05:25 PM

Don't get me wrong, but I don't see much point in this. It's not a WYSIWYG editor. It's rather spartan. I open an epub file (and I had to go through a fair few until I found one that would open without an error dialog), and I'm presented with a dialog that let's me edit the metadata? In some tab I can see a list of files in the archive and if I double-click a file, I get the source view?

From what I can tell, using this editor won't give me much beyond creating/editing the epub by hand in some HTML editor. If I'm missing something (entirely possible), please elaborate.

Not to sound too negative, I'm sure this could have its uses. I just don't see it. I still can't help but feel I'm missing some key point.

02-10-2009, 05:25 PM	#3
Valloric Created Sigil, FlightCrew Posts: 1,982 Karma: 350515 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Kobo Clara HD	Don't get me wrong, but I don't see much point in this. It's not a WYSIWYG editor. It's rather spartan. I open an epub file (and I had to go through a fair few until I found one that would open without an error dialog), and I'm presented with a dialog that let's me edit the metadata? In some tab I can see a list of files in the archive and if I double-click a file, I get the source view? From what I can tell, using this editor won't give me much beyond creating/editing the epub by hand in some HTML editor. If I'm missing something (entirely possible), please elaborate. Not to sound too negative, I'm sure this could have its uses. I just don't see it. I still can't help but feel I'm missing some key point. Last edited by Valloric; 02-10-2009 at 05:29 PM.