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More specifically, many of the tools are written in Python, sometimes with PyQT, and I was wondering how that works with Windows and how smoothly integrated it is.
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Installing PyQt on a Windows machines is easy, however, many PyQt-based Linux/macOS tools require external libraries.
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Is it hard to do git pulls on Windows?
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There's
Git for Windows. You can also
install a Linux subsystem on Windows 10 machines.
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What kind of build environment should I set up, the free MS Visual Studio Community or some port of GNU tools?
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Since most developers provide Windows binaries, you don't need a build environment, unless you want to compile bleeding edge versions.
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After reading a bunch it looks like I should switch to Kindle Previewer instead of kindlegen.
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Kindle Previewer actually runs KindleGen in the background. However, you'll need to install Kindle Previewer, if you want to generate KFX files with the Calibre KFX Output plugin, which is also available as a command line tool.
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I understand that Calibre hides a lot of this stuff from the user, but I specifically don't want to use Calibre because I have never liked it, neither its UI, nor its conversion, nor its editor.
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The Calibre GUI has been designed with non-technical users in mind, however, Calibre Editor has the same features as Sigil. Some are even better than their Sigil equivalents.