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odamizu · 09-17-2019, 12:46 PM

I sympathize with people who are distraught at the loss of BookView. Whenever developers go in a direction that doesn't suit me, I get upset, too (case in point: Apple's macOS).

But I think it should also be said that some of us welcomed the removal of BookView and have no desire to have PageEdit added to the Sigil installer and incorporated inextricably into Sigil.

KevinH and DiapDealer have gone to great pains to provide an alternative to BookView, and it seems straightforward enough (to me) for people who want WYSIWYG functionality to install PageEdit and link it to Sigil.

For those who find PageEdit an unacceptable alternative, they can always stick with 0.9.14, which works perfectly well (just as I have stuck with macOS 10.13, even as Apple prepares to release 10.15).

The point is, KevinH and DiapDealer have provided a lot of choices here:

If you don't want/need/use WYSIWYG, then straight Sigil 0.9.18+ is for you. Yay!
If you want/need/use WYSIWYG, add PageEdit
If you can't live without BookView, stick with 0.9.14

It's not like BookView was deleted from the universe. It's not like an alternative wasn't provided and isn't being actively developed. On the contrary, for me at least, there are more choices, not fewer, because now I have the choice of a leaner Sigil unencumbered by a WYSIWYG editor, while still having the option of adding one if at some point I decide I want one.

09-17-2019, 12:46 PM	#50
odamizu just an egg Posts: 1,841 Karma: 8006346 Join Date: Mar 2015 Device: Kindle, iOS	I sympathize with people who are distraught at the loss of BookView. Whenever developers go in a direction that doesn't suit me, I get upset, too (case in point: Apple's macOS). But I think it should also be said that some of us welcomed the removal of BookView and have no desire to have PageEdit added to the Sigil installer and incorporated inextricably into Sigil. KevinH and DiapDealer have gone to great pains to provide an alternative to BookView, and it seems straightforward enough (to me) for people who want WYSIWYG functionality to install PageEdit and link it to Sigil. For those who find PageEdit an unacceptable alternative, they can always stick with 0.9.14, which works perfectly well (just as I have stuck with macOS 10.13, even as Apple prepares to release 10.15). The point is, KevinH and DiapDealer have provided a lot of choices here: If you don't want/need/use WYSIWYG, then straight Sigil 0.9.18+ is for you. Yay! If you want/need/use WYSIWYG, add PageEdit If you can't live without BookView, stick with 0.9.14 It's not like BookView was deleted from the universe. It's not like an alternative wasn't provided and isn't being actively developed. On the contrary, for me at least, there are more choices, not fewer, because now I have the choice of a leaner Sigil unencumbered by a WYSIWYG editor, while still having the option of adding one if at some point I decide I want one. Last edited by odamizu; 09-21-2019 at 04:26 PM.