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Originally Posted by LostOnTheLine
Now say, at a later date I decide I want to make a version with smaller images because it's for a device that has a smaller screen.
So I unzip the ePub & shrink all the images, or worse, I rotate an image. Then I rezip the ePub & load it onto the device.
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And there is the problem. Why on earth would you go back and redo everything just because it is on a different sized screen?!?!?
You can't control whether the user rotates their device as they are reading, can you? You can't control what device/app the user reads on.
The SVG wrapper technique makes all of that automatic...as you say you want. You set the image page once...and then regardless of the device dimensions, resolution, orientation, rotation....the SVG wrapper automatically puts the image in the proper configuration...no fuss, no muss....automatically....which cuts down on all this work you are making for yourself by resizing and re orienting your images over and over.
Also, if you ever rename an image (font file or stylesheet), Sigil automatically updates the name throughout the book.
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Originally Posted by LostOnTheLine
When did I ever say they were perfect?...
Hint: I didn't... Ever... Nothing even close to that...
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You mentioned that it does exactly what you think it does with no problems...
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Originally Posted by LostOnTheLine
I'm not blindly following anything. The technique used works. I listed the devices I use those books on & they all work WITHOUT the issues you are saying they have.
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I'm not making a derogatory statement here when I say you are blindly following something...it simply means you are using this technique without understanding how/why it works, and so can't understand how/why/when it doesn't work...just because it is in a book you have.
Tex put a link to a thread discussing all these problems, with pictures illustrating the problems you say don't exist.
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Originally Posted by LostOnTheLine
If they had the problems that you are insisting every burger they make has, people would not be buying them...
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Ummmm... you would be surprised at how much people simply assume is the way it has to be just because that is what they see in a professionally made book they have!
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Originally Posted by LostOnTheLine
You are expecting me to believe your words & the words of a few other people I don't really know over my own experiences.
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Hmmm...why would you come here and ask for advice if you aren't willing to listen to others that are obviously MUCH more experienced in this field?
You see... I could really care less about what
you do with the advice....take it or don't.
Most of us here, however, are trying to
improve the ebook experience for everyone. If someone comes on here and makes incorrect statements, then we try and help them to understand the error. If they are unwilling to listen then we are making the corrections for posterity and any others who come to read the answers.
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Originally Posted by LostOnTheLine
What I'm looking for, specifically, is something that can be done in an automation. Unless you are sharing a way to automate an SVG image replacement it will never be something I can even consider. Plain & simple.
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I did mention a couple automated ways of svg image wrapper in
post #4 of this thread: The first was how to setup a template for Sigil's "Add cover" command. The second was CalibUser's Sigil plugin:
InsertImageSVG
IIRC you are familiar with Sigil's automation feature, at least I thought you mentioned using it earlier...that might be something you could use... if you were willing to listen to advice from people you don't know.
However, since your goal is simply to use an automation without understanding what it is you are accomplishing, or desire to listen to the advice we give because you don't know us, then I'm afraid you won't get much help.
Sorry.