MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Suggestion for Improving the "Insert Special Character" Feature

KevinH · 09-14-2026, 08:57 AM

If we go the xml route, then a very simple syntax like:

Code:

<specialchars>
<char hex="2021" label="a short name" />
...
</specialchars>

Might be useful, as we could use our existing xml tools to validate it is wellformed, parse it and build the table. No added tools needed for parsing.

And then we can have Sigil create this file from its current Insert Special Characters set if it does not already exist and we can unify it to a single editable approach.

09-14-2026, 08:57 AM	#33
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 10,084 Karma: 7518950 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	If we go the xml route, then a very simple syntax like: Code: <specialchars> <char hex="2021" label="a short name" /> ... </specialchars> Might be useful, as we could use our existing xml tools to validate it is wellformed, parse it and build the table. No added tools needed for parsing. And then we can have Sigil create this file from its current Insert Special Characters set if it does not already exist and we can unify it to a single editable approach.