[Valloric]

Originally Posted by bobcdy

Usually when starting with a Project Gutenberg text file, I open it with Word 2003, correct spelling, etc., enter the html tags, and save it as a utf-8 text. I then open it with Notepad++ and save it as an html file. Finally, I open it with Sigil 0.1.9 and save as epub. Sigil has automatically split all the chapters for the epub so when I open it with Sigil 0.2.0 all the files are present.

You seem to be using Sigil as an automatic converter. That's not the intended use case.

Also, Sigil would never split the HTML file automatically.

Originally Posted by bobcdy

If I open the html file with Sigil 0.2.0 then save it as epub, when I close and reopen it, the html file has not be split into chapters, style sheets, etc. and the html file is the only file present. It is not a proper epub, and on reopening it with Sigil 0.1.9 I find that the styles have been deleted. With Sigil 0.2.0 I must somehow split the file into chapters, style sheet, images, etc. - but how do I do this? How do I even know what files are necessary?

What do you mean by "the styles have been deleted"? And if your HTML file references images or stylesheets, those should have been picked up on import, even in 0.2.0. If they haven't, that's a bug report.

Originally Posted by bobcdy

As a dedicated Sigil 0.1.9 user, it appears on first use that Sigil has lost the advantage it had with the simple interface of the previous version, and now there is only a small advantage to using Sigil compared to simply starting from scratch with an html file, splitting it manually into the proper files, and zipping the final result.

I'm sorry you feel that way. I've gotten the message that the users want a way to split chapters using only the Code View, and this should make things easier for you.