Sigil-2.6.2 Released

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Sigil 2.6.2

Sigil 2.6.2 is a mixture of bugfixes and new features.

New Features

• enable use of the fetch api in Sigil internal "sigil:" scheme
• create PreviewFileDialog to append thumbnail previews for images and selected text files when used in non-native dialog mode. Leave native dialog mode untouched.
• added environment variable to revert to previous Sigil behavior of using native file dialog for "Add Existing": SIGIL_FORCE_NATIVE_FILE_DIALOG=1 (Note: due to the crash-happy nature of using native file dialogs in Qt, you are on your own if any issues arise from enabling this).
• added environment variable to turn off use of custom icons to make "Add Existing ..." work better over networked storage with lots of files: SIGIL_NO_CUSTOM_DIRECTORY_ICONS=1 (only used with non-native file dialog)
• BookBrowser now has a "View Image" pop-up menu item that allows users to see what any image (SVG included) without having to open a full Tab
• make CV understand the media-types of the file it is editing so that it can better create pop-up menu items like "View Image" when editing an SVG
• add support for "env-vars.txt" in Sigil Prefs folder, uses VARIABLE=VALUE one per line
• completely revamped the AppImage CI builds to use Docker images

Bug Fixes

• work around bad Qt WebEngine bug when created dynamically and used inside a QDialog for Checkpoints
• fix minor bug in MediaTypes due to typo with append
• fix bug in Checkpoints Diff routine when viewing images that used to exist but no longer do
• fix bug in sanitycheck.py when spurious close tag is found before html tag
• fix bug in Aria Clips where the book language was not properly set (Thank you BeckyEbook)
• fix bug in Aria Clips where a # fragment was missing (Thank you BeckEbook)
• document that Qt 6.8.X now requires Mac OS 12 as the new minimum
• rename the environment variable: "SIGIL_FUNCTION_REPLACE_LOG_FILE" to now be: "SIGIL_FUNCTION_REPLACE_LOGFILE" to better match with other Sigil environment variables (Thank you BeckyEbook)
• rename the environment variable "SKIP_SIGIL_UPDATE_CHECK" to now be: "SIGIL_SKIP_UPDATE_CHECK" to keep all Sigil specific environment variables better in sync.
• fix bug in handling of epub filenames from input plugins

--------------------------------Notes -----------------------------------

The latest version of the Sigil User Guide can always be downloaded from the Sigil website, or from its own GitHub repository.

Please check the Sigil website for important Sigil support links, additional resource downloads, and platform-specific trouble-shooting tips/requirements.

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[philja]

I've installed and tested the 2.6.2 in MacBook, Linux and W11.

My first look was to try the new View Image item in the dropdown menu in the Browser pane. I had thought it would show me a thumbnail of the image but it shows as much of the image as it can fit into the window it opens which is not very much.

Admittedly, there are vertical and horizontal scroll bars, and the window is resizable (and all the systems remember the last size ok). But at the end of the day, it's much easier and quicker just to double tap the image and see it open in a new tab in code view. Closing the new tab or the new pop-up window both require a single click.

Ideal would be to show just a thumbnail view 'on hover' but since it's easy just to double-tap and open in a new tab, I'm not suggesting doing any extra work.

Is this the way the new drop-down item was intended to work?

[RbnJrg]

In New Features / Bug Fixes it seems you forgot to include this issue (that is fixed now):

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=369714

You did a good work with that, congratulations!!

[KevinH]

Originally Posted by philja

I've installed and tested the 2.6.2 in MacBook, Linux and W11.

My first look was to try the new View Image item in the dropdown menu in the Browser pane. I had thought it would show me a thumbnail of the image but it shows as much of the image as it can fit into the window it opens which is not very much.

Admittedly, there are vertical and horizontal scroll bars, and the window is resizable (and all the systems remember the last size ok). But at the end of the day, it's much easier and quicker just to double tap the image and see it open in a new tab in code view. Closing the new tab or the new pop-up window both require a single click.

Ideal would be to show just a thumbnail view 'on hover' but since it's easy just to double-tap and open in a new tab, I'm not suggesting doing any extra work.

Is this the way the new drop-down item was intended to work?

It was meant for SVG images but enabled for all images. Double-clicking in BookBrowser on an svg would just open a CodeView tab for editng the SVG code. This was added to enable people to view SVG images from BookBrowser instead of only editing them.

[KevinH]

Originally Posted by RbnJrg

In New Features / Bug Fixes it seems you forgot to include this issue (that is fixed now):

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=369714

You did a good work with that, congratulations!!

The ChangeLog.txt is never a complete list. We just try to highlight the most important fixes. If you want a complete list use the github history to see each commit.

Unfortunately, that bug you reported will not be fully fixed until we move to Qt 6.9.x for the releases for MacOS, Windows, and AppImages. They all use Qt 6.8.2. We will be moving to Qt 6.9.2 plus patches or Qt 6.9.3 when it is released for our next release. Then that bug should be fully fixed for all users.