Sigil dialog help

Themycles · 08-24-2021, 12:09 PM

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Is there a setting for this to always be "Yes"

DNSB · 08-24-2021, 12:25 PM

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Is there a setting for this to always be "Yes"

AFAIR, there is no setting for that. OTOH, I tend to prefer to click No and then check the epub before I fix the errors. For the most part, that message indicates missing/invalid DOCTYPE or html entries but I've seen other errors that I prefer to manually fix trigger it.

BeckyEbook · 08-24-2021, 12:38 PM

Unfortunately, there is no such option.

I admit that I personally changed the Sigil code so that it would not inform me about the DOCTYPE problem and I did it with full awareness.
Why? When working on an EPUB file, I always run the "Mend & Prettify Code - all files" function at a certain stage, so any missing DOCTYPEs will be filled automatically.

I came across this message too often, and it turned out to be 99% of the missing DOCTYPE.

DiapDealer · 08-24-2021, 12:55 PM

I just whack the enter key ('Yes' is default). It only happens once per new epub (if it happens at all). I don't run into it all that often myself.

I wouldn't be opposed to "remembering" the decision (or making an environment variable to override it) IF we had a way to verify that the missing doctype was the only thing that was wrong. But I don't think we can easily determine that, and defaulting to 'yes' for any and all deformity seems dangerous to me. And defaulting to 'no' would disguise where the problem originated, in my opinion.

BeckyEbook · 08-24-2021, 01:12 PM

I agree with you, however, "WellFormedErrorForSource" does check for a few different elements, and the existence of a DOCTYPE is only one of them. The other checks are very important to me.

So it is enough that the DOCTYPE is missing from one single XHTML file and we will see the message.

I am not persuading anyone, but since I removed the DOCTYPE check a few months ago, I have never seen the message again.

08-24-2021, 12:09 PM	#1
Themycles Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2021 Device: none	Sigil dialog help Is there a setting for this to always be "Yes"

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08-24-2021, 12:38 PM	#3
BeckyEbook Guru Posts: 839 Karma: 2657572 Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Poland Device: Various	Unfortunately, there is no such option. I admit that I personally changed the Sigil code so that it would not inform me about the DOCTYPE problem and I did it with full awareness. Why? When working on an EPUB file, I always run the "Mend & Prettify Code - all files" function at a certain stage, so any missing DOCTYPEs will be filled automatically. I came across this message too often, and it turned out to be 99% of the missing DOCTYPE.

08-24-2021, 12:55 PM	#4
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,570 Karma: 204127028 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I just whack the enter key ('Yes' is default). It only happens once per new epub (if it happens at all). I don't run into it all that often myself. I wouldn't be opposed to "remembering" the decision (or making an environment variable to override it) IF we had a way to verify that the missing doctype was the only thing that was wrong. But I don't think we can easily determine that, and defaulting to 'yes' for any and all deformity seems dangerous to me. And defaulting to 'no' would disguise where the problem originated, in my opinion.

08-24-2021, 01:12 PM	#5
BeckyEbook Guru Posts: 839 Karma: 2657572 Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Poland Device: Various	I agree with you, however, "WellFormedErrorForSource" does check for a few different elements, and the existence of a DOCTYPE is only one of them. The other checks are very important to me. So it is enough that the DOCTYPE is missing from one single XHTML file and we will see the message. I am not persuading anyone, but since I removed the DOCTYPE check a few months ago, I have never seen the message again.

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