Manual/Help file for Sigil?

AlexBell · 08-10-2016, 01:41 AM

I'm thinking of moving to Sigil from the CoffeeCup HTML editor I've been using for years. Is there a User's Manual or help file for Sigil I can get to prepare for installation and to learn how to use Sigil?

Doitsu · 08-10-2016, 01:59 AM

You can download the Sigil user guide from the Github website.
However, it's slightly outdated.

Notjohn · 08-10-2016, 07:07 AM

Browsing this forum is a pretty good help manual. I read it regularly for just that reason.

Personally, I found Sigil very intuitive. Even the rather radical changes in the 0.9.x version turned out to be no problem once I had a few days free to download it and take it out for a run. I think you do want to download the separate Flight Crew plug-in. It's very useful to check your work as you go along. Plug-ins make me nervous, but Flight Crew just installed itself without a murmur.

You may find that the downloads are confusing because there are so many of them. There's one version for 32 bit Windows and another for 64 bit systems. If you bought your Windows machine in the past five years, it's probably 64 bit, unless like me you had a reason for sticking with 32 bit. Then there's all the stuff about checksums, which I just ignore.

If you have any questions, just come back here and ask. Most people are very kind, and you can simply shrug off the few that aren't.

DiapDealer · 08-10-2016, 07:55 AM

Why on earth would plugins make you nervous? Nobody has to use them.

But baby-steps, I guess. It wasn't that long ago you were still at the "pry my beloved 0.8.x series out of my cold, dead hands" stage. Glad to hear you finally took the plunge.

AlexBell · 08-11-2016, 04:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doitsu

You can download the Sigil user guide from the Github website.
However, it's slightly outdated.

Thanks, I have it.

AlexBell · 08-11-2016, 04:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Notjohn

Browsing this forum is a pretty good help manual. I read it regularly for just that reason.

.....

If you have any questions, just come back here and ask. Most people are very kind, and you can simply shrug off the few that aren't.

Thanks, I will

08-10-2016, 01:41 AM	#1
AlexBell Wizard Posts: 3,413 Karma: 13369310 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Launceston, Tasmania Device: Sony PRS T3, Kobo Glo, Kindle Touch, iPad, Samsung SB 2 tablet	Manual/Help file for Sigil? I'm thinking of moving to Sigil from the CoffeeCup HTML editor I've been using for years. Is there a User's Manual or help file for Sigil I can get to prepare for installation and to learn how to use Sigil?

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08-10-2016, 01:59 AM	#2
Doitsu Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,700 Karma: 24031401 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle PW2	You can download the Sigil user guide from the Github website. However, it's slightly outdated.

08-10-2016, 07:07 AM	#3
Notjohn mostly an observer Posts: 1,518 Karma: 987654 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: Kindle	Browsing this forum is a pretty good help manual. I read it regularly for just that reason. Personally, I found Sigil very intuitive. Even the rather radical changes in the 0.9.x version turned out to be no problem once I had a few days free to download it and take it out for a run. I think you do want to download the separate Flight Crew plug-in. It's very useful to check your work as you go along. Plug-ins make me nervous, but Flight Crew just installed itself without a murmur. You may find that the downloads are confusing because there are so many of them. There's one version for 32 bit Windows and another for 64 bit systems. If you bought your Windows machine in the past five years, it's probably 64 bit, unless like me you had a reason for sticking with 32 bit. Then there's all the stuff about checksums, which I just ignore. If you have any questions, just come back here and ask. Most people are very kind, and you can simply shrug off the few that aren't.

08-10-2016, 07:55 AM	#4
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,505 Karma: 204127028 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Why on earth would plugins make you nervous? Nobody has to use them. But baby-steps, I guess. It wasn't that long ago you were still at the "pry my beloved 0.8.x series out of my cold, dead hands" stage. Glad to hear you finally took the plunge.

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