[Plugin] ePub3-itizer - epub3 output plugin for Sigil

[KevinH]

That is an old bug in the Sigil plugin quickparser.py code that doesn't handle comments without a space after the <!-- . It was fixed previously but the fix got lost somehow or never committed properly to master.

I will fix this for the next Sigil release. To temporarily work around it please add single space after the start of the comment "<!--" string.

Thank you for your bug report.

KevinH

Originally Posted by AlanHK

I found a weird effect when I converted a file with some commented out code:

Original code:


After conversion:



It has deleted the comment close bracket and also the title of the commented out image link.
So the comment is not closed, the rest of the page disappears, and is invalid.

I would expect whatever I put inside a comment tag should just pass through any conversion.


A lesser annoyance: After the conversion finishes, it asks for a save location and defaults to the top level of "Documents and Settings" every time (I'm using Windows). So I have to click up and down to find the folder I'm working in. Next time it's the same. I would like an option to default save to the same folder as the source, and/or the same folder as used last time.

[KevinH]

The handling of comments in both xhtml and xml have been made more robust. This fix has been committed to Sigil master and will appear in the next release of Sigil.

Thank you for your bug report!
KevinH

[AlanHK]

Originally Posted by KevinH

The handling of comments in both xhtml and xml have been made more robust.

Thanks.

[graycyn]

I just tried the plugin for the first time and wish to say THANKS SO MUCH for creating it!

[KevinH]

You are very welcome. I am glad you found it useful.

KevinH

Originally Posted by graycyn

I just tried the plugin for the first time and wish to say THANKS SO MUCH for creating it!

[ibu]

I tried to use the plugin with a valid epub2 and Sigil 0.9.7 on macOS.

The plugin starts but doesn't stop. It freezes Sigil. Reproducable.

My epub2 file:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/t47l4dlpc3....testcase.epub

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by ibu

I tried to use the plugin with a valid epub2 and Sigil 0.9.7 on macOS.

The plugin starts but doesn't stop. It freezes Sigil. Reproducable.

My epub2 file:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/t47l4dlpc3....testcase.epub

It doesn't fail with the Windows and Linux versions.

1. Did you install the macOS version of ActiveTCL 8.6.4.1?
2. If yes, you should see a small rocket icon in the dock that you'll need to click to select the output file name.

[KevinH]

It still will sometimes not appear as anything other than an icon even with the latest tk.

I spent some time searching the web and found the following potential solution:

    localRoot = tkinter.Tk()
    localRoot.withdraw()
 
    # localRoot is is an empty topmost root window that is hidden by withdrawing it
    # but localRoot needs to be centred, and lifted and focus_force used
    # so that its child dialog will inherit focus upon launch
    localRoot.overrideredirect(True)
    # center on screen but make size 0 to hide the empty localRoot
    w = localRoot.winfo_screenwidth()
    h = localRoot.winfo_screenheight()
    x = int(w/2)
    y = int(h/2)
    localRoot.geometry('%dx%d+%d+%d' % (0, 0, x, y))
    localRoot.deiconify()
    localRoot.lift()
    localRoot.focus_force()

    fpath = tkinter_filedialog.asksaveasfilename(
        parent=localRoot,
        title="Save ePub3 as ...",
        initialfile=fname,
        initialdir=_USER_HOME,
        defaultextension=".epub"
        )
    # localRoot.destroy()                                                                                                       
    localRoot.quit()

If this added code will not hurt anything on Windows or Linux I can add it to the plugin to prevent this type of issue from happening to others.

KevinH

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by KevinH

If this added code will not hurt anything on Windows or Linux I can add it to the plugin to prevent this type of issue from happening to others.

For testing purposes I replaced lines 256-266 in plugin.py with your code and it didn't appear to hurt anything on Windows or Linux.

[KevinH]

Excellent! Thanks!
New version coming soon.

Originally Posted by Doitsu

For testing purposes I replaced lines 256-266 in plugin.py with your code and it didn't appear to hurt anything on Windows or Linux.

[KevinH]

New version to hopefully make it clearer to users that the plugin is running as indicated by the File Dialog finally getting focus and not being iconified - especially on MacOSX

Thanks to Doitsu for testing the "fix" on Windows and Linux to make sure it did not break anything.

See the first posting in this thread for the download

[ibu]

Originally Posted by Doitsu

It doesn't fail with the Windows and Linux versions.

1. Did you install the macOS version of ActiveTCL 8.6.4.1?

Yes, exactly that version I installed some days ago.

Originally Posted by Doitsu

2. If yes, you should see a small rocket icon in the dock that you'll need to click to select the output file name.

Yes, that icon appears.

Edit:
The problem is solved.

The save as dialog does not appear inside Sigil/comes to the foreground.
It only appears, when you start "the rocket" (icon). When you affirm the save as place, the conversion happens.

Thanks for your help!

[KevinH]

Or just use the latest version v037 of ePub3-itizer that I just uploaded to try prevent the need to touch the Python icon in the panel at all

[ibu]

Thanks for your helpful plugin Kevin and that incredible fast implementation!
What a really nice forum! So many supporting, engaged and friendly people here! I enjoy it. Even if the English is so poor as mine

[explorabeth]

Hello all, forgive me if this belongs on or already exists on another thread, I will gladly take a redirection.

I am in the accessibility field and have to use EPUB3. I know not many people support or are developing for EPUB3. Currently, I am converting from docx to EPUB2 in Calibre and using Sigil to convert EPUB2 to 3. I have a small team helping me with this task for the conversion of hundreds of books.

My goals are to condense the workflow down to 1 software for this process. Is there any way that I can edit or incorporate the epubitizer and epubchecker into a Calibre plugin? Has this already been done?

Thanks for your advice!