[Plugin] PunctuationSmarten Sigil plugin

[DiapDealer]

OK. I'm going to post a new version of the plugin to test. It has been completely rewritten using Qt for Python rather than tk/tkinter.

Functionally, this test version should work exactly like the old version. I'm just looking to verify that everything works like it always did. New stuff will have to wait.

There's a lot of extra debug output that could come in handy if anyone runs into complications.

As always, make good backups and create lots of checkpoints with Sigil to help make sure nothing is happening that shouldn't be.

I don't expect trouble, but be smart about testing.

EDIT: in case it wasn't obvious, this new version is not going to work with anything less than Sigil 2.0 (and nothing less than Python 3.6 if you're using an external Python interpreter for plugins).

[DiapDealer]

Can anyone who has downloaded the test version at least verify that it's working as expected?

[retiredbiker]

I just grabbed a sf novel from Faded Page and made sure it had typewriter punctuation, then downloaded your new version and gave it a go. It seems to have done everything correctly, with a fairly quick look-through.

[DiapDealer]

Thanks! It wasn't perfect to start with, but I'm hoping this updated version didn't introduce any new issues.

[DNSB]

I grabbed a couple of ePubs from Gutenberg and ran them through with the old plugin. I savef the output files with _old appended to the filename. Updated the plugin and ran the same files through. I did a quick eyeball check and there seems to be no difference between the two versions. I also ran the two _old versions through the new plugin and both reported no changes made.

[carmenchu]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Can anyone who has downloaded the test version at least verify that it's working as expected?

Thanks a lot! Just downloaded and made a very quick try from the appimage: now files were selected and processes as expected.
My apologies for not checking the forum much earlier--I find switching from Windows to a Linux distro both possible and rewarding, but in no way hassle-free, if one wants to preserve most of thirty-years-long working habits...
again.

[DiapDealer]

No need to apologize. I should have switched to Qt for Python long ago. Glad to hear it's working for you! I was hoping you would be able to try it out.