PageEdit-1.3.0 Released

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by brent63

The thing is I have removed LO and reinstalled OO and I so long as I use or change back to default text before cutting and pasting from OO into PageEdit my paragraphs are simple <p> If I forget to I have a quick find and replace in Sigil that fixes it, but LO that was a mess.

Thanks
Brent

Like I said, copy/pasting from LO works fine for me (simple <p>) as long as I used the menu Edit->Paste, and as long as I chose to paste plain text vs formatted when prompted.

[brent63]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Like I said, copy/pasting from LO works fine for me (simple <p>) as long as I used the menu Edit->Paste, and as long as I chose to paste plain text vs formatted when prompted.

I used the menu Edit->Paste and chose plan text from OO and it worked as you said. I do prefer the keyboard Ctrl+X, C, and V rather then having to go up to the menu.

Any chance in the next releases you can put a popup to choose paste as plain when someone like me uses the keyboard shortcut?

Will think about using LO again, although I have found a work around for the issue I was having with OO.

Thanks
Brent

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by brent63

Any chance in the next releases you can put a popup to choose paste as plain when someone like me uses the keyboard shortcut?

I'm not entirely sure why it doesn't work already, to be honest. I'll look into it, though. In my mind, pasting by any of the various methods (context menu, toolbar menu, or keyboard shortcut) should trigger the prompt when rich text is in the clipboard,.

[KevinH]

The issue was some "system level" shortcuts interface with the system clipboard and do not always trigger our actions in the same way in some platforms in QtWebEngine. Maybe this has been fixed now?

[DiapDealer]

Hard to say. On Linux (with Qt5.15) I only get prompted to paste rich text as plain text when using PageEdit's Edit->Paste menu item. Neither the context menu past, nor the Ctrl+p will trigger the prompt. I haven't tested on Windows with Qt5.12.9 yet.

I know I did a bit of clipboard mime-diddling stuff to "fix" something related to this in Sigil. But that's been a while ago. Not sure if that propagated to PageEdit or not (and I think it was for Linux-only). I need to refamiliarize myself with it. Perhaps it HAS been fixed and my diddling is now causing issues.

[brent63]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Hard to say. On Linux (with Qt5.15) I only get prompted to paste rich text as plain text when using PageEdit's Edit->Paste menu item. Neither the context menu past, nor the Ctrl+p will trigger the prompt. I haven't tested on Windows with Qt5.12.9 yet.

I know I did a bit of clipboard mime-diddling stuff to "fix" something related to this in Sigil. But that's been a while ago. Not sure if that propagated to PageEdit or not (and I think it was for Linux-only). I need to refamiliarize myself with it. Perhaps it HAS been fixed and my diddling is now causing issues.

I know it doesn't happen in either PageEdit or Sigil now, it may have happened back in the old bookview... but were not going there as things seem to be working.

Brent

[arakish]

Windows 8 is not allowing me to run PageEdit setup file. It pops up saying it is possible malware or ransomware.

What's up with that?

rmfr

[theducks]

Originally Posted by arakish

Windows 8 is not allowing me to run PageEdit setup file. It pops up saying it is possible malware or ransomware.

What's up with that?

rmfr

Just what it said. Possible, not HAS.
That message pops (defender) when any new version of software (that has not been vetted by M$ ) first comes out.

The big question: is WHERE you got the installer file, because the PageEdit has been out for a while? (dodgy sites redistribute, but add extras ).
Run a A/V scan on the installer file (Your A/V should have scanned if it was a Download, but sneaker netting will not) . That might find problems. The Installation process calls home (MS) to see what it knows about the app. not, a malware scan.

[KevinH]

Best advice ...

Only download Sigil or PageEdit from our official GitHub Releases pages. There you will find the sha256 checksum for each installer which will allow you to verify that what you downloaded exactly matches what we posted (no corruption or add-ons added).

[DiapDealer]

Yep. I'm not paying the exorbitant ransom to make the overly-paranoid "unknown installer from the internet" message that Windows loves to scare/intimidate their users with go away.

Then on top of that, they make the process to tell Windows to, "shut up, I know what I'm doing" convoluted and terribly unintuitive for beginners and experienced users alike.

Once enough people have downloaded it, Windows will lighten up. If not, enough people aren't downloading it to warrant stressing over it anyway.

The irony is that I started deploying PageEdit as a simple self-extracting zip archive that bypassed all of the extra Windows installer paranoia, but nooooooo .... people insisted on wanting/needing an installer. Careful what you wish for I guess.

[arakish]

Thanks y'awl. I only get my FOSS from the official websites. I never get FOSS from anywhere else.

I was just wanting to know why it would flag as possible ransomware/malware.

Thanks for the replies. Definitely, Greatly Appreciated.

@ DiapDealer,
Where can I get a zip version. I love zips that explode the software and does not need all that extra horse hoowhee you need for exe, msi, etc. files.

rmfr

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by arakish

@ DiapDealer,
Where can I get a zip version. I love zips that explode the software and does not need all that extra horse hoowhee you need for exe, msi, etc. files.

rmfr

They're available on some older releases, but not the newer ones. I'll try to add a self extracting archive to the latest release some time. It's an exe file, but running it just extracts the contents and nothing more. Would an actual zip archive be useful with each release? I typically use 7-zip so I can compress them with the xz algorithms to keep them small.

For the record... the Windows PageEdit installer makes no registry changes (except for the uninstall entry). it also gives users the option to not make any Start menu entries as well as the ability to not create a desktop icon. It's about as plain-Jane as a Windows installer can get.

You can also exraxt the contents of an Inno Setup installer (without running the installer) with this utility: https://constexpr.org/innoextract/

Note that neither PageEdit nor Sigil should be considered "portable." But you should be able to put it anywhere on a system that has the correct VS runtime installed so long as the directory structure isn't altered (and the user has permissions for where it's going).