How to make Sigil live (in calibre) - Page 20

kovidgoyal · 12-10-2013, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by arspr

OK, I suppose page layout support is fully pointless. But, please, could you implement full font support? Fonts not being used because of their "conflictive" names can be REALLY distracting and completely user-unfriendly. I fear you are going to receive a lot of complaints, like my original one, about "My font doesn't render" despite all the warnings you put in the tool opening.

Since that comes from a Qt bug, I cannot fix it. Fortunately, I have automatic bug closing for oft-repeated bug reports.

arspr · 12-10-2013, 12:09 PM

Kovid, since we have crossed while posting, I repeat here the last edit from my previous post:

And another suggestion related to the ";" issue. Currently, Beautify CSS removes the last ";". As a safety measure I would do the opposite action, I would always add it even if not necessary...

samy2 · 12-10-2013, 12:11 PM

I dont like the name of the when I spit files:

Now its:
part0000_1
part0000_1_1
part0000_1_1_1

After a view splits i had a monster like this:
"part0000_1_1_1_1_1_1"

I like to have it like in sigil:
part0000_1
part0000_2
part0000_3
part0000_4

kovidgoyal · 12-10-2013, 12:25 PM

@samy2: While that scheme works well in your particular case, consider when you have two files, already named:

part000_1.html
part000_2.html

Now when you split part000_1.html you will get
part000_1.html
part000_3.html
part000_2.html

So that the names become out of order.

@arspr: Checking CSS for validity will be implemented soon. And you are right, it's better to have the trailing semi-colon to avoid unnecessary mistakes.

arspr · 12-10-2013, 03:39 PM

Some additional little things about Check Book:

I've just performed a test deleting the first ending (in line 16). And the warning/error I get is mismatch with the ending </body> (in line 69). Is this behaviour correct? I mean: can be nested INSIDE other , which is what is actually happening? I also ask this because if I perform a Fix HTML what I actually get is the ending in line 16, not in line 69 just before </body> (Possible incoherency between Check Book and Fix HTML?).
As a suggestion: I would add the file name in the left window list. The current list is somehow confusing (as example I have a loooong list of nbsps with no hint about being different files, till you click on each one).
I know that you are going to ignore entities like   which is probably the best thing to do. But nevertheless, why   generates a warning/error but, as example, — or ² don't? Irrelevant? Or the symptom of another possible hidden issue?

And another one about Fix HTML which actually looks like a bug:

If I run it on a "good" HTML file from Sigil. <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"> is changed into just <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en-US">
But if I delete the very first ending (or any other BTW) and then I run it what I got is this <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US" xmlnsU0003Axml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace">

jackie_w · 12-10-2013, 09:07 PM

@kovid,

Another few comments for your consideration (using beta 1.14 10th Dec on Windows 7) :

If I open an epub just to have a look at something then Quit without making any changes, the epub is updated and the file's OS date/time is changed - although the calibre last_modified date does remain unchanged. Is this deliberate?

I think I recall you saying that the metadata would be automatically updated during an edit, but if I Quit without saving I think I want the file to be totally unchanged. I don't know how others feel.

On the other hand, if I do make changes and then File-Save, the calibre last_modified date is not updated. This doesn't seem logical either.
Re: Find/Replace
Firstly, when doing Find/Replaces one-by-one checking results each time, the fact that the match is positioned right at the top of the Preview pane is less helpful than if you are able to see some content both immediately before & after the match to get some context. I didn't realise how much I appreciated Sigil positioning each match in the vertical centre of the Preview pane until I didn't have it.

Secondly, when working your way through a series of Find matches across all text files the highlighted file in the left panel File Browser is not changing as each new match is found. Should it be?
Lastly, this one is purely cosmetic and a matter of opinion, therefore not at all urgent. Regarding the 3 dark themes in Edit - Prefs. I'm not sure if these are canned themes over which there is no control, however...

wombat-dark would be my favourite were it not for the fact that the dark grey used during Find/Replace does not stand out well from the black background. Also if there is syntax highlighting of those pesky nbsp unicode chars in this theme, I can't see it - maybe it's a grey even closer to black.

Similarly, solarized-dark isn't much easier to see in these same 2 respects and solarized-x-dark is even harder IMO.

BetterRed · 12-10-2013, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by jackie_w

@kovid,

Another few comments for your consideration (using beta 1.14 10th Dec on Windows 7) :[LIST][*]If I open an epub just to have a look at something then Quit without making any changes, the epub is updated and the file's OS date/time is changed - although the calibre last_modified date does remain unchanged. Is this deliberate?

I think I recall you saying that the metadata would be automatically updated during an edit, but if I Quit without saving I think I want the file to be totally unchanged. I don't know how others feel.

On the other hand, if I do make changes and then File-Save, the calibre last_modified date is not updated. This doesn't seem logical either.

If you invoke the program from the command line or file manager and quit without saving then the file system modified timestamp, file size and checksums don't seem to change.

However, if you invoke the program from the calibre GUI and quit without saving the file system modified timestamp, file size and checksums do seem to change. The database last_modified_date presumably changes because the file system properties changed.

It should be consistent, and I would have thought that if the file isn't saved then the file and its properties shouldn't change.

BR

kovidgoyal · 12-10-2013, 10:14 PM

@jackie_w: Turn off automatic metadata update under calibre integration in the preferences and the file will not be touched unless you do a save. last_modified is not intended to track file time modification, tweak book is no different in that respect. Currently, tweak book operates completely independently of calibre, you can close calibre and TB will continue to work. Changing it to update last modified dates will mean that will change. Not a tradeoff I think is worth making.

I prefer having the current element at the top of the panel, as having it at the center means you can never be sure exactly where it is and your eyes have to scan around looking for it. Also showing the element at the center is not very robust. It works for simple layouts, but more complex ones can cause problems with the element not perfectly positioned. Showing it at the top uses the browsers' own implementation and is much more robust.

The Files Browser does not track the currently opened file. You can select multiple entries in the files browser, so having it track the current file doesn't make much sense. I suppose I could it have it show the currently opened file in bold, but the selected files are not going to change.

Re: colors: I'll have a look at increasing the contrast in wombat for selected text and nbsp highlighting. In any case, at some point I will add the ability to create your own custom themes, then you can tweak the colors to your hearts content.

Dopedangel · 12-10-2013, 10:17 PM

Any chance of adding a way to batch rename files. So that if I select all the chapter html files and name the first one Chapter01.html the rest are named in sequence
Another thing to make filename from the toc name or heading so if the heading is Preface or Introduction. I just right click the file and choose rename using toc name.
Ability to detect auto replace chapter images with text. I hate those think they bulk up an ebook for no reason.

kovidgoyal · 12-10-2013, 10:48 PM

@Dopedangel: There will be a bulk file rename wizard which will put the files into a "standard" folder structure. No reason it cannot have an option to rename all html files with a standard prefix and number. For the rest, patches are welcome.

BetterRed · 12-10-2013, 10:50 PM

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