[Plugin] PunctuationSmarten Sigil plugin

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by KevinH

And fwiw a new testplugin_v018.zip has now been posted that protects hrefutils.py test by launcher version as it first appeared in Sigil-0.9.991. I have removed the buggy testplugin_v017.zip since it adds no value over the latest testplugin_v018.zip.

Thanks for that!

[Thomas_AR]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

If there are any, I would recommend deleting the PunctuationSmarten plugin's user preferences and trying again.

• Plugins->Manage Plugins
• Click the "Open Preferences Location" button at the bottom of the dialog
• Open the "plugin_prefs" folder
• Delete the PunctuationSmarten folder (should only have a single .json file in it)

Thanks for the hint. Deleting the folder did the trick; i tried earlier a simple delete and install in the Plugin-Manager which didn´t helped.

Regarding Sigil 9.14.
I am happy with it, and as the latest Calibre and apparently Sigil 1.x have some incompatibility with older display drivers. I still use in both cases the old versions. I am happy with both. The day i switch to the newest Windows version, soon - as i ordered i new PC, i may step forward to actual new versions of both apps.
By the way, i do not see a 32 BIT version from Sigil 1.20 in the Github download page. Am i blind..quarantine is making me crazy...


Thanks folks for all the help, and good health to everybody.
Wash your hands and stay at home...

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Thomas_AR

By the way, i do not see a 32 BIT version from Sigil 1.20 in the Github download page. Am i blind..quarantine is making me crazy...

From what I've read, the 32 bit version requires compiling a customized 32 bit version of the QT bits and bobs which is a time sink so it may happen when DiapDealer is happy with the stability of a Sigil release.

[DiapDealer]

I stopped making official Windows 32-bit installers for Sigil with after v0.9.10. I addition to the extra build time involved, maintaining/updating/testing the results of two toolchains for each Sigil release (plus a third for PageEdit) became quite a slog. "Releasing" became a days long event. Something had to give.

The good news is that I keep the possibility of 32-bit Windows installers alive. All the options for 32-bit builds are still there in the source. I keep hoping that someone will fork the Sigil repo and take over making "unofficial" 32-bit releases.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

I stopped making official Windows 32-bit installers for Sigil with after v0.9.10. I addition to the extra build time involved, maintaining/updating/testing the results of two toolchains for each Sigil release (plus a third for PageEdit) became quite a slog. "Releasing" became a days long event. Something had to give.

The good news is that I keep the possibility of 32-bit Windows installers alive. All the options for 32-bit builds are still there in the source. I keep hoping that someone will fork the Sigil repo and take over making "unofficial" 32-bit releases.

I seem to remember 9.14 having a 32 bit release or is that just my mind going?

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by DNSB

I seem to remember 9.14 having a 32 bit release or is that just my mind going?

You're correct. My mistake. Thanks!

[Thomas_AR]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

The good news is that I keep the possibility of 32-bit Windows installers alive. All the options for 32-bit builds are still there in the source. I keep hoping that someone will fork the Sigil repo and take over making "unofficial" 32-bit releases.

That would be great. I think there are still a lot of Win32BIT users out there

Thanks
Thomas

[Thomas_AR]

Hi folks,
perhaps i have overseen it; but is is possible to add a log-function to see what was changed in detail by the plugin?
Thanks

Thomas

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by Thomas_AR

perhaps i have overseen it; but is is possible to add a log-function to see what was changed in detail by the plugin?

If you've installed the latest Sigil version, simply create a Checkpoint before running the plugin and then select Checkpoints > Compare Epub against Checkpoint.

[Thomas_AR]

Originally Posted by Doitsu

If you've installed the latest Sigil version, simply create a Checkpoint before running the plugin and then select Checkpoints > Compare Epub against Checkpoint.

Thanks for the Tip, but asi i am still running Windows 7, my Sigil is an old one. 0.9.14.

Thanks anyway for the Tip.
Thomas

[AlanHK]

Another problem/edge case, whatever: abbreviated years.

In the summer of '42.
converts to
In the summer of ‘42.

Algorithmically, I think you could do these correctly by making apostrophe for
'\d\d[^0-9']
and open quote otherwise (as it does now). This would allow for a quoted number: He hit a '21' in baccarat.

I work around this now by searching for ‘\d in a book after converting and change as appropriate.

If there aren't too many left quotes in a book I check them all and usually find a few odd ones that should be apostrophes. Cockney is a nightmare.

Incidentally, I notice many commercial ebooks get both these wrong.

[AlanHK]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

You're correct. My mistake. Thanks!

Where? Latest at "Legacy Sigil" is 9.13.
https://github.com/dougmassay/legacy-sigil/releases

or on the thread : https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=247156

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by AlanHK

Where? Latest at "Legacy Sigil" is 9.13.
https://github.com/dougmassay/legacy-sigil/releases

or on the thread : https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=247156

They weren't talking about the legacy version. The last 'normal' 32-bit installer was part of the official 0.9.14 release.

I'll look into the abbreviated years issue. I'm pretty certain that used to work correctly at one point. Perfect example of what I mean by "fix one, break another", if so. There's no span tags confusing that particular situation is there?

[AlanHK]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

They weren't talking about the legacy version. The last 'normal' 32-bit installer was part of the official 0.9.14 release.

OK.

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

I'll look into the abbreviated years issue. I'm pretty certain that used to work correctly at one point. Perfect example of what I mean by "fix one, break another", if so. There's no span tags confusing that particular situation is there?

No, happens every time. Just tried it again.

<p>In the summer of '42.</p>

becomes

<p>In the summer of ‘42.</p>

Plugin version .3.3.
Sigil .9.13

[DiapDealer]

SmartyPants special cases abbreviations like "in the '80s".

I'd have to see what other problems might arise from making the trailing 's' optional.