Looking for Volunteers for New Chapters for Sigil User's Guide

[Ashjuk]

Originally Posted by KevinH

Hi Ashjuk,

Please post the css class for menuitem that you feel will better distinguish it from normal text here so that others can try it themselves.

Thanks,

KevinH

Hi Kevin,

Will do. I will experiment with a few settings to see what I can achieve to make the menuitem stand out a little more.

[Ashjuk]

Following from my post about the menuitem class I have made some changes to the css code to achieve a greater degree of contrast.

Three suggestions for everyone to have a look at. Please feel free to comment and criticise.

In all cases I have increased the font size from 0.9em to 1em.

1: Bold text:

span.menuitem {
font-family: monotype, courier, sans-serif;
font-size: 1em;
font-weight: bold;
}

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/at...1&d=1614273962

2: Bold black text on light grey background.

span.menuitem {
font-family: monotype, courier, sans-serif;
font-size: 1em;
font-weight: bold;
background-color:lightgray;
}

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/at...1&d=1614273962

3: Bold white text on black background:

span.menuitem {
font-family: monotype, courier, sans-serif;
font-size: 1em;
font-weight: bold;
color: white;
background-color: black;
}

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/at...1&d=1614273962

[KevinH]

I personally like the first one as the other two break up the text even more but I was hoping for something that made the text (not the background) be seen as different. Would growing the text size help or maybe shrinking it even more to make it appear even more different without a background change?

My 2 cents only here ...

[odamizu]

#1 (bold text) is okay with me. I'm also okay with #2 (grey background).

[odamizu]

Here's the Preferences chapter. Whew! Moving on ...

P.S. For the credits page, would it be okay to list me as odamizu (all lower case) rather than Odamizu?

[Ashjuk]

Originally Posted by KevinH

I personally like the first one as the other two break up the text even more but I was hoping for something that made the text (not the background) be seen as different. Would growing the text size help or maybe shrinking it even more to make it appear even more different without a background change?

My 2 cents only here ...

I tend to agree with you that having a background colour is perhaps too intrusive, but I was trying initially to stay away from colouring the text to make it stand out so the effect would not be lost on an eReader.

I'm not sure about shrinking the font size more than it was as, although it would enhance the difference, it might make it harder to read.

Perhaps, as you suggest, a slight increase might be all that's needed.

Font-size increaded to 1.1em:

span.menuitem {
    font-family: monotype, courier, sans-serif;
    font-size: 1.1em;
	font-weight: bold;
	}

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/at...1&d=1614330220

Font-size increased to 1.1em and italicised:

span.menuitem {
    font-family: monotype, courier, sans-serif;
    font-size: 1.1em;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-style: italic;
	}

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/at...1&d=1614330220

Of these two options I think I prefer the first. Increasing the font size by two points and making it bold is probably all it needs to make it stand out from the surrounding text.

What do others think?

[Ashjuk]

I have had a look at spellcheck.html.

Minor changes to the text to add references to keyboard shortcuts for both Windows and Mac.

Added two new small image files to show options on the spellcheck dialogue box rather than the text references.

Edited the stylesheet to enhance the look of the menuitem style.

Use whatever you think is suitable.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/at...1&d=1614333712

[KevinH]

Happy to. That change will be in the next version along with your edited Preferences chapter!

Thank you!

P.S. For the credits page, would it be okay to list me as odamizu (all lower case) rather than Odamizu?

[KevinH]

Thank you! I will merge things into the next version.

KevinH

Originally Posted by Ashjuk

I have had a look at spellcheck.html.

Minor changes to the text to add references to keyboard shortcuts for both Windows and Mac.

Added two new small image files to show options on the spellcheck dialogue box rather than the text references.

Edited the stylesheet to enhance the look of the menuitem style.

Use whatever you think is suitable.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/at...1&d=1614333712

[Banjo]

If nobody else has claimed them, I will take on tutorial_metadata.html and tutorial_add_cover.html.

[KevinH]

They are yours!

Thanks!

KevinH

Originally Posted by Banjo

If nobody else has claimed them, I will take on tutorial_metadata.html and tutorial_add_cover.html.

[KevinH]

Fixed title page as requested. Added in the newly edited Preferences (Thank you odamizu) and SpellCheck (Thank you Ashjuk) chapters. Edited the post for the new tutorial chapters claimed by Banjo.

The resulting updated user guide has been attached to the first post in this thread as:

src_updated_20210226_01.epub

[odamizu]

Originally Posted by KevinH

... The possible new chapters relate to ...

2. An improved discussion of Plugins for users. Including where to find them, how to install them, how to remove them, how to assign icons to plugin placeholders, etc. Perhaps including a very brief summary of some of the major plugins out there: epubcheck, flightcrew, KindleImport, ODTImport, Kindlegen, epub3-itizer, Access-Aide, etc, etc.
...

I will aim to cover this in Manage Plugins chapter, so a whole new chapter shouldn't be necessary.

Originally Posted by KevinH

Fixed title page as requested ...

Thank you!

[KevinH]

Excellent Idea!

Thank you!

Originally Posted by odamizu

I will aim to cover this in Manage Plugins chapter, so a whole new chapter shouldn't be necessary.



Thank you!

[odamizu]

Originally Posted by KevinH

... 2. An improved discussion of Plugins for users. Including where to find them, how to install them, how to remove them, how to assign icons to plugin placeholders, etc. Perhaps including a very brief summary of some of the major plugins out there: epubcheck, flightcrew, KindleImport, ODTImport, Kindlegen, epub3-itizer, Access-Aide, etc, etc. ...

With regard to "major plugins", I will include the ones you name above. Anything else? I mean, I know which plugins I use and love, but not sure what most people consider major. And, of course, I will link to the MobileRead Sigil plugin index.

Also, I know there was discussion of integrating wrCisco's fabulous cssRemoveUnusedSelectors plugin directly into Sigil. Should I include that plugin in this discussion or is it now moot?