Sigil-0.9.9 Released

DiapDealer · 12-22-2017, 06:29 PM

For the impatient, the installer files (and source) can be found as attachments at the bottom the top of the Github Release page.

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This Sigil release is a mix of bug fixes and new features for both epub2 and epub3 users. Some of the highlights for this release include:

Fixed the bug on Windows where smart right single quotes used for apostrophes couldn't be added properly added to a user word list. This one has been aroud for a while!

Ability to limit/disable clipboard history saving (a new General Preferences setting). Please note that the clipboard history feature will behave exactly as it always has while Sigil is running. Meaning that anything added to the clipboard while Sigil is running will be available for pasting. The new preference setting merely dictates how many entries (if any) get saved to the Sigil ini file when Sigil closes. Set it to zero to keep Sigil from saving any of the clipboard history to the ini file.

A new Spellcheck Dictionary Preferences setting that allows the user to include words with numbers in them.

Two new Quick Launch Icons for plugins were added to the main menu. There are now a total of five available.

The specific changes/additions follow.

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Bug Fixes

Add python_3.5_fixes3.patch to Python build and update build docs on OSX to fix missing symbols
Fix crash caused by Preview holding pointer to user removed resource when front tab is non-html resource
Fix crash in FlowTab destructor due to re-entering flowtab during Syntax Highlighting and signals
Fix issue with file icons disappearing when reordering in Book Browser (commit ecb56b1f)
Fix missing epub3 Manifest cover-image property setting/unsetting with BookBrowser
Fix issue where cancelling the SaveAs dialog disconnected an existing epub from its saved path
Fix assertion error in sigil-gumbo when handling extraneous script end tags
Apply multiple fixes for gumbo from upstream
Fix segfault in Split at Cursor when not an html file
Make sure Add Cover tool properly handles existing manifest cover properties in EPUB3s
Correct error dialog to say "Sigil may need to close."
Prevent Images and Misc items from being dragged to the Text folder in Book Browser (commit 30bb96d)
Fix Linux bug that prevents rich text from other programs being pasted into Book View (issue #320)
Fix bug where index entries inside em and dfn tags were ignored during index generation
Fix bug on Windows in spell checking when smart right single quotes are used for apostrophes
Fix bug in simple well-formed check to handle generic xml processing instructions
Fix bug in epub3 MetaEditor with title-type and collection-type properties
Fix plugin code to prevent book href vs manifest id clashes
Fix bug in Plugin Runner to allow it to delete non-manifested files properly
Fix bug in SourceUpdates to handle properly handle css properties with multiple urls
Fix bugs in well-formed check to better handle missing doctypes

New Features

Add SIGIL_DISABLE_CURSOR_BLINK environment variable to disable text cursor to aid Accessibility on OSX
Better use semantic information (guide types and Landmarks) to allow the user finer control of index generation
Attempt to improve Metadata Editor placeholder text to help beginners
Preview Window Title bar will now show height and width of the Preview Window
Allow users to limit/disable clipboard history saving via General Preferences
Convert br tags in header text to linebreaks for toc/ncx/nav generation routines
Support spell checking of words with numbers controlled by Preference settings
Add two additional Quick Lauch Icons for Plugins

Be aware that Sigil-0.9.9 still enforces the need for epub3 to have and support an NCX so that it generates as backward a compatible epub as possible. This may be relaxed in future releases.

Sigil-0.9.9 like its predecessors passed all of the following tests for epub3 support: iframe, img, audio, video , mathml, svg (except for svg support in the spine), javascript, and of course recognizing and allowing html5 specific tags like section, and etc. Sigil-0.9.9 also supports javascript based local-storage and display of embedded pdfs.

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Download Location
The official location for downloading this Sigil release (and all official releases) is:

https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/releases/tag/0.9.9 (downloads found at the bottom)

The latest version of the Sigil User Guide can be downloaded from: https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil...ide_0_7_2.epub

Downloading binaries from anyplace else is simply NOT a good idea as they could inject anything into their own downloads. After downloading, please verify the downloaded binary exactly matches what was originally posted by running an SHA 256 checksum on the file before installing it. See the file Sigil-0.9.9-CHECKSUMS.sha256.txt for the correct checksums for each file and instructions for how to calculate a SHA 256 Checksum for your download. The Mac OS X Package has also been code signed with my Apple Developer signature.

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Windows Users
If your current version of Sigil is 0.9.6 or earlier, it's recommended (but not required) that you uninstall that version before installing 0.9.9. Some compiled Python files have had their file extentions changed (as well as the change to Python 3.5). As a result, there will be a lot of extraneous files left lying around if you just install the new over the old. It won't cause any functionality problems, but if disk space is at a premium, you may want to clean things up a bit. You can do this by uninstalling Sigil at any time (even after 0.9.9 is installed) and reinstalling. Doing so won't affect your any of your preferences, plugins, keyboard shortcuts, clips, saved searches, etc.

Linux Users
There are currently no official binary releases available for Linux on the Sigil Release page. Please check with your favorite distro's software repositories to see if they have Sigil for installation via your OS's package management system. If not, there are build instructions for compiling Sigil yourself in the source archive's docs directory: https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/tree/master/docs

Don't forget the FlightCrew plugin
Please note, the epub2 validator FlightCrew has been converted to a plugin for Sigil 0.8.900 and later.
This plugin has been updated for Sigil-0.9.3 (and later). It can be downloaded from the official Sigil-Ebook flightcrew repository if you have not already installed it.

https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/fligh...ases/tag/0.9.1

Attention Mac OS X Users
Per the recommendation of www.python.org (see https://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/), due to bugs and the age of Apple's internal Tcl library, you should also download and install ActiveState's ActiveTcl Community Edition. To get the latest bug fixes, Sigil-0.9.9's embedded Python has been linked with the very latest version: Tcl 8.6.4.1

We may not redistribute this Package with Sigil due to ActiveState's binary non-redistribution policy.

So please, if you have not already done so download and install this version of ActiveState's Active Tcl Community Edition, until we get a chance to do our own build of Tcl 8.6.4.1 from source for future releases. ActiveState is a primary contributor to www.python.org and a respected and trusted source for python and tcl/tk related binaries on both Windows and Mac OS X.

See: http://www.activestate.com/activetcl/downloads
Version: 8.6.4.1

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Signed Source Archives and Git Tags

Starting with Sigil v0.9.9, the Git tags and source archives used for Sigil releases are signed with Doug Massay's PGP Key. His public key can be found and retrieved from any public key server. The fingerprint for his public key is:

Code:

B5A5 6206 AB0F BC1A 24EF AB8A A166 D29A 8FCD AC63

Some Additional things

When you fire up Sigil for the very first time:

navigate to the new General Preferences and select the default
epub version you plan to work with (epub 2 or epub3) so that new
empty ebooks start with the correct code.
if you plan to work with epub3 epubs, you should change your
PreserveEntities setting to use ONLY NUMERIC entities.
For example use & # 1 6 0 ; for non-breaking spaces and etc.
We strongly recommend enabling Mend On Open in your settings
for best performance with Sigil

odamizu · 12-23-2017, 12:24 AM

I especially love the additional quick-launch plug-in icons

DNSB · 12-23-2017, 01:09 AM

Thanks very much for the additional plugin icons! Just what I wanted for Christmas (well, actually, there were other things I wanted but this was a nice early gift).

patrik · 12-23-2017, 12:36 PM

Compiled and installed on Linux Mint 18.2 with success. testplugin all ok

If I remember correctly this was the first time I didn't set the path to python during cmake. And now I had to set the path to the executable in "manage plugins". Maybe I had to do that before, memory...

Thanks!

st_albert · 12-23-2017, 02:36 PM

I've probably asked this question before for other releases, but...

I have 0.9.8 installed on kubuntu 16.04.3, built from source.

Would you advise uninstalling it before installing 0.9.9?

And by "uninstall" I mean deleting the various subdirectories where sigil is now installed, since as far as I can tell there isn't a make uninstall target.

Albert

ETA: And also, since I have libxml2 ver 2.9.3, am I correct that the kludge is still needed?

KevinH · 12-23-2017, 02:42 PM

Uninstalling is not required unless you change where you put/install Sigil as controlled by cmake options. So if you build from source and pass the same build options, it will simply overwrite the previous versions.

st_albert · 12-23-2017, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KevinH

Uninstalling is not required unless you change where you put/install Sigil as controlled by cmake options. So if you build from source and pass the same build options, it will simply overwrite the previous versions.

Great. Thanks.

DiapDealer · 12-23-2017, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by st_albert

ETA: And also, since I have libxml2 ver 2.9.3, am I correct that the kludge is still needed?

Yes, unfortunately.

DiapDealer · 12-23-2017, 05:13 PM

You're welcome to continue using the installer that copies a patched version of libxml2 to the Sigil binary's location if you want, but if you're building Sigil anyway, you may as well add "-DBUILD_PATCHED_LIBXML2=1" to the cmake command when configuring Sigil. The sigil build process will then build a compatible version of libxml2 and install it alongside the sigil binary.

st_albert · 12-24-2017, 01:41 PM

I had installed the patched library a few versions ago. Apparently, it survives the installation of a newer version of sigil, so all is well. I will try the cmake switch next time though.

Thanks.

Albert

GalacticHull · 12-24-2017, 02:14 PM

Curious. Sigil-0.9.9-Windows-x64-Setup.exe tends to fail downloading. I only managed to achieve it through an Opera extension (chrome, firefox both said no).

It also will not install (Win 10). Windows defender finds Win32/Fuerboos.B!cl trojan. Strange, though, that it will not allow me to install even with a "virus" with antivirus turned off.

This is directly from github: https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/releases/tag/0.9.9

Anyone else experiencing this?

theducks · 12-24-2017, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GalacticHull

Anyone else experiencing this?

Nope: Grabbed and installed the first day it was advertised. Maybe your ISP is shaping/caching downloads

GalacticHull · 12-24-2017, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

Nope: Grabbed and installed the first day it was advertised. Maybe your ISP is shaping/caching downloads

Comcast? Surely wouldn't put it past them.

On the other hand, the win86 version downloads just fine. It loads up to install as well.

Very interesting.

DiapDealer · 12-24-2017, 03:29 PM

Almost 2300 downloads of the 64-bit installer so far. I'd like to think there'd be more outrage by now if there was a problem with it. Always use the checksums to make sure you're getting the file that was uploaded, to be sure, though.

EDIT: Just double-checked to be sure. The 64-bit installer is the same one I uploaded (and installed on my machine). Neither it, nor the sha256 checksums file have been diddled.

KevinH · 12-24-2017, 03:48 PM

Yes please compare the checksum on the Win64 installer for Sigil with that specified in the Checksums file we have posted (and copied to here as well). If they differ in any way, do NOT install what you downloaded, as something has been addd or removed from what we posted.
This is an sha256 checksum.

Code:

4b585d2670d67623beab9ec7aced0021811d1630ad134193d07d1dee03987f23  Sigil-0.9.9-Windows-x64-Setup.exe

12-22-2017, 06:29 PM	#1
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,549 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Sigil-0.9.9 Released For the impatient, the installer files (and source) can be found as attachments at the bottom the top of the Github Release page. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Sigil release is a mix of bug fixes and new features for both epub2 and epub3 users. Some of the highlights for this release include: Fixed the bug on Windows where smart right single quotes used for apostrophes couldn't be added properly added to a user word list. This one has been aroud for a while! Ability to limit/disable clipboard history saving (a new General Preferences setting). Please note that the clipboard history feature will behave exactly as it always has while Sigil is running. Meaning that anything added to the clipboard while Sigil is running will be available for pasting. The new preference setting merely dictates how many entries (if any) get saved to the Sigil ini file when Sigil closes. Set it to zero to keep Sigil from saving any of the clipboard history to the ini file. A new Spellcheck Dictionary Preferences setting that allows the user to include words with numbers in them. Two new Quick Launch Icons for plugins were added to the main menu. There are now a total of five available. The specific changes/additions follow. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug Fixes Add python_3.5_fixes3.patch to Python build and update build docs on OSX to fix missing symbols Fix crash caused by Preview holding pointer to user removed resource when front tab is non-html resource Fix crash in FlowTab destructor due to re-entering flowtab during Syntax Highlighting and signals Fix issue with file icons disappearing when reordering in Book Browser (commit ecb56b1f) Fix missing epub3 Manifest cover-image property setting/unsetting with BookBrowser Fix issue where cancelling the SaveAs dialog disconnected an existing epub from its saved path Fix assertion error in sigil-gumbo when handling extraneous script end tags Apply multiple fixes for gumbo from upstream Fix segfault in Split at Cursor when not an html file Make sure Add Cover tool properly handles existing manifest cover properties in EPUB3s Correct error dialog to say "Sigil may need to close." Prevent Images and Misc items from being dragged to the Text folder in Book Browser (commit 30bb96d) Fix Linux bug that prevents rich text from other programs being pasted into Book View (issue #320) Fix bug where index entries inside em and dfn tags were ignored during index generation Fix bug on Windows in spell checking when smart right single quotes are used for apostrophes Fix bug in simple well-formed check to handle generic xml processing instructions Fix bug in epub3 MetaEditor with title-type and collection-type properties Fix plugin code to prevent book href vs manifest id clashes Fix bug in Plugin Runner to allow it to delete non-manifested files properly Fix bug in SourceUpdates to handle properly handle css properties with multiple urls Fix bugs in well-formed check to better handle missing doctypes New Features Add SIGIL_DISABLE_CURSOR_BLINK environment variable to disable text cursor to aid Accessibility on OSX Better use semantic information (guide types and Landmarks) to allow the user finer control of index generation Attempt to improve Metadata Editor placeholder text to help beginners Preview Window Title bar will now show height and width of the Preview Window Allow users to limit/disable clipboard history saving via General Preferences Convert br tags in header text to linebreaks for toc/ncx/nav generation routines Support spell checking of words with numbers controlled by Preference settings Add two additional Quick Lauch Icons for Plugins Be aware that Sigil-0.9.9 still enforces the need for epub3 to have and support an NCX so that it generates as backward a compatible epub as possible. This may be relaxed in future releases. Sigil-0.9.9 like its predecessors passed all of the following tests for epub3 support: iframe, img, audio, video , mathml, svg (except for svg support in the spine), javascript, and of course recognizing and allowing html5 specific tags like section, and etc. Sigil-0.9.9 also supports javascript based local-storage and display of embedded pdfs. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Download Location The official location for downloading this Sigil release (and all official releases) is: https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/releases/tag/0.9.9 (downloads found at the bottom) The latest version of the Sigil User Guide can be downloaded from: https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil...ide_0_7_2.epub Downloading binaries from anyplace else is simply NOT a good idea as they could inject anything into their own downloads. After downloading, please verify the downloaded binary exactly matches what was originally posted by running an SHA 256 checksum on the file before installing it. See the file Sigil-0.9.9-CHECKSUMS.sha256.txt for the correct checksums for each file and instructions for how to calculate a SHA 256 Checksum for your download. The Mac OS X Package has also been code signed with my Apple Developer signature. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Windows Users If your current version of Sigil is 0.9.6 or earlier, it's recommended (but not required) that you uninstall that version before installing 0.9.9. Some compiled Python files have had their file extentions changed (as well as the change to Python 3.5). As a result, there will be a lot of extraneous files left lying around if you just install the new over the old. It won't cause any functionality problems, but if disk space is at a premium, you may want to clean things up a bit. You can do this by uninstalling Sigil at any time (even after 0.9.9 is installed) and reinstalling. Doing so won't affect your any of your preferences, plugins, keyboard shortcuts, clips, saved searches, etc. Linux Users There are currently no official binary releases available for Linux on the Sigil Release page. Please check with your favorite distro's software repositories to see if they have Sigil for installation via your OS's package management system. If not, there are build instructions for compiling Sigil yourself in the source archive's docs directory: https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/tree/master/docs Don't forget the FlightCrew plugin Please note, the epub2 validator FlightCrew has been converted to a plugin for Sigil 0.8.900 and later. This plugin has been updated for Sigil-0.9.3 (and later). It can be downloaded from the official Sigil-Ebook flightcrew repository if you have not already installed it. https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/fligh...ases/tag/0.9.1 Attention Mac OS X Users Per the recommendation of www.python.org (see https://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/), due to bugs and the age of Apple's internal Tcl library, you should also download and install ActiveState's ActiveTcl Community Edition. To get the latest bug fixes, Sigil-0.9.9's embedded Python has been linked with the very latest version: Tcl 8.6.4.1 We may not redistribute this Package with Sigil due to ActiveState's binary non-redistribution policy. So please, if you have not already done so download and install this version of ActiveState's Active Tcl Community Edition, until we get a chance to do our own build of Tcl 8.6.4.1 from source for future releases. ActiveState is a primary contributor to www.python.org and a respected and trusted source for python and tcl/tk related binaries on both Windows and Mac OS X. See: http://www.activestate.com/activetcl/downloads Version: 8.6.4.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Signed Source Archives and Git Tags Starting with Sigil v0.9.9, the Git tags and source archives used for Sigil releases are signed with Doug Massay's PGP Key. His public key can be found and retrieved from any public key server. The fingerprint for his public key is: Code: B5A5 6206 AB0F BC1A 24EF AB8A A166 D29A 8FCD AC63 Some Additional things When you fire up Sigil for the very first time: navigate to the new General Preferences and select the default epub version you plan to work with (epub 2 or epub3) so that new empty ebooks start with the correct code. if you plan to work with epub3 epubs, you should change your PreserveEntities setting to use ONLY NUMERIC entities. For example use & # 1 6 0 ; for non-breaking spaces and etc. We strongly recommend enabling Mend On Open in your settings for best performance with Sigil Last edited by DiapDealer; 01-08-2018 at 04:50 PM.

12-23-2017, 02:36 PM	#5
st_albert Guru Posts: 696 Karma: 150000 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: none	I've probably asked this question before for other releases, but... I have 0.9.8 installed on kubuntu 16.04.3, built from source. Would you advise uninstalling it before installing 0.9.9? And by "uninstall" I mean deleting the various subdirectories where sigil is now installed, since as far as I can tell there isn't a make uninstall target. Albert ETA: And also, since I have libxml2 ver 2.9.3, am I correct that the kludge is still needed? Last edited by st_albert; 12-23-2017 at 02:41 PM. Reason: another question

12-24-2017, 03:29 PM	#14
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,549 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Almost 2300 downloads of the 64-bit installer so far. I'd like to think there'd be more outrage by now if there was a problem with it. Always use the checksums to make sure you're getting the file that was uploaded, to be sure, though. EDIT: Just double-checked to be sure. The 64-bit installer is the same one I uploaded (and installed on my machine). Neither it, nor the sha256 checksums file have been diddled. Last edited by DiapDealer; 12-24-2017 at 03:42 PM.

12-24-2017, 03:48 PM	#15
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 7,644 Karma: 5433388 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Yes please compare the checksum on the Win64 installer for Sigil with that specified in the Checksums file we have posted (and copied to here as well). If they differ in any way, do NOT install what you downloaded, as something has been addd or removed from what we posted. This is an sha256 checksum. Code: 4b585d2670d67623beab9ec7aced0021811d1630ad134193d07d1dee03987f23 Sigil-0.9.9-Windows-x64-Setup.exe Last edited by KevinH; 12-24-2017 at 03:51 PM.

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12-23-2017, 12:24 AM	#2
odamizu just an egg Posts: 1,586 Karma: 4300000 Join Date: Mar 2015 Device: Kindle, iOS	I especially love the additional quick-launch plug-in icons

12-23-2017, 01:09 AM	#3
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 35,417 Karma: 145525534 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Forma, Clara HD, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Thanks very much for the additional plugin icons! Just what I wanted for Christmas (well, actually, there were other things I wanted but this was a nice early gift).

12-23-2017, 12:36 PM	#4
patrik Guru Posts: 657 Karma: 4568205 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kobo Forma	Compiled and installed on Linux Mint 18.2 with success. testplugin all ok If I remember correctly this was the first time I didn't set the path to python during cmake. And now I had to set the path to the executable in "manage plugins". Maybe I had to do that before, memory... Thanks!

12-23-2017, 02:42 PM	#6
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 7,644 Karma: 5433388 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Uninstalling is not required unless you change where you put/install Sigil as controlled by cmake options. So if you build from source and pass the same build options, it will simply overwrite the previous versions.

12-23-2017, 05:13 PM	#9
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,549 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	You're welcome to continue using the installer that copies a patched version of libxml2 to the Sigil binary's location if you want, but if you're building Sigil anyway, you may as well add "-DBUILD_PATCHED_LIBXML2=1" to the cmake command when configuring Sigil. The sigil build process will then build a compatible version of libxml2 and install it alongside the sigil binary.

12-24-2017, 01:41 PM	#10
st_albert Guru Posts: 696 Karma: 150000 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: none	I had installed the patched library a few versions ago. Apparently, it survives the installation of a newer version of sigil, so all is well. I will try the cmake switch next time though. Thanks. Albert

12-24-2017, 02:14 PM	#11
GalacticHull Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2014 Device: kobo h2O	Curious. Sigil-0.9.9-Windows-x64-Setup.exe tends to fail downloading. I only managed to achieve it through an Opera extension (chrome, firefox both said no). It also will not install (Win 10). Windows defender finds Win32/Fuerboos.B!cl trojan. Strange, though, that it will not allow me to install even with a "virus" with antivirus turned off. This is directly from github: https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/releases/tag/0.9.9 Anyone else experiencing this?

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