Sigil 0.3.0RC1

Valloric · 10-08-2010, 11:19 AM

Here's the new 0.3.0RC1 release. More information can be found here.

EDIT: Oops messed up the filenames. Stand by.

EDIT2: Files with the correct "RC1" version suffix have now been uploaded.

KevinH · 10-08-2010, 12:08 PM

Hi Valloric,

Very Nice Job!

The speed improvement on Mac OSX 10.6 especially when working with one huge html file are truly amazing. No visible delay in loading even huge files and no problems using find and replace to insert chapter break markers and breaking things further.

Very very nice job!

I assume you built a universal app with 64bit support under Mac OSX since I only saw one Sigil.app in the dmg. From your wording in the above post, I almost expected to see 2 different apps in the dmg (one for 64 bit).

I will keep playing around with it over the next few days and let you know how things work out.

Given this new version and your new epub validator, now all we need is a spell checker to make things quite complete (and allow me to get away from OpenOffice completely in my work flow).

Thanks!

KevinH

Valloric · 10-08-2010, 12:18 PM

Now if only it could save properly...

I'm taking RC1 down until I figure this one out.

Perkin · 10-08-2010, 12:26 PM

I was just about to report the save issue.

Perkin · 10-08-2010, 12:41 PM

Valloric, just noticed, if I extract the archive, the actual contents are encoded correctly and aren't 'garbled'.

If that helps?

theducks · 10-08-2010, 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valloric

Here's the new 0.3.0RC1 release. More information can be found here.

EDIT: Oops messed up the filenames. Stand by.

EDIT2: Files with the correct "RC1" version suffix have now been uploaded.

Massive speed improvement.
But OMG what got saved. XP SP3

Perkin · 10-08-2010, 12:52 PM

If I use TweakEpub to open the epub-archive and the edit each of the *.html files and change the xml definition lines from utf-16 back to utf-8, then save them, the epub then opens up correctly.

Valloric · 10-08-2010, 01:05 PM

The problem has been fixed. The build system is building all the installers, DMGs etc and that takes a while. Expect RC2 in a couple of hours.

KevinH · 10-08-2010, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Perkin

If I use TweakEpub to open the epub-archive and the edit each of the *.html files and change the xml definition lines from utf-16 back to utf-8, then save them, the epub then opens up correctly.

Hi,

Yes, I simply used a sed script with 's/utf-16/utf-8/g' and automated it and re-zipped it and all is good.

Thanks for the tip.

KevinH

theducks · 10-08-2010, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Perkin

If I use TweakEpub to open the epub-archive and the edit each of the *.html files and change the xml definition lines from utf-16 back to utf-8, then save them, the epub then opens up correctly.

Thanks
I already rolled back tp 2.4 and restored the damages

was really really really really fast compared to 2.4.
BTW some remnant of the un-install affected Calibre 7.22 (been stable for me), Crashed when retrieving from device (where I got the replacement for the Damaged epub).
Rebooted
so far so good

charleski · 10-08-2010, 01:45 PM

"Sigil now uses "application/x-font-ttf" as the media type in the OPF for TrueType fonts (issue #609) "
It's not critical, but it seems that the IDPF is moving towards standardising "application/vnd.ms-opentype" for both .otf and .ttf files. See http://www.daisy.org/epub/issues/mis...ype-font-files.

Jellby · 10-08-2010, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by charleski

It's not critical, but it seems that the IDPF is moving towards standardising "application/vnd.ms-opentype" for both .otf and .ttf files.

As I understand it, they only recommend it for .otf, and say that .ttf can be packaged (converted) into .otf. But I don't know enough about font formats, could it be that the .ttf can be just renamed to .otf?

Valloric · 10-08-2010, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by charleski

"Sigil now uses "application/x-font-ttf" as the media type in the OPF for TrueType fonts (issue #609) "
It's not critical, but it seems that the IDPF is moving towards standardising "application/vnd.ms-opentype" for both .otf and .ttf files. See http://www.daisy.org/epub/issues/mis...ype-font-files.

No, what they are saying is that they will specify "application/vnd.ms-opentype" for OpenType fonts, which they have done already. See this part of the OPF 2.0.1 draft. They have left the media type for TrueType fonts unspecified. AFAIK it will remain unspecified indefinitely since they believe that we should all just use OTF fonts and forget about the hundreds of TTF fonts we already have. Fat chance.

"application/x-font-ttf" is the de facto standard as a TTF MIME. See this issue on the FlightCrew tracker for a rationale. Even ISO/IEC 29500-1:2006 (OOXML) uses it, and ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC34 recognizes it as the "unofficial" standard.

Valloric · 10-08-2010, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jellby

But I don't know enough about font formats, could it be that the .ttf can be just renamed to .otf?

AFAIK, it can't be.

Valloric · 10-08-2010, 02:28 PM

RC2 is now up.

10-08-2010, 11:19 AM	#1
Valloric Created Sigil, FlightCrew Posts: 1,982 Karma: 350515 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Kobo Clara HD	Sigil 0.3.0RC1 Here's the new 0.3.0RC1 release. More information can be found here. EDIT: Oops messed up the filenames. Stand by. EDIT2: Files with the correct "RC1" version suffix have now been uploaded. Last edited by Valloric; 10-08-2010 at 11:29 AM.

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10-08-2010, 12:08 PM	#2
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 7,643 Karma: 5433388 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Hi Valloric, Very Nice Job! The speed improvement on Mac OSX 10.6 especially when working with one huge html file are truly amazing. No visible delay in loading even huge files and no problems using find and replace to insert chapter break markers and breaking things further. Very very nice job! I assume you built a universal app with 64bit support under Mac OSX since I only saw one Sigil.app in the dmg. From your wording in the above post, I almost expected to see 2 different apps in the dmg (one for 64 bit). I will keep playing around with it over the next few days and let you know how things work out. Given this new version and your new epub validator, now all we need is a spell checker to make things quite complete (and allow me to get away from OpenOffice completely in my work flow). Thanks! KevinH

10-08-2010, 12:18 PM	#3
Valloric Created Sigil, FlightCrew Posts: 1,982 Karma: 350515 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Kobo Clara HD	Now if only it could save properly... I'm taking RC1 down until I figure this one out.

10-08-2010, 12:26 PM	#4
Perkin Guru Posts: 655 Karma: 64171 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Kent, England, Sol 3, ZZ9 plural Z Alpha Device: Sony PRS-300, Kobo Aura HD, iPad (Marvin)	I was just about to report the save issue.

10-08-2010, 12:41 PM	#5
Perkin Guru Posts: 655 Karma: 64171 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Kent, England, Sol 3, ZZ9 plural Z Alpha Device: Sony PRS-300, Kobo Aura HD, iPad (Marvin)	Valloric, just noticed, if I extract the archive, the actual contents are encoded correctly and aren't 'garbled'. If that helps?

10-08-2010, 12:52 PM	#7
Perkin Guru Posts: 655 Karma: 64171 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Kent, England, Sol 3, ZZ9 plural Z Alpha Device: Sony PRS-300, Kobo Aura HD, iPad (Marvin)	If I use TweakEpub to open the epub-archive and the edit each of the *.html files and change the xml definition lines from utf-16 back to utf-8, then save them, the epub then opens up correctly.

10-08-2010, 01:05 PM	#8
Valloric Created Sigil, FlightCrew Posts: 1,982 Karma: 350515 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Kobo Clara HD	The problem has been fixed. The build system is building all the installers, DMGs etc and that takes a while. Expect RC2 in a couple of hours.

10-08-2010, 01:45 PM	#11
charleski Wizard Posts: 1,196 Karma: 1281258 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505	"Sigil now uses "application/x-font-ttf" as the media type in the OPF for TrueType fonts (issue #609) " It's not critical, but it seems that the IDPF is moving towards standardising "application/vnd.ms-opentype" for both .otf and .ttf files. See http://www.daisy.org/epub/issues/mis...ype-font-files.

10-08-2010, 02:28 PM	#15
Valloric Created Sigil, FlightCrew Posts: 1,982 Karma: 350515 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Kobo Clara HD	RC2 is now up.

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