What does saving a "poorly formed" epub do?

[Gregg Bell]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Yes. The No is the default answer. You're not being offered a chance to abort the save--saving is a given. The only thing you can change is whether or not it Mends first. It's giving you a final chance to override your Save preference setting and not Mend the code first.

Ok. Got it. Thanks Diap.

[KevinH]

And that is exactly the message I asked if you had seen and you said "no" so now I am confused.

[Gregg Bell]

Originally Posted by KevinH

And that is exactly the message I asked if you had seen and you said "no" so now I am confused.

Well, I didn't see that message in the code-like way you showed it in post #3. It was just the window like I posted in the attachment. So if the code you posted in post #3 is the same as what's in the window I attached, then yeah, it is the exact same message.

[DiapDealer]

For further reference: you never used to be able to save an epub with Sigil at all when there was malformed html present in it. You had to find the error and fix it before you could successfully save it. People lobbied for the ability to be able to save the epub in it's error state so they could fix it later. The message box with the choice you were presented with was born to grant that user wish.

[Gregg Bell]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

For further reference: you never used to be able to save an epub with Sigil at all when there was malformed html present in it. You had to find the error and fix it before you could successfully save it. People lobbied for the ability to be able to save the epub in it's error state so they could fix it later. The message box with the choice you were presented with was born to grant that user wish.

Ok. That's good to know. I'll just have to pay close attention to that Preview window for an error message, as certainly, I never want to save a malformed html.

And I must not have saved a malformed .html because when you do, Sigil gives you a warning that you did so when you re-open the file. So I think my .epub that I was concerned about is in good shape.

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by Gregg Bell

And I must not have saved a malformed .html because when you do, Sigil gives you a warning that you did so when you re-open the file. So I think my .epub that I was concerned about is in good shape.

That's a fairly safe assumption.

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by Doitsu

Yes, it'll display an approximate location. As KevinH has already suggested, you might want to enable the Preview window, because it'll immediately display a red warning if something is wrong with the HTML code. For example:




The actual chances are rather slim, but there is a theoretical possibility that you might lose some text.

My old friend, the PSO'D! Ah, memories....

Hitch