Sigil 0.2.0 betas available

[KevinH]

Hi Valloric,

I used to be able to insert one chapter break in a big html file and then switch to codeview and copy the sigil chapter break div and then use find and replace to quickly insert a chapterbreak right before every Chapter start.

I can't seem to figure out how to do that since there is no way to "see" what format the chapter break actually takes since as soon as you insert one in book view the new chapter is split off.

I also used the sigil chapter break divs in my xpml2xhtml.py code (converts pml to xhtml) so that upon loading the new html the chapter breaks were all in place for me. This really sped up conversion of the book to an epub.

Is there some code I can insert inside the single large html files I have, that would make Sigil split the file at that point as it loads it? If not, is there a way to do the splitting via a find&replace in codeview?

Thanks,

KevinH


ps. very nice work! I am having fun with the beta release already!

[polyfragmentiert]

Originally Posted by Valloric

Run these commands and report back:

cd /opt/sigil
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD
./sigil

Same result as before. Thanks for bearing with me on this!

[paulpeer]

Great improvement. Thanks! One minor problem: If you're working in code view, and open a new chapter, this always opens in book view. As I always work in code view, this is rather annoying.

[KevinH]

Hi Valloric,

A quick question:

If I click on an internal link, the right chapter tab pops up perfectly. However, in the bookview at the left of the screen, it still shows the old location (before following the link).

Is this a feature so that I can copy something from here and simply return to where I was before following the link to edit/paste something, or should the book view on the left be updated to follow the link as well?

If a buglet, do you want me to open an official report?

Thanks,

KevinH

[Valloric]

Originally Posted by KevinH

Is there some code I can insert inside the single large html files I have, that would make Sigil split the file at that point as it loads it? If not, is there a way to do the splitting via a find&replace in codeview?

Not anymore, no. The chapter break inserting actual code in the book was an ugly hack (which you apparently put to good use), so 0.2.0 uses JavaScript to read all relevant content (starting from the caret element) and create a new chapter. Nothing is being inserted anymore.

But there should be a way to do the split from the Code View. Add it to the tracker.

Originally Posted by polyfragmentiert

Same result as before. Thanks for bearing with me on this!

I just got this to replicate. I'll provide you with more information when I have it.

Originally Posted by paulpeer

Great improvement. Thanks! One minor problem: If you're working in code view, and open a new chapter, this always opens in book view. As I always work in code view, this is rather annoying.

This will have to wait until an options screen is created where you'll be able to set which View do you prefer as the default one. Sometime after 0.2.1. But soon.

[Valloric]

Originally Posted by KevinH

If I click on an internal link, the right chapter tab pops up perfectly. However, in the bookview at the left of the screen, it still shows the old location (before following the link).

Is this a feature so that I can copy something from here and simply return to where I was before following the link to edit/paste something, or should the book view on the left be updated to follow the link as well?

I'm not following, sorry. What do you mean by "left" Book View? The original tab with the link? And by internal link, do you mean internal to the book or to the chapter?

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Valloric

Not anymore, no. The chapter break inserting actual code in the book was an ugly hack (which you apparently put to good use), so 0.2.0 uses JavaScript to read all relevant content (starting from the caret element) and create a new chapter. Nothing is being inserted anymore.

But there should be a way to do the split from the Code View. Add it to the tracker.

i put that code to the same good use. i'll also be very happy to see some way of automating chapter splits in Sigil 0.2. maybe something as simple as adding "file split" to a "special" list of elements you can use in the s&r dialogue, and replace all occurences of "<h3" (or whatever h you're using for your chapters) with "filesplit <h3". that would be great.

[paulpeer]

Is there a way to search, or search and replace, in the whole book? It seems to work only in one chapter at a time ...

[KevinH]

Originally Posted by Valloric

I'm not following, sorry. What do you mean by "left" Book View? The original tab with the link? And by internal link, do you mean internal to the book or to the chapter?

Hi,

Yes, I am not being very clear am I? On the left side of my screen is a sidebar which is called "Book Browser" (not book view, as I called it). Across the top is a set of tabs for each file/chapter.

If I click on an internal link that jumps to another chapter of the book. The set of tabs across the top automatically brings the destination tab to the front, ready to work with it. The highlighted chapter in Book Browser on the left sidebar stays with the old chapter (where the original link was I followed) and does not update.

I was unsure if this was a bug or a feature and wanted to know if you wanted me to open a bug report on this behaviour or not.

Thanks,

KevinH

[plazec]

Valloric: Thanks! Great piece of software! Speed Issues are gone so I can use Sigil finally

Things I noticed so far:

- There is no simple way to merge two chapters... no undo button after accidental pagebreak

- How is splitview intended to work? For example when code window is active pressing pagedown key moves book window. Are positions in code and book window independent when using splitview?

and finally book browser - I'd like to set active tab on single click on its name in list rather than with doubleclick.

[bobcdy]

Usually when starting with a Project Gutenberg text file, I open it with Word 2003, correct spelling, etc., enter the html tags, and save it as a utf-8 text. I then open it with Notepad++ and save it as an html file. Finally, I open it with Sigil 0.1.9 and save as epub. Sigil has automatically split all the chapters for the epub so when I open it with Sigil 0.2.0 all the files are present.

If I open the html file with Sigil 0.2.0 then save it as epub, when I close and reopen it, the html file has not be split into chapters, style sheets, etc. and the html file is the only file present. It is not a proper epub, and on reopening it with Sigil 0.1.9 I find that the styles have been deleted. With Sigil 0.2.0 I must somehow split the file into chapters, style sheet, images, etc. - but how do I do this? How do I even know what files are necessary?

As a dedicated Sigil 0.1.9 user, it appears on first use that Sigil has lost the advantage it had with the simple interface of the previous version, and now there is only a small advantage to using Sigil compared to simply starting from scratch with an html file, splitting it manually into the proper files, and zipping the final result.

[Valloric]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i put that code to the same good use.

I just thought of a way: create an SGF. SGF is just an epub with one large XHTML file with the chapter break code instead of many different chapters.

So...

1. Extract any SGF file.
2. Replace the content of the sole XHTML file inside the OEBPS folder with any HTML content you wish.
3. [optional] Edit the OPF file with any metadata or whatever.
4. Zip the OEBPS and META-INF folders into a ZIP archive, changing the extension to SGF. Don't bother with the "mimetype" file, Sigil doesn't care.
5. Open in 0.2.0.
6. ...
7. Profit!

If you have any images, you can add those to the SGF directly (don't forget to list them in the OPF), or you could just add them in the Book Browser.

That's the best I have for you now.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Valloric

I just thought of a way: create an SGF. SGF is just an epub with one large XHTML file with the chapter break code instead of many different chapters.

So...

1. Extract any SGF file.
2. Replace the content of the sole XHTML file inside the OEBPS folder with any HTML content you wish.
3. [optional] Edit the OPF file with any metadata or whatever.
4. Zip the OEBPS and META-INF folders into a ZIP archive, changing the extension to SGF. Don't bother with the "mimetype" file, Sigil doesn't care.
5. Open in 0.2.0.
6. ...
7. Profit!

If you have any images, you can add those to the SGF directly (don't forget to list them in the OPF), or you could just add them in the Book Browser.

That's the best I have for you now.

i will keep that in mind. thanks for the solution.

[KevinH]

> But there should be a way to do the split from the Code View. Add it to the tracker.

Done as an enhancement request: Issue 262

http://code.google.com/p/sigil/issues/detail?id=262

Thanks!

KevinH

[Valloric]

Originally Posted by bobcdy

Usually when starting with a Project Gutenberg text file, I open it with Word 2003, correct spelling, etc., enter the html tags, and save it as a utf-8 text. I then open it with Notepad++ and save it as an html file. Finally, I open it with Sigil 0.1.9 and save as epub. Sigil has automatically split all the chapters for the epub so when I open it with Sigil 0.2.0 all the files are present.

You seem to be using Sigil as an automatic converter. That's not the intended use case.

Also, Sigil would never split the HTML file automatically.

Originally Posted by bobcdy

If I open the html file with Sigil 0.2.0 then save it as epub, when I close and reopen it, the html file has not be split into chapters, style sheets, etc. and the html file is the only file present. It is not a proper epub, and on reopening it with Sigil 0.1.9 I find that the styles have been deleted. With Sigil 0.2.0 I must somehow split the file into chapters, style sheet, images, etc. - but how do I do this? How do I even know what files are necessary?

What do you mean by "the styles have been deleted"? And if your HTML file references images or stylesheets, those should have been picked up on import, even in 0.2.0. If they haven't, that's a bug report.

Originally Posted by bobcdy

As a dedicated Sigil 0.1.9 user, it appears on first use that Sigil has lost the advantage it had with the simple interface of the previous version, and now there is only a small advantage to using Sigil compared to simply starting from scratch with an html file, splitting it manually into the proper files, and zipping the final result.

I'm sorry you feel that way. I've gotten the message that the users want a way to split chapters using only the Code View, and this should make things easier for you.