Accented letters not detected on HTML import

HarryT · 08-11-2009, 07:22 AM

When I import an HTML file into Sigil which is encoded for the 1252 character set, "extended" characters such as accented letters, dashes, etc, all end up being displayed as a little "diamond" with a question mark in it by Sigil. Is there any way to support the recognition of these characters?

[I've checked the issues log, and can't see any mention of this.]

ldolse · 08-11-2009, 07:34 AM

I suspect that might be an enhancement request to support non-unicode encodings.

Should be simple to save the doc in UTF-8 before opening in Sigil regardless.

Valloric · 08-11-2009, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

When I import an HTML file into Sigil which is encoded for the 1252 character set, "extended" characters such as accented letters, dashes, etc, all end up being displayed as a little "diamond" with a question mark in it by Sigil. Is there any way to support the recognition of these characters?

If your HTML file specifies an encoding, Sigil should convert it to Unicode just fine. But I too have noticed some problems with this lately (on your Haggard Anthology actually).

Create an issue and attach a file illustrating this (the smaller the file, the better).

HarryT · 08-11-2009, 08:14 AM

Will do.

HarryT · 08-11-2009, 08:32 AM

I've raised issue #74, with a one-paragraph sample HTML file which illustrates the problem. It contains the word "protégée"; on import into Sigil, the two letters with accents are replaced with "?" in a diamond.

Valloric · 08-11-2009, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

I've raised issue #74, with a one-paragraph sample HTML file which illustrates the problem. It contains the word "protégée"; on import into Sigil, the two letters with accents are replaced with "?" in a diamond.

See my comment on that issue. You need to reorder the <meta> tag. I'll implement a workaround for this in the next release.

HarryT · 08-11-2009, 08:53 AM

Thanks!

08-11-2009, 07:22 AM	#1
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Accented letters not detected on HTML import When I import an HTML file into Sigil which is encoded for the 1252 character set, "extended" characters such as accented letters, dashes, etc, all end up being displayed as a little "diamond" with a question mark in it by Sigil. Is there any way to support the recognition of these characters? [I've checked the issues log, and can't see any mention of this.]

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08-11-2009, 07:34 AM	#2
ldolse Wizard Posts: 1,337 Karma: 123455 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Malaysia Device: PRS-650, iPhone	I suspect that might be an enhancement request to support non-unicode encodings. Should be simple to save the doc in UTF-8 before opening in Sigil regardless.

08-11-2009, 08:14 AM	#4
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Will do.

08-11-2009, 08:32 AM	#5
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I've raised issue #74, with a one-paragraph sample HTML file which illustrates the problem. It contains the word "protégée"; on import into Sigil, the two letters with accents are replaced with "?" in a diamond.

08-11-2009, 08:53 AM	#7
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Thanks!