Sigil 2.8.0 Released

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Sigil 2.8.0

Sigil 2.8.0 is a mixture of bugfixes and new features.

New Features

• create a separate Change Reading Order dialog for those who can not use drag and drop
• create a Drop Zone for users who want to use drag and drop to add files to their epub
• rewrite ImageTab to allow for basic image adjustments: rotate right, rotate left, crop, resize
• allow users more control over Prettify using prettyprint.xml created in Sigil prefs.
• update all CI github actions to the latest versions
• add cability to de-nest the newly native nested CSS so that it will work with e-readers
• in ImageViewer move image description to the top (Thank you BeckyEbook)
• make ImageView open images fitted to its window automatically (Thanks BeckyEbook)
• recognize more core mediatypes for image/jxl and imaage/avif from epub 3.4 spec
• recognize json as a mediatype in Sigil in prep for epub 3.4 spec (Thanks drmhessler)
• support json syntax highlighting in CodeView to support epub 3.4 spec (Thanks drmhessler)
• add new epub3 tool menu items to safely add and remove the nav from the OPF spine

Bug Fixes

• make sure assigned clip number is not editable in ClipEditor
• greatly speed up All Files report generation in epub3s with manifest properties
• greatly speed up Delete Used Media by caching current cover image
• greatly speed up adding bulk resources to the OPF to speed up Add Existing ...
• fix bug in Open With on MacOS not properly parsing arguments
• fix bug in refreshing plugin toolbars (Thank you BeckyEbook)
• fix bug in GetInfo not using the proper times symbol (Thanks BeckyEbook)
• fix stripping out of css selectors with non properites (empty)
• use resizeColumnsToContents to set DeleteUnunsedMedia and DeleteUnusedStyles column width
• prevent user created custom metadata elements from breaking the lxml parser badly (Thanks BeckyEbook)
• fix bug that stripped out custom metadata from epub before a save
• use more standard shortcuts for for Previous and Next tab
• stop Sigil tools from implicitly adding back nav to spine if not present

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The Sigil Linux AppImage is built on Ubuntu Jammy (22.04) and is targeting glibc 2.35 and higher. Use ldd --version to see if your system at least has a shot at being able to use the AppImage. Don't forget to make sure the AppImage is executable after downloading. Trouble is not expected but be safe and backup your existing Sigil preferences (if you have any) before trying the AppImage.

The latest version of the Sigil User Guide can always be downloaded from the Sigil website, or from its own GitHub repository.

Please check the Sigil website for important Sigil support links, additional resource downloads, and platform-specific trouble-shooting tips/requirements.

The MacOS builds are signed AND notarized.

PGP Fingerprint (for signed tags and source archives): `B5A5 6206 AB0F BC1A 24EF AB8A A166 D29A 8FCD AC63`

All Sigil binary (and source) downloads can also be found as assets at the bottom of The Sigil-2.8.0 Github Release page.

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[KevinH]

Looking for volunteers to help update the Sigil User Guide up to the Sigil 2.8.0 level to include the many new user interface changes, new tools, new menus, new dialogs, we have made over the last handful of releases.
This includes new screen caps and things.

If anyone is willing to help, please grab the very very latest version of the guide from its github repo. I will also build the latest version of the manual and post it as an attachment here.

Please post here (in this thread or PM KevinH) first to lay claim to a specific chapter or section of the guide to prevent any duplication of efforts!

Please note, larger screen cap png images should be converted to jpgs to save space, as the guide is getting a bit overweight. Feel free to do that to any large image.

Any help to bring the guide text and images up to Sigil 2.8.0 would begreatly appreciated (as my writing style is horrible!)

Thanks