Releases · Sigil-Ebook/Sigil

10 Aug 13:22

dougmassay

0.9.17

3041982

Sigil-0.9.17

Sigil-0.9.17 is primarily a bug fix release for bugs that were uncovered after our port to QtWebEngine.

Bug Fixes:

fix missing python3 network certifications on macOS
do not apply named entities in Preserve Entities to epub3 epubs
fix build docs for macOS
prevent FlowTab destructor race crash when opening a new book (Linux, Mac, Windows)
fix suggestions for built-in en_US dictionary by adding "x" to the TRY list
fix plugins adding and deleting ncx under epub3
throw exception in plugins when epub2 tries to add or delete the ncx
fix bad Warning message about missing nav.xhtml file that was not missing
fix CodeView to Preview sync breakage due to minimize/restore
fix CodeView to Preview sync breakage due to attempting to load the Preview before it
finished loading the last update
fix sigil_bs4 to work with latest python lxml 4.4.X in a backwards compatible manner
fix missing Preview to CodeView sync on Qt versions 5.9.X and 5.10.X
fix segfault on app close related to the PreviewWindow update timer firing at a bad time
fix CodeView to Preview syncing loss caused by spurious load finished signals
fix macOS specific bug that allowed multiple MainWindows to become tabs

New Features

add a python3 plugin module navprocessor.py for plugin devs
show Preview by default (tabified with TOC) for new installations of Sigil

Be aware that Sigil-0.9.17 no longer enforces the need for epub3 to have and support an NCX for the purposes of backward compatibility with epub2 reading systems. There are, however, built-in tools to allow users to add backward compatibility features such as the NCX to their epub3.

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

Mac users should still download and install ActiveState's ActiveTcl Community Edition to utilize plugins that use Tk/Tcl GUIs. More here.

The latest Sigil user guide can always be downloaded from its own repository.

Assets 7

20 Jul 22:55

dougmassay

0.9.16

5b867e5

Sigil-0.9.16

The first Official Release of Sigil ported to QtWebEngine to replace QtWebKit. And yes ... Book View is still really gone. But the companion external editing application PageEdit is available for those who still need/want a similar functionality.

New Features

added epub3 tool: Generate NCX/Guide for epub2 e-readers
added epub3 tool: Remove NCX and Guide
added right click on link in Preview copies url to clipboard
added check mark indicator for current semantic set in AddSemantics dialog
opf guide is no longer used/updated in epub3, unless new epub3 tool menu is used
harden Sigil against maliciously crafted epub zip archives (aka zip-slip attacks)
added bk.getnavid() to the plugin framework and navprocessor.py for plugin devs
updated build documents to the latest Qt 5.12.3 and Python 3.7.2)

Bug Fixes

add missing title tag to nav head to make epubcheck happy
add dcterms:modified to empty epub 3 opf to keep epubcheck happy
fix lost Preview-CodeView sync when internal links are followed in Preview
fix macOS specific bug with newer versions of PIL (Pillow) used by plugins
no longer link against unused Qt frameworks when building (thank you eli-schwartz!)
prevent MS VC++ automatic reboots during Windows installs
prevent user from changing semantics of the nav file itself (it must be set to "toc")
fix bug that dropped nav from spine when HTML TOC created

Be aware that Sigil-0.9.16 no longer enforces the need for epub3 to have and support an NCX for the purposes of backward compatibility with epub2 reading systems. There are, however, built-in tools to allow users to add backward compatibility features such as the NCX to their epub3.

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

Mac users should still download and install ActiveState's ActiveTcl Community Edition to utilize plugins that use Tk/Tcl GUIs. More here.

The latest Sigil user guide can always be downloaded from its own repository.

Assets 7

26 Jun 02:13

dougmassay

0.9.15

ea7f27d

Sigil-0.9.15 Pre-release

Pre-release

A Beta Release of Sigil ported to QtWebEngine to replace QtWebKit

New Features

ported to use QtWebEngine (based on Chromium) to replace QtWebkit
QtWebEngine plugs many major memory leaks. Memory footprint should stay low to moderate.
QtWebEngine has ongoing security and support patches from Qt/Google/Chromium
removes the broken/deprecated BookView Editor that relied on QtWebKit
created PageEdit app (that uses QtWebEngine) that replaces much BookView functionality
(see https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/PageEdit)
allows the user to control use of javascript and remote access by epubs when editing
to improve overall security
adds action to launch one preferred external xhtml editor via shortcut or icon
(can be used to fast launch PageEdit app or any other xhtml open-with editor)
adds 5 more plugin quicklaunch buttons to main menu for a total of 10
(with all new icons! Thanks so much Becky!)

It also includes all of the fixes and updates from Sigil-0.9.14.

Be aware that Sigil-0.9.15 still enforces the need for epub3 to have and support an NCX so that it generates as backward a compatible epub as possible. This may be relaxed in future releases.

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

Assets 7

11 Jun 02:21

dougmassay

0.9.14

a637bcf

Sigil-0.9.14

This Sigil release is primarily to address performance issues and memory leaks, but there are a still some new features and other bug fixes as described below.

Bug Fixes

flush all changes to disk before creating a Report so that files sizes are correct
stop writing python bytecode to Program Files on Windows
remember cover semantics if cover image replaced by Add Existing...
fix issues with the Plugin Framework documentation epub
more memory leaks plugged
minor code cleanups

New Features

updated to Qt 5.12.3 with Annulen Webkit 5.212 with extra QtCursor memory leak fixes
updated to Python 3.7.2
updated build docs for macOS, Linux and Windows
build system now uses GNUInstallDirs to determine the best installation libdir on Linux
updated desktop integration for Linux
reduce PCRE cache size to help lower memory footprint
improve mapping of hunspell dictionary names to actual language names (thanks BeckyDTP)
add warning during import if unmanifested files exist in the epub zip archive
no longer requires use of non-breaking space entities (or any entities at all!)
special spaces are now visisble via syntax highlighting in CodeView
dropping epubs on Sigil.app no longer opens an extra empty epub on macOS
reload Preview only when needed to help prevent screen flicker and lower memory use
enabled Windows automated builds using Apppveyor
Windows releases now compiled with Visual Studio 2017
characters in HTML files report now uses gumbo for speed
allow user's custom plugin icons to survive a plugin update

Sigil 0.9.14 will mark the last version that uses QtWebKit, and will be the last version to support editing in BookView. More here.

Be aware that Sigil-0.9.14 still enforces the need for epub3 to have and support an NCX so that it generates as backward a compatible epub as possible. This may be relaxed in future releases.

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

Assets 8

21 Mar 01:10

dougmassay

0.9.13

65d8ecd

Sigil-0.9.13

NOTICE: If after installing Sigil v0.9.13 (or higher), Sigil is crashing, won't run correctly, or won't start at all, check out this wiki notice before filing a report or asking for assistance.

This Sigil release is primarily to address bugs introduced by the upgrade to Qt5.11.2 and Python 3.7 in the previous releases and to revert the conversion of Sigil ini files to the utf-8 character encoding.

Bug Fixes

Revert change of INI encoding to utf-8 as QSettings very broken under utf-8 (commit 5484463)
Ensure all url attributes in shape-outside properties in CSS stylesheets get updated (commit de7b09f)
Workaround for lost cursor in qlineedit Qt bug (issue #398) (commit a8acab7)
Workaround missing File New, Open, Quit menus in Mac menubar if windows closed (commit 660a8aa)
Remove Icon from Tab for macOS only to workaround Qt bug (commit 5c91924)
Plug some memory leaks (commits: 85f78d7, cb9b833, 614d601, bf2f2f4, ebfb613, 4qa8f33)
Backport Qt 5.12alpha fix to prevent heap corruption due to qwidget next focus pointers (commit f5c7284)
Plug macOS memory leaks when closing a main window (commit fbf9015)
Put back quote in tag name bug fix lost in recent changes (commit ebd8c7c)
Disable Netscape Plugins being used in BookView and Preview Window (commit 79314ea)
Use custom version of qtwebkit with Qt 5.5 memory leak fix added back and no load plugins if disabled
(see commits 94a28d7, 9f7ebba, and 4b968a9)

New Features

Add filename to tab tooltip (commit 27f8db7)
Clear memory caches when Preview changes to keep memory footprint smaller (commit 87b9247)
Update to MathJax 2.75, adds support for mathml mlongdiv, mstack, mcarries (commit 568aba5)
Reduce memory footprint by letting worker threads expire (commit c1ee7ea)
Reduce memory footprint by properly setting web page caches (commit 9f07cbe)

Be aware that Sigil-0.9.13 still enforces the need for epub3 to have and support an NCX so that it generates as backward a compatible epub as possible. This may be relaxed in future releases.

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

Assets 8

19 Feb 21:59

dougmassay

0.9.12

2c70d2e

Sigil-0.9.12

This is a buggy version of Sigil. Don't use it. If you have good backups of your Sigil 0.9.10 (or earlier) preferences, roll back to Sigil 0.9.10 and restore your backed up preferences. If you don't have backups of your Sigil 0.9.10 (or earlier) preferences, roll back to Sigil 0.9.10 anyway and recreate your preferences as best you can from within Sigil's UI. Those preferences will be usable with the release of Sigil that follows 0.9.12.

This Sigil release is primarily to address bugs introduced by the upgrade to Qt5.11.2 and Python 3.7 in the previous release.

Bug Fixes

fix typo in cssreformatter that caused errors with @ fontface (issue #394)
workaround for qt bug affecting tab close buttons on Mac (commit f3b9399)
fix Mac Qt5 plugin dylibs that macdeployqt broke in Sigil-0.9.11

Be aware that Sigil-0.9.12 still enforces the need for epub3 to have and support an NCX so that it generates as backward a compatible epub as possible. This may be relaxed in future releases.

Starting with Sigil-0.9.11, Sigil's ini preference files will be utf-8 encoded to more easily allow users to manually edit them. NOTE: before upgrading to Sigil-0.9.11, please make and save a backup of your preferences files. There is no issue with the conversion moving forward, but if, for whatever reason, you need to roll back to an earlier version of Sigil, utf-8 encoded unicode characters in your ini files will not work with earlier versions of Sigil. So please be safe and make a backup just in case.

The decision to move to utf-8 encoded preference files was reverted and will be back to normal starting with Sigil v0.9.13

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

Assets 5

16 Feb 19:14

dougmassay

0.9.11

c2ad4bc

Sigil-0.9.11

This is a buggy version of Sigil. Don't use it. If you have good backups of your Sigil 0.9.10 (or earlier) preferences, roll back to Sigil 0.9.10 and restore your backed up preferences. If you don't have backups of your Sigil 0.9.10 (or earlier) preferences, roll back to Sigil 0.9.10 anyway and recreate your preferences as best you can from within Sigil's UI. Those preferences will be usable with the release of Sigil that follows 0.9.12.

Sigil-0.9.11

For the impatient, the installer files (and source) can be found as assets at the bottom of this Github Release page.

This Sigil release is a mix of bug fixes and new features for both epub2 and epub3 users. Some of the highlights for this release include:

The decision to move to utf-8 encoded preference files was reverted and will be back to normal starting with Sigil v0.9.13

The Windows and Mac installers have been updated to use Qt5.11.2 and Python 3.7.

Restore ability to click in the Preview window to reposition to the same point in Code View while keeping the ability to follow links in Preview.

Allow users to maintain up to 5 external programs per file type with the Open With feature.

Sigil 0.9.11+ no longer supports Windows Vista.

Sigil 0.9.11+ no longer supports macOS 10.9 and macOS 10.10. macOS upgrades are available for free directly from Apple.

The specific changes/additions follow...

Bug Fixes

after mend and prettify - put cursor at enclosing tag if possible
allow both links in Preview and clicking in Preview to reposition CV
fix new cursor repositioning under new tab ala Spellcheck
fix prettyprinting of the mark tag in gumbo and sigil_bs4
fix crash when tagname illegally (for xhtml) includes single or double quotes
fix crash in Reports for non-wellformed xhtml that was okay under html5
fix deletion of multiple css files when Book View is open (Windows)
fix bug in reformat CSS with media queries
fix bug in closing some tabs needlessly when linking stylesheets
fix crash bug in gumbo parser under very strange circumstances
remove empty guide elements in epub2 opf as epubcheck now flags these
fix issue with index generation reordering spine entries under certain conditions

New Features

update official builds to use Qt 5.11.2 and Python 3.7
update internal Python modules to use latest versions
update Sigil's gumbo parser to fix all known bugs and greatly speedup parsing
embed new project css_parser (fork of cssutils) as a python library to fix css parsing
Sigil no longer attempts to upgrade the VC++ runtime on Windows. It only installs the
bundled VC++ runtime if there is no compatible version already installed
add support for internal but unmanifested opf metadata link resources under epub3
extend "Open With" context menu to allow up to 5 external editors per resource type
make format of all Sigil ini files to be utf-8 encoded to more easily allow user changes

Be aware that Sigil-0.9.11 still enforces the need for epub3 to have and support an NCX so that it generates as backward a compatible epub as possible. This may be relaxed in future releases.

Sigil-0.9.11 like its predecessors passed all of the following tests for epub3 support: iframe, img, audio, video , mathml, svg (except for svg support in the spine), javascript, and of course recognizing and allowing html5 specific tags like section, and etc. Sigil-0.9.11 also supports javascript based local-storage and display of embedded pdfs.

Download Location

The official location for downloading this Sigil release (and all official releases) is:

https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/releases/tag/0.9.11

The latest version of the Sigil User Guide can be downloaded from: https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/sigil-user-guide/releases/latest

Downloading binaries from anyplace else is simply NOT a good idea as they could inject anything into their own downloads. After downloading, please verify the downloaded binary exactly matches what was originally posted by running an SHA 256 checksum on the file before installing it. See the file Sigil-0.9.11-CHECKSUMS.sha256.txt for the correct checksums for each file and instructions for how to calculate a SHA 256 Checksum for your download. The Mac OS X Package has also been code signed with my Apple Developer signature.

Windows Users

If your current version of Sigil is 0.9.6 or earlier, it's recommended (but not required) that you uninstall that version before installing 0.9.11. Some compiled Python files have had their file extentions changed (as well as the change to Python 3.7). As a result, there will be a lot of extraneous files left lying around if you just install the new over the old. It won't cause any functionality problems, but if disk space is at a premium, you may want to clean things up a bit. You can do this by uninstalling Sigil at any time (even after 0.9.11 is installed) and reinstalling. Doing so won't affect your any of your preferences, plugins, keyboard shortcuts, clips, saved searches, etc.

Linux Users

There are currently no official binary releases available for Linux on the Sigil Release page. Please check with your favorite distro's software repositories to see if they have Sigil for installation via your OS's package management system. If not, there are build instructions for compiling Sigil yourself in the source archive's docs directory: https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/tree/master/docs

Don't forget the FlightCrew plugin

Please note, the epub2 validator FlightCrew has been converted to a plugin for Sigil 0.8.900 and later.
This plugin has been updated for Sigil-0.9.3 (and later). It can be downloaded from the official Sigil-Ebook flightcrew repository if you have not already installed it.

https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/flightcrew/releases/latest

Attention Mac OS X Users

Per the recommendation of www.python.org (see https://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/), due to bugs and the age of Apple's internal Tcl library, you should also download and install ActiveState's ActiveTcl Community Edition. To get the latest bug fixes, Sigil-0.9.11's embedded Python has been linked with version: Tcl 8.6.4.1

We may not redistribute this Package with Sigil due to ActiveState's binary non-redistribution policy.

So please, if you have not already done so download and install this version of ActiveState's Active Tcl Community Edition, until we get a chance to do our own build of Tcl 8.6.X from source for future releases. ActiveState is a primary contributor to www.python.org and a respected and trusted source for python and tcl/tk related binaries on both Windows and Mac OS X.

See: http://www.activestate.com/activetcl/downloads
Version: 8.6.4.1 or later 8.6.X release

Signed Source Archives and Git Tags

Starting with Sigil v0.9.9, the Git tags and source archives used for Sigil releases are signed with Doug Massay's PGP Key. His public key can be found and retrieved from any public key server. The fingerprint for his public key is: B5A5 6206 AB0F BC1A 24EF AB8A A166 D29A 8FCD AC63

Some Additional things

When you fire up Sigil for the very first time:

navigate to the new General Preferences and select the default
epub version you plan to work with (epub 2 or epub3) so that new
empty ebooks start with the correct code.
if you plan to work with epub3 epubs, you should change your
PreserveEntities setting to use ONLY NUMERIC entities.
For example use   for non-breaking spaces and etc.
We strongly recommend enabling Mend On Open in your settings
for best performance with Sigil.

Assets 5

27 Jul 22:49

dougmassay

0.9.10

42804b8

Sigil-0.9.10

This Sigil release is a mix of bug fixes and new features for both epub2 and epub3 users. Some of the highlights for this release include:

Allow plugins to supply their own icon (plugin.png 48x48) for use on the Quick Launch Toolbar icons.

Allow users to add custom css rules to Preview/Book View by creating a file called "custom_preview_style.css" in the Sigil preferences folder.

The Sigil User Manual was updated to include the feature set consistent with Sigil v0.9.x. We have Tex2002ans to thank for this!

Many crashing scenarios were also addressed.

The specific changes/additions follow...

Bug Fixes

Fix signal handling to prevent double launch of plugins immediately after plugin installed
Fixed incorrect named entity tooltips for many of the Insert-> Special Characters
Fixed lack of recognition of woff2 fonts inside Sigil and for plugins
Fix segfault when .xml is first file in BookBrowser and add new html or split at cursor is invoked
Fix bug that allowed multiple audio/video tabs of the same resource to be opened
Fix plugin related bug when adding/removing last xhtml file
Fix Text Direction setting inside body to use structural dir attribute under epub3
Fix duplicate group-position property in epub3 MetaData Editor
Use absolute path references when first opening Sigil with an ebook so that Open Recent works better
Fix "issue" in handling self-closing script tags in head (similar issue that we had with self-closing title tags)
Fix issue converting Qt Strings to their Python equivalent when outside the BMP
Fix issue with trying to add existing html files when names clash due to case insensitive file systems
Fix crash bug after styling text in BookView and immediately going to CodeView without moving cursor
Fix crash bugs after deleting resources contained in a Report in the BookBrowser
Fix bug that destroys nav if left in unparseable state by user even temporarily
Fix bug that moved cursor to beginning of tag block when save is done in CodeView

New Features

allow plugins to supply their own icon (plugin.png 48x48) for use on the Quick Launch Toolbar icons
extend plugin interface to include the status of the epub inside Sigil (modified or saved)
extend plugin interface to include the path to the saved epub file or the null string if never saved
extend Insert->Special Characters to include both a Greek letter panel and a mathematical symbol panel
add support for calibre:series and calibre:series_index to Metadata Editor for epub2
add support for calibre:title_sort to Metadata Editor for epub2
add support for clicking internal links in Preview to load the proper destination tab
add support for loading Qt's base translation files if present. Allows buttons on native qt dialogs to
be translated (Windows users may need to manually copy newer qtbase_xx.qm files to Sigil's translation
directory if they didn't exist in Qt5.6.2)
allow user to add custom css rules to Preview/Book View by creating a file called "custom_preview_style.css"
in the Sigil preferences folder (not responsible for custom css and ebook css fighting with each other)

Be aware that Sigil-0.9.10 still enforces the need for epub3 to have and support an NCX so that it generates as backward a compatible epub as possible. This may be relaxed in future releases.

Sigil-0.9.10 like its predecessors passed all of the following tests for epub3 support: iframe, img, audio, video , mathml, svg (except for svg support in the spine), javascript, and of course recognizing and allowing html5 specific tags like section, and etc. Sigil-0.9.10 also supports javascript based local-storage and display of embedded pdfs.

Download Location

The official location for downloading this Sigil release (and all official releases) is:

https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/releases/tag/0.9.10

The latest version of the Sigil User Guide can be downloaded from: https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/raw/master/docs/Sigil_User_Guide.epub

Downloading binaries from anyplace else is simply NOT a good idea as they could inject anything into their own downloads. After downloading, please verify the downloaded binary exactly matches what was originally posted by running an SHA 256 checksum on the file before installing it. See the file Sigil-0.9.10-CHECKSUMS.sha256.txt for the correct checksums for each file and instructions for how to calculate a SHA 256 Checksum for your download. The Mac OS X Package has also been code signed with my Apple Developer signature.

Windows Users

If your current version of Sigil is 0.9.6 or earlier, it's recommended (but not required) that you uninstall that version before installing 0.9.10. Some compiled Python files have had their file extentions changed (as well as the change to Python 3.5). As a result, there will be a lot of extraneous files left lying around if you just install the new over the old. It won't cause any functionality problems, but if disk space is at a premium, you may want to clean things up a bit. You can do this by uninstalling Sigil at any time (even after 0.9.10 is installed) and reinstalling. Doing so won't affect your any of your preferences, plugins, keyboard shortcuts, clips, saved searches, etc.

Linux Users

Don't forget the FlightCrew plugin

https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/flightcrew/releases/tag/0.9.1

Attention Mac OS X Users

Per the recommendation of www.python.org (see https://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/), due to bugs and the age of Apple's internal Tcl library, you should also download and install ActiveState's ActiveTcl Community Edition. To get the latest bug fixes, Sigil-0.9.10's embedded Python has been linked with the very latest version: Tcl 8.6.4.1

We may not redistribute this Package with Sigil due to ActiveState's binary non-redistribution policy.

So please, if you have not already done so download and install this version of ActiveState's Active Tcl Community Edition, until we get a chance to do our own build of Tcl 8.6.4.1 from source for future releases. ActiveState is a primary contributor to www.python.org and a respected and trusted source for python and tcl/tk related binaries on both Windows and Mac OS X.

See: http://www.activestate.com/activetcl/downloads
Version: 8.6.4.1

Signed Source Archives and Git Tags

Some Additional things

When you fire up Sigil for the very first time:

navigate to the new General Preferences and select the default
epub version you plan to work with (epub 2 or epub3) so that new
empty ebooks start with the correct code.
if you plan to work with epub3 epubs, you should change your
PreserveEntities setting to use ONLY NUMERIC entities.
For example use & # 1 6 0 ; for non-breaking spaces and etc.
We strongly recommend enabling Mend On Open in your settings
for best performance with Sigil.

Assets 8

22 Dec 23:21

dougmassay

0.9.9

93a56d1

Sigil-0.9.9

Sigil-0.9.9

This Sigil release is a mix of bug fixes and new features for both epub2 and epub3 users. Some of the highlights for this release include:

Fixed the bug on Windows where smart right single quotes used for apostrophes couldn't be added properly added to a user word list. This one has been aroud for a while!

Ability to limit/disable clipboard history saving (a new General Preferences setting). Please note that the clipboard history feature will behave exactly as it always has while Sigil is running. Meaning that anything added to the clipboard while Sigil is running will be available for pasting. The new preference setting merely dictates how many entries (if any) get saved to the Sigil ini file when Sigil closes. Set it to zero to keep Sigil from saving any of the clipboard history to the ini file.

A new Spellcheck Dictionary Preferences setting that allows the user to include words with numbers in them.

Two new Quick Launch Icons for plugins were added to the main menu. There are now a total of five available.

The specific changes/additions follow.

Bug Fixes

Add python_3.5_fixes3.patch to Python build and update build docs on OSX to fix missing symbols
Fix crash caused by Preview holding pointer to user removed resource when front tab is non-html resource
Fix crash in FlowTab destructor due to re-entering flowtab during Syntax Highlighting and signals
Fix issue with file icons disappearing when reordering in Book Browser (commit ecb56b1)
Fix missing epub3 Manifest cover-image property setting/unsetting with BookBrowser
Fix issue where cancelling the SaveAs dialog disconnected an existing epub from its saved path
Fix assertion error in sigil-gumbo when handling extraneous script end tags
Apply multiple fixes for gumbo from upstream
Fix segfault in Split at Cursor when not an html file
Make sure Add Cover tool properly handles existing manifest cover properties in EPUB3s
Correct error dialog to say "Sigil may need to close."
Prevent Images and Misc items from being dragged to the Text folder in Book Browser (commit 30bb96d)
Fix Linux bug that prevents rich text from other programs being pasted into Book View (issue #320)
Fix bug where index entries inside em and dfn tags were ignored during index generation
Fix bug on Windows in spell checking when smart right single quotes are used for apostrophes
Fix bug in simple well-formed check to handle generic xml processing instructions
Fix bug in epub3 MetaEditor with title-type and collection-type properties
Fix plugin code to prevent book href vs manifest id clashes
Fix bug in Plugin Runner to allow it to delete non-manifested files properly
Fix bug in SourceUpdates to handle properly handle css properties with multiple urls
Fix bugs in well-formed check to better handle missing doctypes

New Features

Add SIGIL_DISABLE_CURSOR_BLINK environment variable to disable text cursor to aid Accessibility on OSX
Better use semantic information (guide types and Landmarks) to allow the user finer control of index generation
Attempt to improve Metadata Editor placeholder text to help beginners
Preview Window Title bar will now show height and width of the Preview Window
Allow users to limit/disable clipboard history saving via General Preferences
Convert br tags in header text to linebreaks for toc/ncx/nav generation routines
Support spell checking of words with numbers controlled by Preference settings
Add two additional Quick Lauch Icons for Plugins

Be aware that Sigil-0.9.9 still enforces the need for epub3 to have and support an NCX so that it generates as backward a compatible epub as possible. This may be relaxed in future releases.

Sigil-0.9.9 like its predecessors passed all of the following tests for epub3 support: iframe, img, audio, video , mathml, svg (except for svg support in the spine), javascript, and of course recognizing and allowing html5 specific tags like section, and etc. Sigil-0.9.9 also supports javascript based local-storage and display of embedded pdfs.

Download Location
The official location for downloading this Sigil release (and all official releases) is:

https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/releases/tag/0.9.9 (downloads found at the bottom)

The latest version of the Sigil User Guide can be downloaded from: https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/raw/master/docs/Sigil_User_Guide_0_7_2.epub

Downloading binaries from anyplace else is simply NOT a good idea as they could inject anything into their own downloads. After downloading, please verify the downloaded binary exactly matches what was originally posted by running an SHA 256 checksum on the file before installing it. See the file Sigil-0.9.9-CHECKSUMS.sha256.txt for the correct checksums for each file and instructions for how to calculate a SHA 256 Checksum for your download. The Mac OS X Package has also been code signed with my Apple Developer signature.

Windows Users
If your current version of Sigil is 0.9.6 or earlier, it's recommended (but not required) that you uninstall that version before installing 0.9.9. Some compiled Python files have had their file extentions changed (as well as the change to Python 3.5). As a result, there will be a lot of extraneous files left lying around if you just install the new over the old. It won't cause any functionality problems, but if disk space is at a premium, you may want to clean things up a bit. You can do this by uninstalling Sigil at any time (even after 0.9.9 is installed) and reinstalling. Doing so won't affect your any of your preferences, plugins, keyboard shortcuts, clips, saved searches, etc.

Linux Users
There are currently no official binary releases available for Linux on the Sigil Release page. Please check with your favorite distro's software repositories to see if they have Sigil for installation via your OS's package management system. If not, there are build instructions for compiling Sigil yourself in the source archive's docs directory: https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/tree/master/docs

Don't forget the FlightCrew plugin
Please note, the epub2 validator FlightCrew has been converted to a plugin for Sigil 0.8.900 and later.
This plugin has been updated for Sigil-0.9.3 (and later). It can be downloaded from the official Sigil-Ebook flightcrew repository if you have not already installed it.

https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/flightcrew/releases/tag/0.9.1

Attention Mac OS X Users
Per the recommendation of www.python.org (see https://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/), due to bugs and the age of Apple's internal Tcl library, you should also download and install ActiveState's ActiveTcl Community Edition. To get the latest bug fixes, Sigil-0.9.9's embedded Python has been linked with the very latest version: Tcl 8.6.4.1

We may not redistribute this Package with Sigil due to ActiveState's binary non-redistribution policy.

See: http://www.activestate.com/activetcl/downloads
Version: 8.6.4.1

Some Additional things

When you fire up Sigil for the very first time:

navigate to the new General Preferences and select the default
epub version you plan to work with (epub 2 or epub3) so that new
empty ebooks start with the correct code.
if you plan to work with epub3 epubs, you should change your
PreserveEntities setting to use ONLY NUMERIC entities.
For example use & # 1 6 0 ; for non-breaking spaces and etc.
We strongly recommend enabling Mend On Open in your settings
for best performance with Sigil

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22 Mar 02:15

dougmassay

0.9.8

58e2b8d

Sigil-0.9.8

Sigil-0.9.8

This Sigil release is a mix of bug fixes and new features for both epub2 and epub3 users. Some of the highlights for this release include:

PyQt5 support for plugins. The full-blown PyQt5 is not included with the Mac and Windows bundled Python, but the Core, Gui, Widget, and SVG bindings (and a few others) are available. PyQt5 should be able to be used to create much more robust plugin GUIs that are translatable and that match Sigil's Qt "look and feel".

A new "Menus" tab in the Appearances Preferences section has a slider to adjust the size of Sigil's main icons to your liking. This eliminates the need for setting the SIGIL_ICON_SCALE_FACTOR environment variable to achieve a similar effect. So those who were using that variable take notice.

The Windows directory structure has had a bit of an overhaul to eliminate the need for the duplication of some included DLLs and to accommodate PyQt5. The installer will be able to accommodate these changes (as well as test for Service Pack minimum requirements before the installation begins) with no manual intervention.

There was also an important fix for temp_folder issues on Windows systems that create a new system temp folder each login that made it into this release.

The specific changes/additions follow.

Bug Fixes

Make sure when new empty epub3's are created that the toc does not use a doctype (Issue #250)
Make GetUniqueFilenameVersion work even on Case-Insensitive filesystems (Issue #247)
Properly urlencode/decode all hrefs in plugin's ResultXML in launcher/PluginRunner to prevent parse errors
Enable Basic Cut Copy Paste Icons/Actions in OPF, NCX, XML, SVG, and other Misc Text Tabs
Add proper detection for minimum service pack requirements in Windows installer
Include workaround for bug in KDE Qt5 plugin on Linux that keep plugins from launching from menu
Prevent splitting Section0001.xhtml (Split at Cursor) needlessly rewrite the file's manifest id with a uuid
Fix issue where merging files when non-xhtml tabs were open was causing Python errors or crashes
Fix segfault in Image Reports when deleting unused image files
Fix bug in prettyprint_xhtml in sigil_bs4 (put back inadvertently dropped is_void_tag routine)
Fix gumbo serialize to better handle injected newlines
Harden bundled Python isolation on Windows and add subset of PyQt5 to bundled modules
Harden plugin interface code to properly unquote/quote hrefs
Stop Sigil from nagging about unsupported mimetypes when epubs with Adobe xpgt page-templates are opened
Fix Book Browser highlighting issue when editable XML files from the "Misc" folder are opened
Pull upstream bug fixes from google's gumbo parser for Sigil
Force formatting buttons in BookView to generate inline-styled spans instead of "strike", "b", etc
Fix bug from deprecated use of jquery $.browser.msie introduced when jQuery was updated
Fix temp folder specification on Windows systems that delete the system temp folder for every login (Issue #285)
Fix typos in metadata descriptions to allow better translations

New Features

New preference setting (Appearance section) which allows user to adjust the size of the main menu icons
Add manifest properties to Book Browser tooltips and to All Files Reports Widget for epub3
Make Sigil's UI and spellchecker language settings available to plugins
Add support for PyQt5 for plugin gui widgets
Internal builds now use Qt 5.6.2 with Webkit added back
Windows structural changes to eliminate file duplication and to accommodate PyQt5 requirements
Update all build it yourself from source documentation for new requirements

Be aware that Sigil-0.9.8 still enforces the need for epub3 to have and support an NCX so that it generates as backward a compatible epub as possible. This may be relaxed in future releases.

Sigil-0.9.8 like its predecessors passed all of the following tests for epub3 support: iframe, img, audio, video , mathml, svg (except for svg support in the spine), javascript, and of course recognizing and allowing html5 specific tags like section, and etc. Sigil-0.9.8 also supports javascript based local-storage and display of embedded pdfs.

Download Location
The official location for downloading this Sigil release (and all official releases) is:

https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/releases/tag/0.9.8 (downloads found at the bottom)

The latest version of the Sigil User Guide can be downloaded from: https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/raw/master/docs/Sigil_User_Guide_0_7_2.epub

Downloading binaries from anyplace else is simply NOT a good idea as they could inject anything into their own downloads. After downloading, please verify the downloaded binary exactly matches what was originally posted by running an SHA 256 checksum on the file before installing it. See the file Sigil-0.9.8-CHECKSUMS.sha256.txt for the correct checksums for each file and instructions for how to calculate a SHA 256 Checksum for your download. The Mac OS X Package has also been code signed with my Apple Developer signature.

Windows Users
If your current version of Sigil is 0.9.6 or earlier, it's recommended (but not required) that you uninstall that version before installing 0.9.8. Some compiled Python files have had their file extentions changed (as well as the change to Python 3.5). As a result, there will be a lot of extraneous files left lying around if you just install the new over the old. It won't cause any functionality problems, but if disk space is at a premium, you may want to clean things up a bit. You can do this by uninstalling Sigil at any time (even after 0.9.8 is installed) and reinstalling. Doing so won't affect your any of your preferences, plugins, keyboard shortcuts, clips, saved searches, etc.

https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/flightcrew/releases/tag/0.9.1

Attention Mac OS X Users
Per the recommendation of www.python.org (see https://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/), due to bugs and the age of Apple's internal Tcl library, you should also download and install ActiveState's ActiveTcl Community Edition. To get the latest bug fixes, Sigil-0.9.8's embedded Python has been linked with the very latest version: Tcl 8.6.4.1

We may not redistribute this Package with Sigil due to ActiveState's binary non-redistribution policy.

See: http://www.activestate.com/activetcl/downloads
Version: 8.6.4.1

Some Additional things

When you fire up Sigil for the very first time:

navigate to the new General Preferences and select the default
epub version you plan to work with (epub 2 or epub3) so that new
empty ebooks start with the correct code.
if you plan to work with epub3 epubs, you should change your
PreserveEntities setting to use ONLY NUMERIC entities.
For example use & # 1 6 0 ; for non-breaking spaces and etc.
We strongly recommend enabling Mend On Open in your settings
for best performance with Sigil

Update April 10th
The Sigil 0.9.8 Mac Package has yet again been updated to hopefully now
work as intended (and for as far back as OSX 10.9)

** Please note the Checksums file has been updated to reflect the new checksums

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