Sigil-0.9.14
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-0.9.13
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 c1ee7ca)
- Reduce memory footprint by properly setting web page caches (commit 9f07cbe)
Sigil-0.9.12
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
Sigil-0.9.11
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
Changes
- Support for Windows Vista officially ends ... Win7sp1 is official minimum required Windows
The unofficial Legacy Windows version of Sigil will be available to XP and Vista users
Sigil-0.9.10
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 tabas 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 curosr 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)
Sigil-0.9.9
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 ecb56b1f)
- 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
Sigil-0.9.8
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
- Major compiler tool change and update for Windows build to sync Qt/Python/Sigil on Windows
- Update all build it yourself from source documentation for new requirements
Sigil-0.9.7
Bug Fixes
- Allow tags in the svg and mathml namespace to automtically self-close if empty to help work around
a bug in Kindlegen that will not seem to accept a closing svg image tag even though image is non-void
- Prevent TextTab from constantly recentering page when focus is lost
- Fix bugs in plugin basename_to_id when used with xpgt files or any unrecognized extensions
- Fix typos in pls mimetype in plugins
- Fix code synchronization issues among 3 places where file extensions are mapped to mimetypes
- Fix plugin readotherfile interface to rebuild the opf on the fly only if it has been modified
- Fix plugin validation issues with integer vs string representations of line number and character offsets
- Fix duplicate filename in multiple directories bug when updating CSS urls
- Fix bug in page-map.xml mimetype when "Add Existing ..." is used
- Fix undefined behaiviour shifting signed negative values in 3rdparty libs and fix many warnings
- Fix text vs binary file type recognition in the plugin interface (CSS and js files are text not binary)
- Fix too small toolbar icons on high dpi displays
- Fix bug that caused text highlighting to get lost on some systems when doing a CSS Find & Replace.
- Fix bug in plugin interface basename_to_id to recognize .htm extensions
- Fix bug in epub3 semantic popups to always refect the local name of epub:type setting
- Fix bug where creation on an HTML TOC could overwrite an existing Nav under epub3
- Fix manifest id not starting with alpha character bug
New Features
- Extend validation plugin interface with add_extended_result() method to allow better cursor positioning
- Extend TextTab and Tabs derived by it to position cursor based on offset
- Allow editing of page-map.xml files, xpgt files and other misc xml based files inside Sigil
- Update Windows builds use Python 3.5, VS2015
- Update Mac OS X builds and build instructions to use Python-3.5.2
- Remove support for python2.7 *only* plugins and simply Manage Plugins settings
- Update to Qt 5.6.1-1 with QtWebKit added back for release builds for Windows (VS2015) and Mac OSX
- Update Mac OS X and Linux build instruction documentation for recent changes
- Allow Linux Dictionaries to look up default paths for dictionaries passed in by build cmake settings
- Mke the columns in the Manage Plugins table be sortable by the user
- Better detect undefined and non-existing url fragments to prevent issues when splitting or merging files
- Make tooltips for Run Plugin Icons show the name of the selected plugin on hover
- Upgrade from jquery 1.6.2 to version 2.2.4
- Upgrade from jquery.scrollTo 1.4.2 to version 2.1.2
- Upgrade to double sized 48x48 pixel icons for High DPI displays, Special Thanks to PatNY for creating our icons
Sigil-0.9.6
Bug Fixes
- Make StdWarningDialog resizeable when "Show Details" is used
- Fix CleanSource svg prefix removal bug that sometimes broke valid svg code
- Remove svg image and html5 menuitem from the list of void elements in the Sigil and plugin code
- Properly xml escape "&" in metadata attribute values
- Properly perform source updates on epub load even when they do not follow recommended spec
- Make handling of comments in both xhtml and xml more roubst
- Properly url escape css file names to handle css files with spaces in them
- Try to make direct editing of content.opf more safe by auto-fixing errors when possible
- Properly handle WellFormed checks for pure XML in XMLResource.cpp by using embedded python3 lxml
- Make opf_newparser.py and xmlprocessor.py more robust to broken user input in content.opf
- Make ProcessXML (repairXML in xmlprocessor.py) - leave untouched anything well-formed
- Fix thinko in plugin bookcontainer.py and outputcontainer.py contributed by wrCisco
- Fix for improper encoding in plugins on Mac OS X due to missing inherited plugin environment
- Fix for typos in epub xmlns when splitting epub3 ebooks in BookView
- Update testplugin_v012.zip to testplugin_v013.zip to handle sgc-nav.css new feature
- Fix bugs in DeleteUnusedStyles when selector exists more than once in the same stylesheet
- Fix bugs in DeleteUnusedStyles when group selectors span more than one line
- Fix bugs in Reports: CSS Styles missing cases when selector exists more than once
- Fix bug in Reports: All Files to use Landmark Semantics under epub3 not guide semantics
- Fix bug, slow in loading ini when too large clipboard history, user can delete them via dialog
- Stop cosmetic double-spaces being introduced into OPF manifest, spine and guide entries
- Fix bug when user selects too much in BookView and then tries to change case
- Fix bug in Delete Unused Media when css urls do not use quotes
- Try to set all ways of updating the ncx to use 2 character indentation of head element
- Fix Building Relocatable Python on Mac build instructions to remove BeautifulSoup4 requirement
- Fix for generating empty guide for epub3 when in plugins
New Features
- create sgc-nav.css stylesheet for nav and allow templates in Prefs Dir for user to control it
- Add General Setting to allow user to set own temporary directory location
- Add Qt Stylesheet support - Recognize and load "qt_styles.qss" file if stored in Sigil Preferences folder
- Extended the plugin interface to add support for epub3 bindings elements
- Add option + forward delete shortcut to active Metadata Editor remove
