Month: February 2015

Sigil Master Flux In Python

Posted on February 22, 2015

Right now Sigil master is in a state of flux. Many components are being removed and replaced. Python 3 is going to be a hard dependency (it will be embedded by default). Right now Python 3 and a few packages are required to be installed on your system to build... Continue reading

Sigil and BookView Research Update

Posted on February 12, 2015

As many Sigil users know, Sigil has a WYSIWYG editor portion. It’s also in my mind substandard. It gets the job done for quick edits but it’s not as full featured as I’d like. Especially when I’m used to using editors like WordPress’s editor. Back in 2012 I started researching... Continue reading

New Home Page / Web Site For Sigil

Posted on February 8, 2015

Sigil now has a home page! I’ll still be cross posting release announcements here on my blog but this does mean means that the “Making Epub Happen” sigildev blog will be retired as the new home page will include all release and other Sigil related announcements. This also... Continue reading

Sigil 0.8.4 Released

Posted on February 2, 2015

With only one day after the 0.8.3 release 0.8.4 is being released. My deepest apologies because this means there is a bad bug. Admittedly it will only impact a very small amount of users but it was big enough to warrant a new release. Unfortunately during refactoring of “remove all... Continue reading

Copyright Notices and the Importance of Year

Posted on February 1, 2015

Introduction One thing I’ve recently noticed (especially with web developers) is they leave off the copyright year entirely. Now realize I AM NOT A LAWYER! This is my layman’s understanding based on reading the relevant sections of US copyright law. None of what I have to say is legal... Continue reading