Software-update: Sigil 2.6.2

Versie 2.6.2 van Sigil is uitgekomen. Sigil is een opensource e-bookeditor met uitgebreide mogelijkheden die ontwikkeld wordt voor Windows, Linux en macOS. Het programma kan zowel EPUB- als HTML-bestanden importeren, inclusief opmaak en afbeeldingen. Er is volledige ondersteuning aanwezig voor EPUB 2 en EPUB 3. Het kan verder een inhoudsopgave met verscheidene niveaus genereren en de EPUB-syntax direct bewerken in de code view. De changelog voor deze uitgave kan hieronder worden gevonden.

New Features

Enable use of the fetch api in Sigil internal "sigil:" schemeCreate PreviewFileDialog to append thumbnail previews for images and selected text files when used in non-native dialog mode. Leave native dialog mode untouched.Added environment variable to turn off use of custom filedialogs to make "Add Existing ..." work better over networked storage with lots of files: SIGIL_NO_CUSTOM_DIRECTORY_ICONS=1BookBrowser now has a "View Image" pop-up menu item that allows users to see what any image (SVG included) without having to open a full TabMake CV understand the media-types of the file it is editing so that it can better create pop-up menu items like "View Image" when editing an SVGAdd support for "env-vars.txt" in Sigil Prefs folder, uses VARIABLE=VALUE one per lineCompletely revamped the AppImage CI builds to use Docker images

Enable use of the fetch api in Sigil internal "sigil:" scheme

Create PreviewFileDialog to append thumbnail previews for images and selected text files when used in non-native dialog mode. Leave native dialog mode untouched.

Added environment variable to turn off use of custom filedialogs to make "Add Existing ..." work better over networked storage with lots of files: SIGIL_NO_CUSTOM_DIRECTORY_ICONS=1

BookBrowser now has a "View Image" pop-up menu item that allows users to see what any image (SVG included) without having to open a full Tab

Make CV understand the media-types of the file it is editing so that it can better create pop-up menu items like "View Image" when editing an SVG

Add support for "env-vars.txt" in Sigil Prefs folder, uses VARIABLE=VALUE one per line

Completely revamped the AppImage CI builds to use Docker images

Bug Fixes

Work around bad Qt WebEngine bug when created dynamically and used inside a QDialog for CheckpointsFix minor bug in MediaTypes due to typo with appendFix bug in Checkpoints Diff routine when viewing images that used to exist but no longer doFix bug in sanitycheck.py when spurious close tag is found before html tagFix bug in Aria Clips where the book language was not properly set (Thank you BeckyEbook)Fix bug in Aria Clips where a # fragment was missing (Thank you BeckEbook)Document that Qt 6.8.X now requires Mac OS 12 as the new minimumRename the environment variable: "SIGIL_FUNCTION_REPLACE_LOG_FILE" to now be: "SIGIL_FUNCTION_REPLACE_LOGFILE" to better match with other Sigil environment variables (Thank you BeckyEbook)Rename the environment variable "SKIP_SIGIL_UPDATE_CHECK" to now be: "SIGIL_SKIP_UPDATE_CHECK" to keep all Sigil specific environment variables better in sync.Fix bug in handling of epub filenames from input plugins

Work around bad Qt WebEngine bug when created dynamically and used inside a QDialog for Checkpoints

Fix minor bug in MediaTypes due to typo with append

Fix bug in Checkpoints Diff routine when viewing images that used to exist but no longer do

Fix bug in sanitycheck.py when spurious close tag is found before html tag

Fix bug in Aria Clips where the book language was not properly set (Thank you BeckyEbook)

Fix bug in Aria Clips where a # fragment was missing (Thank you BeckEbook)

Document that Qt 6.8.X now requires Mac OS 12 as the new minimum

Rename the environment variable: "SIGIL_FUNCTION_REPLACE_LOG_FILE" to now be: "SIGIL_FUNCTION_REPLACE_LOGFILE" to better match with other Sigil environment variables (Thank you BeckyEbook)

Rename the environment variable "SKIP_SIGIL_UPDATE_CHECK" to now be: "SIGIL_SKIP_UPDATE_CHECK" to keep all Sigil specific environment variables better in sync.

Fix bug in handling of epub filenames from input plugins

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