Sigil (application)
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| Original author(s) | Strahinja Val Marković |
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| Developer(s) | John Schember |
| Initial release | 2009 |
| Stable release | 0.9.0 / 6 November 2015[1] |
| Written in | C++ (Qt) |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Desktop publishing software |
| License | GNU GPLv3 |
| Website | sigil-ebook |
Sigil is a free, open-source editor for EPUB e-books being developed by Strahinja Val Marković and others since 2009.[2]
As a cross-platform application, Sigil is distributed for the Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux platforms under the GNU GPL license. Sigil supports both WYSIWYG and code-based editing of EPUB files, as well as the import of HTML and plain text files.[3][4]
Contents
Features[edit]
Sigil's features include:[5]
- Full UTF-16 and EPUB 2 specification support
- Multiple views: book, code and preview view
- WYSIWYG editing in book view
- Table of contents generator with multi-level heading support
- Metadata editor with full support for all metadata entries
- Hunspell based spell checking with default and user configurable dictionaries
- Full regular expression (PCRE) support for find and replace
- Supports import of EPUB and HTML files, images, and style sheets
- FlightCrew validator for EPUB standard compliance validation
- Integrated API to external HTML and graphics editors
References[edit]
- ^ Hendricks, Kevin B. (2015-11-06). "Sigil-0.9.0 Released!". Retrieved 2015-11-07.
- ^ Schember, John (25 July 2011). "Taking over Sigil". Sigil development blog. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ Benthin, Falko (4 August 2009). "Freier epub-Editor Sigil erschienen". Pro-Linux.de. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
- ^ Diedrich, Oliver. "Der kleine E-Autor: E-Books im Epub-Format selbst erstellen". c't 25/2009. p. 146. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
- ^ Chris von Eitzen (2012-10-31), Sigil EPUB ebook editor 0.6.0 released, The H, archived from the original on 4 April 2013, retrieved 2012-11-03
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Old code repository
- Sigil development blog
- Sigil users' forum
- Ebook editing with Sigil LWN.net, 2011
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