Sigil (application)
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| Original author(s) | Strahinja Val Marković |
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| Developer(s) | Kevin Hendricks and Doug Massay |
| Initial release | 2009 |
| Stable release | 0.9.6 / 18 June 2016[1] |
| Written in | C++ (Qt) |
| Operating system | Windows, OS X and Linux |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Desktop publishing software |
| License | GNU GPLv3 |
| Website | sigil-ebook |
Sigil is free, open-source editing software for e-books in the EPUB format.
As a cross-platform application, Sigil is distributed for the Windows, 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.[2][3]
Sigil has been developed by Strahinja Val Marković and others since 2009.[4] From Juli 2011 to June 2015 John Schember was the lead developer. In June 2015 development of Sigil was taken over by Kevin Hendricks and Doug Massay.[5]
Contents
Features[edit]
Sigil's features include:[6]
- 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
- Integrated API to external HTML and graphics editors
- FlightCrew validator for EPUB standard compliance validation (separate plugin)
Sigil has full EPUB 2 specifications support, but only limited EPUB 3 support. Since version 0.9.3 of January 2016, the developers have been focusing on "improving Sigil’s ability to work with and generate epub3 ebooks without losing any of its epub2 capabilities".[7]
References[edit]
- ^ Hendricks, Kevin B. (June 18, 2016). "Sigil-0.9.6 Released". Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Schember, John (25 July 2011). "Taking over Sigil". Sigil development blog. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ https://sigil-ebook.com/about/
- ^ 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
- ^ https://sigil-ebook.com/2016/01/31/sigil-0-9-3-is-released/
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Sigil on GitHub
- Old code repository
- Sigil development blog
- Sigil users' forum
- Ebook editing with Sigil LWN.net, 2011
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