Beta Testers for Sigil-2.3.0 Needed

[DNSB]

I wouldn't have expected any issues with the executable and Windows Defender since no complaints once I used 7-Zip to extract the executable. OTOH, while I was playing with 7-Zip and creating zip archives with various options, I didn't see any errors either. However, an update (Security Intelligence Update for Microsoft Defender Antivirus) was installed while I was playing and now MSD does not have an issue with the downloaded .zip file.

Otherwise, I haven't seen any showstopper issues with the 2.3.0 beta after editing 3 books.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by KevinH

Prior to this version, you needed to tab or mouse click to get focus in the List or Tree at all. Now it has focus but nothing is selected until you use an arrow key to select a cell or line. And previously using a button stole focus away from the List or Tree but that should no longer be happening.

Just so you know, in the ToC Editor, if you select a line and then tab to one of the arrow buttons and press space to 'do' it, focus remains with the button, as it should, and as it has always done.

No false alarms from MD or Malwarebytes, I unzipped it with WinRAR. I don't download with browsers, I use Free Download Manager… all browsers are too flaky.

BR

[KevinH]

Originally Posted by DNSB

I wouldn't have expected any issues with the executable and Windows Defender since no complaints once I used 7-Zip to extract the executable. OTOH, while I was playing with 7-Zip and creating zip archives with various options, I didn't see any errors either. However, an update (Security Intelligence Update for Microsoft Defender Antivirus) was installed while I was playing and now MSD does not have an issue with the downloaded .zip file.

Otherwise, I haven't seen any showstopper issues with the 2.3.0 beta after editing 3 books.

Glad to hear no showstoppers! Thank you for testing and reporting back.

[odamizu]

Originally Posted by KevinH

... if you have any free time and interest in helping Sigil, please grab and use any of these Beta versions and report back any results, good or bad with your normal epub workflows in this thread, so we can track issues down and get them fixed.

Spent a little time with Sigil.app-230Beta-Mac-arm64.tar.xz on Sonoma. Went through my normal epub edit workflow and everything proceeded without a hitch

Thanks as always to KevinH, DiapDealer, and everyone else who contributes to this marvelous program!

[KevinH]

Originally Posted by odamizu

Spent a little time with Sigil.app-230Beta-Mac-arm64.tar.xz on Sonoma. Went through my normal epub edit workflow and everything proceeded without a hitch

Thanks as always to KevinH, DiapDealer, and everyone else who contributes to this marvelous program!

Glad to hear it. Thank you for your help!

[KevinH]

Agreed not a bug, but the more I think about it, not optimal either.

I have now changed the TOC Editor, the MetaData Editor, and the Spellcheck Editor to open the first time with their top lines highlighted/selected.

Took a bit of work because they all used different combinations of QTreeView and Models meaning I had to develop a different approach for each one.

I have now pushes these changes to master so they will appear in the next release.

Thanks

Originally Posted by BetterRed

The same "nothing selected" behaviour I saw in the Spellchecker, is in the ToC Editor and the Metadata Editor - as can been seen below:

This Attachment 209449 rather than Attachment 209450

This Attachment 209451 rather than Attachment 209452

That suggests to me that it is a behaviour inherited by those dialogues from underlying object classes - presumably from the Qt library.

In the ToC Editor, if I don't hit space to select the "Title" line entry then… when I tab to the Down arrow button and hit space the "Title" line entry doesn't move down… because nothing is selected.

Added: Given that's how it's always been I DO NOT regard this as a bug.

Other dialogues containing lists are the same… e.g Reports, Keyboard shortcuts.

I suspect I misread the discussion about the ToC Editor buttons.

BR

[pete6055]

Hi,

I loaded the beta on my main production machine (Win10pro with all updates loaded). I've been able to play with the package for about two hours and have followed my normal workflow without encountering any problems. I will continue use this build in the production environment until either a serious problem surfaces or the beta is replaced my its official release. Your team is truly amazing and, as always, much appreciated.

[KevinH]

Originally Posted by pete6055

Hi,

I loaded the beta on my main production machine (Win10pro with all updates loaded). I've been able to play with the package for about two hours and have followed my normal workflow without encountering any problems. I will continue use this build in the production environment until either a serious problem surfaces or the beta is replaced my its official release. Your team is truly amazing and, as always, much appreciated.

Thank you! Glad to hear it is working well.

[retiredbiker]

Is there any source around for Linux users yet? New dependencies? I'll be happy to test.

[DiapDealer]

There's no source download, but you can always clone the Sigil GitHub repository locally and build from the latest master branch. The new Qt minimum is 6.4. Qt needs to be built with ICU support, but pretty much all repository versions of Qt6.4+ already are.

EDIT: You can download a zip of the current source from GitHub as well. The link for that can be found under the green "Code" combo button.

[retiredbiker]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

There's no source download, but you can always clone the Sigil GitHub repository locally and build from the latest master branch. The new Qt minimum is 6.4. Qt needs to be built with ICU support, but pretty much all repository versions of Qt6.4+ already are.

EDIT: You can download a zip of the current source from GitHub as well. The link for that can be found under the green "Code" combo button.

I got the zip, and have an error on configuration I don't understand:

CMake Error at src/qt6sigil.cmake:31 (find_package):
  Could not find a configuration file for package "Qt6" that is compatible
  with requested version "6.4".

  The following configuration files were considered but not accepted:

    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cmake/Qt6/Qt6Config.cmake, version: 6.2.4
    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cmake/Qt6/Qt6Config.cmake, version: 6.2.4

Call Stack (most recent call first):
  src/CMakeLists.txt:659 (include)

DoI need to update something in cmake?

Thanks

[DiapDealer]

The new Qt minimum for Sigil is 6.4. It appears that your distro is only supplying 6.2

[retiredbiker]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

The new Qt minimum for Sigil is 6.4. It appears that your distro is only supplying 6.2

Yes, I see. All the qt6 requirements return something like this from the Ubuntu repository:

"qt6-l10n-tools is already the newest version (6.2.4-1)"

So I guess I'll wait a while...

[mrprobert]

I loaded the beta on my Windows 10 Pro laptop and it works perfectly well after editing about 20 epubs.

There was one silent crash, but it is a bug that goes back a while, nothing specific to this beta. I first encountered it six months to a year ago. I haven't reported it because it is randomly triggered and I cannot pin down the exact process that set it off. I reckon that it is triggered only when I open an epub with an existing cover, change the cover and then delete unused media files. I don't remember if I imported the new cover file before changing the cover or if I changed the cover using an external file. It happens maybe about 1 in 500 invocations.

When I have that specific crash, I quit without saving and then try to retrace the steps that led to it. Each time, I have never been able to reproduce it.

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by retiredbiker

Yes, I see. All the qt6 requirements return something like this from the Ubuntu repository:

"qt6-l10n-tools is already the newest version (6.2.4-1)"

So I guess I'll wait a while...

Ubuntu Jammy (22.04) is an LTS release. It's highly unlikely they'll ever update the Qt6 in their repos any further than 6.2.4-x. Ubuntu Noble (24.04 -- the current LTS) has Qt6.4.2. It will stay 6.4.2-x forever. If you want to run the latest Sigil on your current distro, you'll probably need to build Qt6.4+ yourself and install it into /usr/local or /opt for Sigil to use. Sorry.

Ubuntu/Debian's commitment to providing only old software (they prefer to call it "stable") is why I moved to a rolling distro long ago.

I believe Qt has an online installer for Linux that can be used to install newer versions, but I have no experience with it.