Sigil-2.3.0 Released

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Sigil-2.3.0

Sigil version 2.3.0 represents a mix of bug fixes and new features. Sigil 2.3.0 also marks the first version to only support building with Qt6.

New Features in this release

• removed support for building Sigil with Qt5 as our code had become a rats nest of qt version ifdefs. See our git branch "qt5final" for the very last buildable version of Sigil under Qt5
• our new minium version to build Qt is Qt 6.4.0 or later
• removed the need and usage for Qt6Compat5 as its contents were deprecated and will go away eventually
• added support for using the ICU library to help replace the range of encodings supported by the old QTextCodec
• we are now using NFC unicode normalization form for all content, links, urls, and file paths.
• made Sigil's Well-Formed Check (Sanity Check) more robust to whitespace parsing rules and allowed it to detect and report missing XML Headers
• we have upgraded to use Qt 6.7.2 and Python 3.11.9 for the base of our Windows and MacOS releases
• added a Bookmark Location toolbar icon right beside the Back button for easier use
• Opening EditTOC, SpeckcheckEditor or MetaDataEditor will now highlight the first line entry
• Add new Tool: Rebase OPF Manifest IDs on Current Filenames
• Update to 3rdparty PCRE2 version 10.44 for bug fixes
• General code cleanup to remove unneeded hacks and workarounds for old Qt bugs now fixed

Bug Fixes

• reverted all Qt Buttons and CheckBoxes to default TabFocus to speed up focus changes and reduce clicks
• fixed SelectFiles (AddCover, Insert Image) to again use the arrows keys to walk the list
• fixed some lost or stolen focus issues
• fix overwriting of existing nav document and cover-image manifest properties
• fix for Reports column sorting that use thousands group separators
• fix for Reports file size column that did not properly use QLocale for decimal points and separators
• fix crashing due to PCRE2 bugs in Qt 6.7.2 with their internal PCRE2

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The latest version of the Sigil User Guide can always be downloaded from the Sigil website, or from its own GitHub repository.

Please check the Sigil website for important Sigil support links, additional resource downloads, and platform-specific trouble-shooting tips/requirements.

The MacOS builds are signed AND notarized.

PGP Fingerprint (for signed tags and source archives):

B5A5 6206 AB0F BC1A 24EF AB8A A166 D29A 8FCD AC63

All Sigil binary (and source) downloads can also be found as assets at the bottom of The Sigil-2.3.0 Github Release page.

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Mac OS users - especially people using the newest or Beta macOS versions, please try launching this version of Sigil and PageEdit with just a normal double-click instead of the "ctrl-click twice on open" approach that was needed before. Both Sigil and PageEdit should now launch with no warnings.

If not, please let me know. A screen capture of any warnings produced by macOS that you run into would help