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eBookBinder Release Notes

1.12.4

Note:
eBookBinder requires at least macOS 10.13 or newer as of this version

Improvements:

improvements when setting up your own PHP interpreter
improvement for importing markup-formatted files with activated chapter splitting: "New Unnamed Chapter" is no longer used instead of the file name if there are no headings for splitting in the corresponding chapter
when importing markup-formatted files with activated splice import, any images linked in the text are also taken into account and imported if access to the specific folders is enabled
various internal improvements and optimizations
the content of some text labels has been adjusted

Bug fixes:

fixes a bug in the formatting of the book date
fixes a bug that caused an angle bracket to appear at the end of the text when importing some documents
fixes a bug in the source text editor that could cause eBookBinder to crash under certain circumstances

Internal Markup parser:
Smark bug fixes:

fixes a bug in the transformation of span, div, para and code tags with additional attributes if these markers are followed by a line break

MultiMarkdown bug fixes:

when converting the {{TOC}} markup, incorrect combinations occurred under certain circumstances

Markdown, MarkdownExtra, MultiMarkdown bug fixes:

fixes a bug in the handling of code blocks where markup within the code block was converted

1.12.3

Improvements:

preferences for setting up the MultiMarkdown tool adapted to meet the new requirements

Internal Markup Parser
Improvements:
Textile:

improvements in the handling of attributes for block elements

MultiMarkdown:

adjusted display for footnotes, they are now displayed superscripted and without brackets
adjusted display for citations, which correspond to the current MultiMarkdown representation

Bud fixes:
MultiMarkdown:

fixes a bug when using the citation markup, which causes the app to crash under certain circumstances

Textile:

fixes a bug when using markup attributes that causes the app to crash under certain circumstances
fixes a bug with the conversion of citation markup that led to incorrect display under certain conditions

1.12.2

General improvements:

MultiMarkdown, when a custom parser should be activated, the internal parser, when activated, caused a conflict. So, instead of using the custom parser, the internal parser was used. For MultiMarkdown it is now the case that the custom parser always has always priority over the other options

MultiMarkdown improvements:

{{TOC}} markup for generating a table of contents is now supported, as well the {{TOC:2-3}} and {{TOC:3}} extended variants

Markdown, MarkdownExtra, MultiMarkdown enhancements:

heading tags with additional attributes are no longer enclosed by p tags

Textile improvements:

additional markup for IDs and classes can now also be provided to inline markup
CAPS detection improved, possible CAPS within HTML tags (attributes) are no longer incorrectly converted
table. markup is now also supported
improved processing of attributes for block markup
fixes a bug with the padding-right attribute in block markup

Smark bug fixes:

fixes a problem where under certain circumstances some special elements are stripped out and do not give a correct result
fixes a problem with the code tag that caused it not to render properly

1.12.1

Improvements:

internal Textile parser: attributes can now be added to caption, head and foot elements for tables
internal Markdown, MarkdownExtra and MultiMarkdown parser: the pipe character (|) can now be escaped by \| as well
internal MultiMarkdown parser: a [Caption element] can now be added to the end of tables
minor improvements in the German help
minor optimizations to the preferences' user interface
fixed missing translations in the German user interface

Bug fixes:

internal Markup parser: fixed a bug for Markdown, MultiMarkdown and MarkdownExtra, which could cause eBookBinder to hang or no formatted output for numbered lists when using tab characters
internal Textile parser: fixes a bug that prevented headings to be written over multiple lines
internal Textile parser: fixes a bug that caused br-tags to be created in table structures under certain circumstances
internal Textile parser: fixes a bug in the conversion of tables that could cause the conversion to abort
internal MarkdownExtra and MultiMarkdown parser: fixes an error that caused the corresponding table to format all elements as headers when certain table formatting was used
internal MarkdownExtra and MultiMarkdown parser: fixes a bug where with certain table formatting an additional empty column is added by mistake
internal MarkdownExtra and MultiMarkdown parser: fixes a bug with Colspan resolutions

1.12.0

New:

new internal markup interpreter with improvements for all Markup languages supported by eBookBinder

Improvements:

internal adjustments to improve the chapter read-in process
improvements when adding chapters via drag'n drop

1.11.0

New:

selecting multiple chapters at once in the chapter table is now possible, with which the following features are now available
- move multiple chapters at once
- delete mutltiple chapters at once
- new function in the chapter table: merge multiple selected chapters into one chapter
new feature in the chapter table: duplicate chapters
new feature in the chapter table: insert an empty chapter
new check routine in the preferences for markup file extensions, it is now checked for duplicates and unusable extensions like doc, html etc.

Improvements:

minor adjustments to internal CSS style
Smark, Markdown, MarkdownExtra, MultiMarkdown Swift parsers: bold, italic, strikethrough and underline markup can now be applied across multiple lines
visual improvements to the Chapter editor regarding changes, this is now signaled by the signal dot in the close button and when closing the window, if there are changes, you will also be asked whether these should be saved
a warning is now issued before an eBook is created if chapter titles are missing or if they are titled "New unnamed chapter"
when reading in HTML files as chapters, eBookBinder can now also search for images in these files and also import them, if the specific folders are set to be accessible

1.10.1

Bug fixes:

fixes a bug in the English interface that prevented various labels from being displayed correctly
fixes a bug in the behavior of the button for setting the source text font size setting in the preferences

1.10.0

New:

new source code editor for chapters to edit the HTML directly. This also offers the option of inserting images
preferences for font, color and size for text-areas that are intended for code editing
eBookBinder projects can be duplicated via File > Duplicate current eBookBinder project
new preference option for automatically taking over of H1-Tags as chapter titles when importing chapters from files formatted with markup
new feature in the advanced area for the CSS part. If an eBook has been imported, under CSS options there is now the option to revert back to the imported CSS

Improvements:

text-areas for the advanced area CSS and HTML-header adjusted so that they are more suitable for code editing
text-areas for editing the templates in the preferences adjusted so that they are more suitable for code editing
smaller improvements to the visual editor
smaller improvements for the eBook import
smaller improvements for the import of HTML documents as chapters
smaller improvements in the handling of images when importing eBooks
smaller improvements in the import of markup-formatted documents that contain references to images if no shared directories are specified in the preferences

1.9.1

Improvements:

various minor adjustments to the user interface

Bug fixes:

fixes a bug that prevented the sorting of chapters in the chapter table
fixes a bug when importing ePub files that do not contain a cover image, which caused eBookBinder to hang up
fixes a bug in the handling of images during ePub import, which resulted in the images not being displayed in some eBook readers
fixes a bug in the processing of the meta tag "Book-Contributor"
fixes a problem when importing several hundred files as chapters at once, which caused eBookBinder to hang up

1.9.0

New:

new preference-option for using your own PHP interpreter
new preference-option for automatic import of the Title-Tag from HTML-files

Updated:

updated converter for Wikitext, Smark, BBCode, MarkdownExtra to work with PHP version 8
updated Markdown converter

1.8.0

New:

eBookBinder now natively supports Apple Silicon-processors

Improvements:

various internal adjustments and updates
some user interface changes for macOS Big Sur

Bug fixes:

fixes a bug of the shortening function in the chapter editor when the selection contains several paragraphs

1.7.0

New:

eBookBinder automatically recognizes the system language and sets the language code accordingly, but the desired standard language code can still be set in the preferences of eBookBinder
additional meta tags can be specified: Contributor, Type, Format and Coverage
new option for positioning the table of contents, which can now also be placed at the end of a book
cover picture page, cover sheet and table of contents page are now integrated as a template and can be adjusted to your own requirements via the preferences
chapter editor, format-option for heading 1 and 2
chapter editor, undo button added

Changes:

language code can now be set individually for each eBook project
notes page renamed to cover sheet

Improvements:

various improvements when importing ePub files

Updated:

a few additions to the help pages

Bug fixes:

fixes an error when importing ePub files for macOS 10.10 - 10.12
fixes an error when importing ePub files if the author name is not in standard notation
fixes an error that led to a appended ">" at the end of each chapter under certain circumstances
fixes an error when deleting a project which led to an incorrect internal storage process

1.6.1

Improvements:

improves the recognition of chapter titles when importing ePub files that do not have a complete navigation list
improves the creation of the preview image in the navigation bar for imported ePub files whose cover has an unusual resolution

Bug fixes:

fixes a bug that was introduced with the last update, which led to incorrect data when importing ePub files or eBookBinder projects

1.6.0

New:

redesigned chapter editor
additional formatting for the chapter editor (lists, indentations, dividing line)

Updated:

chapter preview and chapter editor display replaced by a more modern system
new navigation bar for switching between books
various internal updates
Markdown parser (Swift version) updated
Mobipocket support renewed
minor changes to the user interface of the preferences

1.5.3

New:

New preference option: Grant eBookBinder access to certain folders from which images can be copied when importing markup documents (Markdown, MultiMarkdown, Textile, Wikitext, BBCode and Smark)

Updated:

Updated Smark-parser (Swift version)

1.5.2

New:

embed an additional cover-chapter at the beginning of the book
option to define which area should be opened after opening a book for the first time: cover, table of contents or the first chapter of the book

Improvements:

various internal improvements

Updated:

new display foundation for the help system
Textile parser updated

1.5.1

New:

new alternative markup conversion engine, developed in the Swift programming language, implemented. This can be activated via the Preferences > General > Use internal Swift version of the markup converter (Beta version: Is in continuous development)

Updated:

Smark parser updated
Textile parser updated

Improvements:

various code areas updated
improved resource management when creating eBooks
refined preferences for the file extensions

Bug Fixes:

fixes a bug for chapters with pictures whose file names contains an &-character
fixes a bug when importing ePubs in which no preview image of the imported book appears in the projects bar
fixes a bug in which the projects bar doesn't work correctly after importing an eBBProject file and only works again after restarting the application

1.5.0

New:

Option to set the MultiMarkdown Terminal tool to use it instead of the integrated Perl script
Mobi-Pocket support is back, including extensive support hints and features for easy setup
Extensive CSS-style and HTML-header-system implemented
- Save custom CSS-styles and HTML-headers in eBookBinder
- Import custom CSS-styles and HTML-headers from CSS-files or HTML-files
- Export CSS-styles and HTML-headers
- Quickly select CSS-styles and/or HTML-headers already saved in eBookBinder
Preview feature in the "Advanced" area to view chapters with CSS-style and HTML-headers to see if the set CSS-styles and HTML-header work as desired

Improvements:

Many internal adjustments to newer macOS versions
Minor adjustments to the interface
Help completely revised

Updated:

eBookBinder supports natively the Mojave's Dark Mode now
Smark parser updated
BBCode parser updated
Textile parser updated
Link to the KindleGen tool updated
Preferences toolbar icons adapted to the new look of macOS

Bug fixes:

Fixed an issue opening up Textbundle files that are defined with an unknown markup language
Fixed spelling errors in the interface

1.4.0

Note - Changed System-Requirements: eBookBinder requires macOS 10.10 or higher
Note - Changed internal save-structure: eBookBinder 1.4.0 uses a new internal save-structure. When using eBookBinder 1.4.0, you should avoid further use of an older version of eBookBinder

New:

(direct-version only) kindlegen-support and support of the MultiMarkdown-Terminal-Tool in der the sandbox-free version of eBookBinder 1.4.0
(direct-version only) update-checker implemented
Textbundle- and Textpack-files have been added to the list of supported files which can be imported
support for embedded video- and audio-files in RTFD- and Textbundle-/Textpack-files
rearranged preferences
chapter-files can now added to the chapter-table using drag'n drop
new appearance for the dark-mode
when using the dark-mode, the chapter-editor also gets a dark appearance

Improvements:

new markup-transformation-engine implemented
several elements of the user-interface adjusted to match the appearance of the laters macOS versions
many internal elements of eBookBinder optimized or reworked
website-links in the menu-bar have been updated
improved saving when adding chapters to a project
help-files updated

1.3.0

New:

Action Search/Replace for single chapters or a whole project. The action can be accessed from the action-popup below the chapters-table
eBookBinder-projects export and import

Improvements:

drastically faster import of ePub-eBooks
mproved setting of the cover-image when importing ePubs and the cover images hasn't been set correctly within the original-ePub
reworked user-interface, a dark-mode can be set via the preferences

Bugfixes:

solved an issue when generating the table of contents and one or more chapter-titles have an &-character inside
solved an issue when including chapter-titles to chapters and one or more chapter-titles have an &-character inside

1.2.1

New:

Smark Version 1.1.4 implemented
Textile Version 3.5.5, corrected Version implemented
when MultiMarkdown is preinstalled, the preinstalled MultiMarkdown will be used for conversion instead of the pre-installed version of MultiMarkdown
sort-options for chapters
- alphabetical (A-Z) for chapter-names
- alphabetical (Z-A) for chapter-names
- alphabetical (A-Z) for file-names
- alphabetical (Z-A) for file-names
  Bugfixes:
fixed optical issues within the English user interface for the tab "Title+Infos"
fixed a bug for tabbing through the input-field in the tab for "Title+Infos"
fixed cutter labels within the user interface

1.2.0

New:

multiple reordering of chapters in the chapters-table
multi-delete of chapters in the chapter-table
improved handling of subject/genre of books. Tags separated by , will be added individually

Improvements when importing:

two-way chapter-import. If the manifest of the book is incomplete, a manual search for chapters is performed to make sure all chapters of the book will be imported
better finding of the books cover-image
import of author-name improved, if possible name will be separated into fore- and last-name
better recognition of publishing-date
description of book will be cleaned of HTML-tags by default
diverse other changes to ensure better imports

Other:

more intelligent selection of rows in the chapters table after deleting chapters
Textile-Parser updated to version 3.5.5
Smark-Parser updated to version 1.1.0

Bugfixes:

fixed an issue where that caused the tab-selector and bind-book-button to disappear
additional check for import to prevent import of not importable (DRM-protected) books, which caused eBookBinder to become unresponsive

1.1.6

Bugfixes:

special-characters within the details could lead to an issue where some ebooks couldn't be opened by iBooks and other readers
formatting-issue after editing a chapter in eBookBinder could lead to errors in iBooks and some other eBook-readers
&-character could lead in some special cases to errors in iBooks and some other eBook-readers

1.1.5

New:

clear Chapter-Table action added

Bugfixes:

import-issues for wikitext- and smark-formatted files in Mavericks solved
filename-tooltip for cover-image added for VoiceOver-users

1.1.4

Note

32-Bit Snow Leopard is no longer supported due change of memory-management from Garbage Collection to ARC

New:

set your own date

Bugfixes:

corrected misbehavior under Mavericks
solved issues loading the editor-window
solved issues with scrolling within the editor-window
some small adjustments to the interface

1.1.3

New:

extended Tree-Navigation possible using the chapters-table new parts column (not suitable for all ebook-readers, Nook, Kobo and Kindle for example can't handle this kind of navigation)

Improvements:

additional smaller, not visible improvements

1.1.2

Bugfixes:

several bugs fixed that prevented the import of DRM-free ePub-files. Please note, this a time-consuming process, a book with a file-size of 2MB for example can take up to two to five minutes to import depending on the speed of your machine
fixed a visual glitch in Project-Navigation
fixed a bug where the kindlegen-tool would be falsely declared as not installed
fixed a visual glitch of the chapter-editor which occurred when scrolling up and down the document

Other changes:

some changes to the kindlegen/mobipocket - preferences with additional guidance to properly install the kindlegen-tool
same changes related to the sandbox-environment to behave the application more correctly

1.1.1

general improvements

1.1.0

New:

complete new epub-compiling engine
option to remove inline CSS-Styles from chapters in the advanced pane, turned on by default
added Metadata-field for General subject of book, optional
automatically adds title-metatag to chapter-heads if it is missing
option to add a Table of contents with clickable items
notices-page is now optional and can be renamed to whatever you like for the navigation
new "Add Numbering"-Options: Roman-style numbers I II III and i ii iii
small overview of book statistics, use CMD+Shift+i to call up
some metadata can be added to the notices page. To do so, change the css-template values of noticesDescription, noticesPublisher, noticesISBN, noticesCopyright from hidden to visible

Bugfixes:

resolved bug that could lead to data-loss after choosing a cover-image
corrected an issue with tabbed navigation under the info-tab for OSX Lion and OSX Mountain Lion
corrected an Lion/Mountain Lion awkward import-behaviour of chapters, which resulted in unordered listings
corrected an issue displaying navigation-images after updates of covers and after importing epubs

1.0.0

initial release