Sigil (application)
Encyclopedia
Sigil is an open-source
editor for EPUB
e-books developed by Strahinja Marković in 2009 and maintained by John Schember since 2011.
As a cross-platform
application, it 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.
Open-source software
Open-source software is computer software that is available in source code form: the source code and certain other rights normally reserved for copyright holders are provided under a software license that permits users to study, change, improve and at times also to distribute the software.Open...
editor for EPUB
EPUB
EPUB is a free and open e-book standard by the International Digital Publishing Forum...
e-books developed by Strahinja Marković in 2009 and maintained by John Schember since 2011.
As a cross-platform
Cross-platform
In computing, cross-platform, or multi-platform, is an attribute conferred to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platforms...
application, it is distributed for the Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
, Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
and Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
platforms under the GNU GPL license. Sigil supports both WYSIWYG
WYSIWYG
WYSIWYG is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get. The term is used in computing to describe a system in which content displayed onscreen during editing appears in a form closely corresponding to its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product...
and code-based editing of EPUB files, as well as the import of HTML
HTML
HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....
and plain text
Text file
A text file is a kind of computer file that is structured as a sequence of lines of electronic text. A text file exists within a computer file system...
files.