Issue closing ebook reader in Linux

hairybiker · 05-31-2011, 01:37 PM

Using 0.8.3

Symptom:-
Open a book by double clicking on it.
try to close the ebook and instead it closed calibre leaving the book open. (Using the close icon on the top of the book- ok if closed using ctrl-q)

system is
Mint 11 64bit
Nvidia closed driver
compiz active.

kovidgoyal · 05-31-2011, 01:42 PM

This probably has something to do with the Unity interface, I certainly cannot replicate it on KDE.

hairybiker · 05-31-2011, 01:43 PM

No unity in Mint 11, good old Gnome 2.32.

Further playing - it doesn't seem to have made the ebook the active window - it is visible and you can scroll through it but unless you click on it then the window controls pass to the active window - i.e. calibre.
Not seen this in previous versions.

(And since I tend to open the ebooks full screen I get the controls at the same place as the underneath one.)

kovidgoyal · 05-31-2011, 01:46 PM

Then I have no idea what could be causing it. You sure you clicked the correct close button?

hairybiker · 05-31-2011, 01:49 PM

How many close buttons are there?

theducks · 05-31-2011, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hairybiker

Using 0.8.3

Symptom:-
Open a book by double clicking on it.
try to close the ebook and instead it closed calibre leaving the book open. (Using the close icon on the top of the book- ok if closed using ctrl-q)

system is
Mint 11 64bit
Nvidia closed driver
compiz active.

Did you un-set the focus from the book reader?
Ubuntu ctrl-Q closes the reader if it has focus and leaves Calibre running.

hairybiker · 05-31-2011, 01:58 PM

No I didn't remove focus. I double clicked the book, scrolled down a few pages using the mouse wheel then tried to close it - it stayed open but calibre closed instead. Noticed this first earlier when I thought I couldn't close the book using the close button, then I saw that calibre had closed.

(I was basically just checking the layout of the book to see if it needed reformatting not reading it.)

I have verified this with several books and they are all the same.

theducks · 05-31-2011, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hairybiker

No I didn't remove focus. I double clicked the book, scrolled down a few pages using the mouse wheel then tried to close it - it stayed open but calibre closed instead. Noticed this first earlier when I thought I couldn't close the book using the close button, then I saw that calibre had closed.

(I was basically just checking the layout of the book to see if it needed reformatting not reading it.)

I have verified this with several books and they are all the same.

Kovid will have to step in here. You might have a magic (bad) combination interaction.

kovidgoyal · 05-31-2011, 02:17 PM

I'm afraid I have no idea what could possibly cause calibre to close if you cick the close button of the ebook viewer. The view is launched as a separate process that cannot interact with calibre in any way.

05-31-2011, 01:37 PM	#1
hairybiker Banned Posts: 82 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Tolino Shine 3	Issue closing ebook reader in Linux Using 0.8.3 Symptom:- Open a book by double clicking on it. try to close the ebook and instead it closed calibre leaving the book open. (Using the close icon on the top of the book- ok if closed using ctrl-q) system is Mint 11 64bit Nvidia closed driver compiz active.

05-31-2011, 01:43 PM	#3
hairybiker Banned Posts: 82 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Tolino Shine 3	No unity in Mint 11, good old Gnome 2.32. Further playing - it doesn't seem to have made the ebook the active window - it is visible and you can scroll through it but unless you click on it then the window controls pass to the active window - i.e. calibre. Not seen this in previous versions. (And since I tend to open the ebooks full screen I get the controls at the same place as the underneath one.) Last edited by hairybiker; 05-31-2011 at 01:48 PM.

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05-31-2011, 01:42 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	This probably has something to do with the Unity interface, I certainly cannot replicate it on KDE.

05-31-2011, 01:46 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Then I have no idea what could be causing it. You sure you clicked the correct close button?

05-31-2011, 01:49 PM	#5
hairybiker Banned Posts: 82 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Tolino Shine 3	How many close buttons are there?

05-31-2011, 01:58 PM	#7
hairybiker Banned Posts: 82 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Tolino Shine 3	No I didn't remove focus. I double clicked the book, scrolled down a few pages using the mouse wheel then tried to close it - it stayed open but calibre closed instead. Noticed this first earlier when I thought I couldn't close the book using the close button, then I saw that calibre had closed. (I was basically just checking the layout of the book to see if it needed reformatting not reading it.) I have verified this with several books and they are all the same.

05-31-2011, 02:17 PM	#9
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I'm afraid I have no idea what could possibly cause calibre to close if you cick the close button of the ebook viewer. The view is launched as a separate process that cannot interact with calibre in any way.

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