New 'Get books' dialog

elleryq · 02-20-2013, 05:35 AM

I found there are 2 new fields in 'Get books' dialog.
In src/calibre/gui2/store/search/search.py, do_search() will join these fields to generate query string.
And then use self.results_view.model().set_query(query) to apply criteria to view.

My question is, if I type 'UML' in title field then search, it will find nothing whatever use Amazon or Google books as the store.
But if I type 'UML' in keyword field then search, it will return results.
I don't understand what is the difference. I guess that set_query() do something.

Does anyone know this?

kovidgoyal · 02-20-2013, 06:30 AM

keywords will search all metadata of the book, title will search only the title.

elleryq · 02-20-2013, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

keywords will search all metadata of the book, title will search only the title.

If I enter keywords in 'title' and 'keyword', I found the actual query string will be title+keyword. The store plugin return results, after self.results_view.model().set_query(query), the results become empty.

Why?

kovidgoyal · 02-20-2013, 10:42 PM

Because searching by title filters results to only contain those books whose title has the searched for terms. Use the source, Luke.

elleryq · 02-21-2013, 01:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Because searching by title filters results to only contain those books whose title has the searched for terms. Use the source, Luke.

Thanks for your reply.

02-20-2013, 05:35 AM	#1
elleryq Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2012 Device: Kindle touch	New 'Get books' dialog I found there are 2 new fields in 'Get books' dialog. In src/calibre/gui2/store/search/search.py, do_search() will join these fields to generate query string. And then use self.results_view.model().set_query(query) to apply criteria to view. My question is, if I type 'UML' in title field then search, it will find nothing whatever use Amazon or Google books as the store. But if I type 'UML' in keyword field then search, it will return results. I don't understand what is the difference. I guess that set_query() do something. Does anyone know this?

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02-20-2013, 06:30 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,843 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	keywords will search all metadata of the book, title will search only the title.

02-20-2013, 10:42 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,843 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Because searching by title filters results to only contain those books whose title has the searched for terms. Use the source, Luke.

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