[Old Thread] Reading epub on viewer inexplicably changes the time stamp of epub - Page 2

kiwidude · 11-27-2010, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Starson17

I agree. If you have some code, so much the better.

Ok, patch complete and added to the tracker incident above. Up to the Calibre gurus if/when this gets deployed of course but it's there for anyone else running from source.

banjomike · 11-27-2010, 11:27 AM

I would also use such a patch/tweak/whatever.

greenapple · 11-27-2010, 06:09 PM

Thanks, kiwidude!

dino8352 · 03-19-2011, 03:45 PM

Not sure how long these changes will take to filter into official deployed Calibre, but I still have the file-destructive version of ebook-viewer on my system. I made this easy workaround as an alternative to hacking the program:

Save this shell script as ebook-viewer somewhere on the path BEFORE /usr/bin/ebook-viewer:

Code:

#! /bin/bash

# The ebook-viewer utility of the Calibre project MODIFIES ANY EPUB 
# DOCUMENT THAT'S OPENED WITH IT. A bookmarks file is inserted into 
# the book. I know of no way at this time to prevent it from doing so 
# short of turning off all write bits on the files or hacking the
# program.

# This script is a crude solution, let ebook-viewer touch a junk copy 
# of the book in /tmp

tmpFile="/tmp/$(basename $1)"
cp $1 $tmpFile
/usr/bin/ebook-viewer $tmpFile
rm $tmpFile

kiwidude · 03-19-2011, 04:09 PM

This was an old thread - Calibre implemented changes many releases ago to address this issue (see change log for exactly when). In the Ebook viewer now go to Preferences and untick "Remember the current page when quitting".

DoctorOhh · 03-19-2011, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dino8352

Not sure how long these changes will take to filter into official deployed Calibre

The answer to this question is 3 months ago.

Quote:

Release: 0.7.34 [17 Dec, 2010]

New Features

E-book viewer: Add option to not remember position in book when quitting. Closes tickets: 7699

03-19-2011, 03:45 PM	#19
dino8352 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 72 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: T-Mobile MyTouch 4G running Aldiko reader	shell script workaround to prevent ebook-viewer from modifying Not sure how long these changes will take to filter into official deployed Calibre, but I still have the file-destructive version of ebook-viewer on my system. I made this easy workaround as an alternative to hacking the program: Save this shell script as ebook-viewer somewhere on the path BEFORE /usr/bin/ebook-viewer: Code: #! /bin/bash # The ebook-viewer utility of the Calibre project MODIFIES ANY EPUB # DOCUMENT THAT'S OPENED WITH IT. A bookmarks file is inserted into # the book. I know of no way at this time to prevent it from doing so # short of turning off all write bits on the files or hacking the # program. # This script is a crude solution, let ebook-viewer touch a junk copy # of the book in /tmp tmpFile="/tmp/$(basename $1)" cp $1 $tmpFile /usr/bin/ebook-viewer $tmpFile rm $tmpFile Last edited by dino8352; 03-19-2011 at 03:46 PM. Reason: forgot title

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11-27-2010, 11:27 AM	#17
banjomike Addict Posts: 319 Karma: 397404 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: UK Device: PRS-505,DSlibris,nook Glow & Simple & HD+,Tab S2,Moon+,Kobo Clara	I would also use such a patch/tweak/whatever.

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greenapple Evangelist Posts: 404 Karma: 664 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle DX, Kobo Aura HD	Thanks, kiwidude!

03-19-2011, 04:09 PM	#20
kiwidude Calibre Plugins Developer Posts: 4,637 Karma: 2162064 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis	This was an old thread - Calibre implemented changes many releases ago to address this issue (see change log for exactly when). In the Ebook viewer now go to Preferences and untick "Remember the current page when quitting".