Schedule news download

AprilHare · 01-28-2009, 06:00 AM

Thanks for the feature that lets me control when scheduled news downloads are downloaded on any given day of the week, it's great Kovid! Goodonya and keep up the good work

Just one little thing: when it says, for instance, "Last downloaded: 0.60 days ago" wouldn't it be nice if it said "Last downloaded: 0 days 14 hours 24 minutes ago" instead?

ccadi · 01-28-2009, 11:38 AM

A second thanks from me kovid

Col

kovidgoyal · 01-28-2009, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AprilHare

Thanks for the feature that lets me control when scheduled news downloads are downloaded on any given day of the week, it's great Kovid! Goodonya and keep up the good work

Just one little thing: when it says, for instance, "Last downloaded: 0.60 days ago" wouldn't it be nice if it said "Last downloaded: 0 days 14 hours 24 minutes ago" instead?

Sure, easily done

moosejons_dad · 01-28-2009, 01:33 PM

What about having a space bar for the calibre LRF Viewer to move the article or book one is reading on their computer forward in addition to hitting the arrows.
This would be a nice addition if it is possible to do.
Thanks.

kovidgoyal · 01-28-2009, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moosejons_dad

What about having a space bar for the calibre LRF Viewer to move the article or book one is reading on their computer forward in addition to hitting the arrows.
This would be a nice addition if it is possible to do.
Thanks.

Also easily done

dasym · 01-29-2009, 04:32 AM

I like the scheduled download feature, thank you. However, I'm a bit confused about how it's supposed to work. I have the BBC scheduled for every day at 09:00:00 and it started at 09:21:00. The Times Online is scheduled for the same time, it shows Last downloaded 0.99 days ago, and at 09:22:00 it still hasn't started. The Scotsman is also scheduled for the same time, it shows Last downloaded 1.00 days ago and it hasn't started or appeared on the list of jobs yet.

Calibre was left running overnight so that the jobs would run. While checking the jobs and fetch news status windows, the application terminated itself and I had to restart it. This caused the BBC and the Scotsman jobs to appear in the Jobs list and start running, but the Times Online hasn't appeared in the jobs list yet.

kovidgoyal · 01-29-2009, 06:17 AM

There's a bug in the scheduler code that causes the download to only start if at least 24 hours have passed since the last download. Will be fixed in the next release

dasym · 01-29-2009, 06:43 AM

OK, thanks.

Angst · 01-30-2009, 01:25 PM

Minor problem: I'm showing the date of my news downloads as 1 day off.

i.e.
The BBC [Thu, 29 Jan 2009] downloaded this morning.
it should be The BBC [Fri, 30 Jan 2009]
same for NYT, science, etc.

my error? or 'feature'?

Acey · 01-30-2009, 01:43 PM

First, HUGE thanks to Kovid for adding in the new scheduling features - a donation will be on its way to you soon.

Secondly, I'm seeing my news dates off by a day as well - is it using the last date that Calibre was started? (I leave Calibre running on one PC unless I need to upgrade it.)

kovidgoyal · 01-30-2009, 01:51 PM

Can someone open a bug report about the dates, I'll look into it.

Angst · 01-31-2009, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Angst

Minor problem: I'm showing the date of my news downloads as 1 day off.

i.e.
The BBC [Thu, 29 Jan 2009] downloaded this morning.
it should be The BBC [Fri, 30 Jan 2009]
same for NYT, science, etc.

my error? or 'feature'?

Today's feeds came through properly.
The BBC [Sat 31, Jan 2009]

- Rebooted PC yesterday. May have helped. or not.

moosejons_dad · 01-31-2009, 03:38 PM

The space bar in the Calibre LRF viewer works however after using the bar more than once, the feed skips several lines in the article, after each pressing of the bar. In other words there is no continuous flow of the article.. Could you please check into this?
Thanks.

kovidgoyal · 01-31-2009, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moosejons_dad

The space bar in the Calibre LRF viewer works however after using the bar more than once, the feed skips several lines in the article, after each pressing of the bar. In other words there is no continuous flow of the article.. Could you please check into this?
Thanks.

Open a bug report or I will forget

dasym · 02-01-2009, 06:28 AM

I'm afraid scheduled news downloads don't seem to be working with 0.4.132. The three daily ones I've got are set for 9 am. It's now 11.24 am and each says the last download was around 1 day and 25 to 29 minutes ago. Calibre has been running all the time. I've closed it down and restarted but the scheduled jobs still don't run automatically.

01-28-2009, 06:00 AM	#1
AprilHare Wizard Posts: 2,981 Karma: 11862367 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-T2	Schedule news download Thanks for the feature that lets me control when scheduled news downloads are downloaded on any given day of the week, it's great Kovid! Goodonya and keep up the good work Just one little thing: when it says, for instance, "Last downloaded: 0.60 days ago" wouldn't it be nice if it said "Last downloaded: 0 days 14 hours 24 minutes ago" instead?

01-30-2009, 01:25 PM	#9
Angst Cannon Fodder Posts: 2,819 Karma: 50921712 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Probably a library Device: PRS-350, Kindle DX, Kindle Paperwhite	News date off Minor problem: I'm showing the date of my news downloads as 1 day off. i.e. The BBC [Thu, 29 Jan 2009] downloaded this morning. it should be The BBC [Fri, 30 Jan 2009] same for NYT, science, etc. my error? or 'feature'? Last edited by Angst; 01-30-2009 at 01:32 PM.

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01-28-2009, 11:38 AM	#2
ccadi Alive'n'Reading Posts: 43 Karma: 70 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: uk Device: Kobo Libra H20, Kobo Libra 2, Paperwhite 5 SE	A second thanks from me kovid Col

01-28-2009, 01:33 PM	#4
moosejons_dad Zealot Posts: 100 Karma: 18 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: N.J. Device: Sony Readers PRS-500 exchanged by Sony for PRS-600, PRS-505,IPAD3,mini	What about having a space bar for the calibre LRF Viewer to move the article or book one is reading on their computer forward in addition to hitting the arrows. This would be a nice addition if it is possible to do. Thanks.

01-29-2009, 04:32 AM	#6
dasym Connoisseur Posts: 50 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Kindle DX, Kindle. iPad 3	I like the scheduled download feature, thank you. However, I'm a bit confused about how it's supposed to work. I have the BBC scheduled for every day at 09:00:00 and it started at 09:21:00. The Times Online is scheduled for the same time, it shows Last downloaded 0.99 days ago, and at 09:22:00 it still hasn't started. The Scotsman is also scheduled for the same time, it shows Last downloaded 1.00 days ago and it hasn't started or appeared on the list of jobs yet. Calibre was left running overnight so that the jobs would run. While checking the jobs and fetch news status windows, the application terminated itself and I had to restart it. This caused the BBC and the Scotsman jobs to appear in the Jobs list and start running, but the Times Online hasn't appeared in the jobs list yet.

01-29-2009, 06:17 AM	#7
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,826 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There's a bug in the scheduler code that causes the download to only start if at least 24 hours have passed since the last download. Will be fixed in the next release

01-29-2009, 06:43 AM	#8
dasym Connoisseur Posts: 50 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Kindle DX, Kindle. iPad 3	OK, thanks.

01-30-2009, 01:43 PM	#10
Acey Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	First, HUGE thanks to Kovid for adding in the new scheduling features - a donation will be on its way to you soon. Secondly, I'm seeing my news dates off by a day as well - is it using the last date that Calibre was started? (I leave Calibre running on one PC unless I need to upgrade it.)

01-30-2009, 01:51 PM	#11
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,826 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Can someone open a bug report about the dates, I'll look into it.

01-31-2009, 03:38 PM	#13
moosejons_dad Zealot Posts: 100 Karma: 18 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: N.J. Device: Sony Readers PRS-500 exchanged by Sony for PRS-600, PRS-505,IPAD3,mini	The space bar in the Calibre LRF viewer works however after using the bar more than once, the feed skips several lines in the article, after each pressing of the bar. In other words there is no continuous flow of the article.. Could you please check into this? Thanks.

02-01-2009, 06:28 AM	#15
dasym Connoisseur Posts: 50 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Kindle DX, Kindle. iPad 3	I'm afraid scheduled news downloads don't seem to be working with 0.4.132. The three daily ones I've got are set for 9 am. It's now 11.24 am and each says the last download was around 1 day and 25 to 29 minutes ago. Calibre has been running all the time. I've closed it down and restarted but the scheduled jobs still don't run automatically.

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