[GUI Plugin] Search the Internet

[Vortex]

So would I but actually it's the dot after the W in "Brian W. Aldiss", the search dumps it and fails.

This is the the search string it creates, notice it's dropped the dot after the W

http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/edit/tp...OPERATOR_2=AND

If you add the dot back to the search string, it's successful:

http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/edit/tp...OPERATOR_2=AND

Here's another example:

Author: A. Bertram Chandler
Title: In the Box

http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?414581

http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/edit/tp...OPERATOR_2=AND

With the dot added back: http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/edit/tp...OPERATOR_2=AND

And how about a search for author: J. R. R. Tolkien

http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?...=J+R+R+Tolkien

Gives: "A search for J R R Tolkien found 0 matches"

[Vortex]

I've found a solution to those problems. If you make the ISFDB search go through Google Advanced Search, it solves them all.

This is the version I'm using at the moment:

http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&q=Bibliography+%22{author}%22+%22{tit le}%22+site:www.isfdb.org

It's brilliant for identifying short stories that fail on the 'Download Metadata & Covers' search.

[Vortex]

I know this is the 'Search the Internet' plugin but is it possible to use the plugin to send the search term to another application that can be run from the command line?

I use the 'Eveything Search' tool from voidtools to see at a glance what duplicates are in other libraries and backups on my computer. (It's much easier to use than the 'Find Duplicates' plugin when searching across multiple libraries.)

To search from the command line is: C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe -search <search term>

I've tried various versions in the plugin but nothing happens, any ideas?

[davidfor]

You can probably do what you want with the Open With plugin.

[Vortex]

Thanks, David. I tried that already, but no matter what switch I used it tried to open the ebook file with the 'Everything Search' application and failed with the error message- "not a valid file list".

I've managed to get the 'Search the Internet' plugin to open the 'Everything Search' application by copying Everything.exe from it's directory to the desktop and typing: Everything.exe into the url box, but any attempt to add switches after "Everything.exe" (so it will pass on the search terms to the Everything Search) causes it to stop working.
It seems like if there are spaces it cant cope with it and fails, and if there isn't spaces it then thinks it's part of the file path and fails...

[chaley]

Originally Posted by Vortex

I tried that already. No matter what switch I used it tried to open the ebook file with the 'Everything Search' application and failed with the error message- "not a valid file list".

These two links might help you set things up. In effect they describe how to create a link type (protocol) that when used runs some program.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...(v=vs.85).aspx

http://www.autohotkey.com/board/topi...-from-browser/

You might need to put something into the middle to strip off the protocol and add the "-search" before passing the string to your search program.

[BetterRed]

I would add Everything to Click.to then you can get at Everything from Everywhere. I do something similar in Click.to, but for FileLocator Pro.

See How to add a Windows Action in click.to

Click.to is payware - I'm not aware of anything similar for free - apart from chaleys links.

BR

[Vortex]

Thank you, Chaley & BR.

I now have it opening the search window with the title and/or Author in the search box. The only snag is the plugin's putting + symbols between each search term which 'Everything' takes literally. I cant see anyway to get it to ignore them.

[BetterRed]

@Vortex - for Authors, maybe you could use Preferences->Look & Feel->Book Details->Default author link template. A value something like file:///c:\program files\everything\everything.exe {author} might work.

If that worked then maybe there'd be a case for having a Default title link template

BR

[Vortex]

Well thought of BR!

It works but has the same snag as the plugin, it adds a + symbol between each part of the name. So far I haven't been able to find a way to get 'Everything' to ignore them.

A Default title link template sounds like a great idea.

[BetterRed]

@Vortex - what happens if you wrap the author in double quotes ie - file:///c:\program files\everything\everything.exe {"author"}

BR

Moderator Notice
I moved a 10 posts relating to Vortex' 'problem' to the Open With thread ==>> https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=254

The OW PI was changed to provide the solution to Vortex' problem, having beta versions of the Open With PI posted in the Search the Internet thread was 'confusing'.

[jecilop]

I've JUST discovered this plug-in and find it absolutely necessary!

Thank you for the time and effort to create it!!

I picked up on customizing searches very quickly too.

[Jessica_June]

Originally Posted by dtrounson

Hi Guys,
Just incase you have a lot of roleplaying books that need sorted, here are some settings for DriveThru RPG.

Anyway hope this helps someone

Yep, just what I was looking for to help fill in the missing bits for my game books.

[copyrite]

If I attempt to customize this plugin it crashes Calibre.

Spoiler:

calibre Debug log
calibre 2.47 isfrozen: True is64bit: False
Windows-8-6.2.9200 Windows ('32bit', 'WindowsPE')
32bit process running on 64bit windows
('Windows', '8', '6.2.9200')
Python 2.7.9
Windows: ('8', '6.2.9200', '', 'Multiprocessor Free')
DeDRM v6.1.0: In __init__
DeDRM v6.1.0: In load_resources
DeDRM v6.1.0: verdir C:\Users\Me\AppData\Roaming\calibre\plugins\DeDRM\ 6.1.0
DeDRM v6.1.0: In initialize
Successfully initialized third party plugins: DeDRM && food network Recipe Reader && Resize Cover && Search The Internet && Generate Cover && Walk Search History && Wiki Reader && Fantastic Fiction && Goodreads Sync && Kindle Collections && BigOven Recipe Reader && FictionDB && Count Pages && Goodreads && View Manager && Find Duplicates && EpubMerge && EpubSplit && Manage Series && Reading List && Favourites Menu && Quality Check && Overdrive Link
Starting up...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\ui.py", line 152, in __init__
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\ui.py", line 166, in init_iaction
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\__init__.py", line 582, in load_actual_plugin
File "importlib\__init__.py", line 37, in import_module
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 179, in load_module
File "calibre_plugins.food_ebook.ui", line 18, in <module>
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 179, in load_module
File "calibre_plugins.food_ebook.main", line 18, in <module>
ImportError: No module named PyQt4.Qt
EpubMergeEBUG:calibre_plugins.epubmerge.epubmerg e_plugin(152):macmenuhack file_path:C:\Users\Me\AppData\Roaming\calibre\plug ins\fanficfare_macmenuhack.txt
Started up in 79.09 seconds with 43174 books
SMART_DEV ( 0.01: 0.012) _attach_to_port try ip address "" on port 9090
SMART_DEV ( 0.97: 0.809) startup_on_demand listening on port 9090
SMART_DEV ( 1.03: 0.014) _attach_to_port try ip address "" on port 54982
SMART_DEV ( 1.07: 0.000) startup_on_demand broadcast socket listening on port 54982
SMART_DEV ( 2.12: 1.016) run All IP addresses {'{E290E82B-0287-473E-B101-1A53229E6502}': [{'addr': '169.254.173.78'}], '{74848E3E-C3C2-4C6D-A9E0-88EA1BD2FA33}': [{'addr': '192.168.1.8', 'broadcast': '192.168.1.255', 'netmask': '255.255.255.0'}], '{D6DF3E62-D6B2-45BB-9C58-F2C7634A0642}': [{'addr': '169.254.95.15'}], '{41000E7E-95EF-11E5-89B9-806E6F6E6963}': [{'addr': '127.0.0.1', 'broadcast': '127.255.255.255', 'netmask': '255.0.0.0'}], '{E45AC650-0FB2-4596-A82F-A6E14A2ADB97}': [{'addr': '169.254.208.235'}]}

This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
Please contact the application's support team for more information.

Thanks for any help.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by copyrite

If I attempt to customize this plugin it crashes Calibre.

>snip<

Thanks for any help.

ignore

BR