Problems with downloading newsfeeds in Calibre

Tom Swift · 06-04-2008, 02:40 AM

I have always had a problem downloading newsfeeds from Calibre and the previous incarnation. I installed the newest version and tried to download the Wired newsfeed. As usual, I get an error message and I have to force quit the program (I am on a Mac). I am wondering if this is because I am in China and the government blocks RSS feeds? Anyway, here is the error message.

'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe8 in position 568: ordinal not in range(128)
Detailed traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Applications/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/main.py", line 707, in news_fetched
File "/Applications/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/main.py", line 1056, in conversion_job_exception
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe8 in position 568: ordinal not in range(128)

kovidgoyal · 06-04-2008, 03:16 AM

try

Code:

feeds2lrf Newsweek

at a terminal

Tom Swift · 06-04-2008, 04:28 AM

It seemed to work. I got a lot of error messages saying it could not download some stuff and then this
Could not read stylesheet: http://ndn.newsweek.com/site/css/structure.css
Could not read stylesheet: http://ndn.newsweek.com/site/css/components.css
Could not read stylesheet: http://ndn.newsweek.com/site/css/widgets.css
Processing index.html

which I assume had something to do with the undownloaded material. The rest seemed to work.

So what do i do now? Can I use calibre to install it to the reader? Is there a setting that I can set to get it to work in the program?

Tom Swift · 06-04-2008, 04:32 AM

Never mind. Found the lrf file. But can I change something in calibre to get it to work?

kovidgoyal · 06-04-2008, 01:26 PM

Tell me what line 1056 is in /Applications/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/main.py

Tom Swift · 06-04-2008, 09:21 PM

The file is very long. Is there a way I can jump to line 1065? I am still kind of new at Macs. If I count, I am sure to make a mistake. Can I search for something?

kovidgoyal · 06-04-2008, 11:25 PM

open it in vim (at a terminal type vim filename)

then type

Code:

:1056

kovidgoyal · 06-04-2008, 11:28 PM

or even easier (at a terminal type)

Code:

head -n 1046 filename | tail -n1

Tom Swift · 06-04-2008, 11:44 PM

msg += formatted_traceback + '</pre>'

kovidgoyal · 06-05-2008, 12:03 AM

Try the next release, hopefully it will give a more meaningful error message

06-04-2008, 02:40 AM	#1
Tom Swift Addict Posts: 250 Karma: 1232346 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Macau Device: Kindle Oasis (plus lots of older devices)	Problems with downloading newsfeeds in Calibre I have always had a problem downloading newsfeeds from Calibre and the previous incarnation. I installed the newest version and tried to download the Wired newsfeed. As usual, I get an error message and I have to force quit the program (I am on a Mac). I am wondering if this is because I am in China and the government blocks RSS feeds? Anyway, here is the error message. 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe8 in position 568: ordinal not in range(128) Detailed traceback: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Applications/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/main.py", line 707, in news_fetched File "/Applications/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/main.py", line 1056, in conversion_job_exception UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe8 in position 568: ordinal not in range(128)

06-04-2008, 03:16 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,844 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	try Code: feeds2lrf Newsweek at a terminal

06-04-2008, 11:25 PM	#7
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,844 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	open it in vim (at a terminal type vim filename) then type Code: :1056

06-04-2008, 11:28 PM	#8
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,844 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	or even easier (at a terminal type) Code: head -n 1046 filename \| tail -n1

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06-04-2008, 04:28 AM	#3
Tom Swift Addict Posts: 250 Karma: 1232346 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Macau Device: Kindle Oasis (plus lots of older devices)	It seemed to work. I got a lot of error messages saying it could not download some stuff and then this Could not read stylesheet: http://ndn.newsweek.com/site/css/structure.css Could not read stylesheet: http://ndn.newsweek.com/site/css/components.css Could not read stylesheet: http://ndn.newsweek.com/site/css/widgets.css Processing index.html which I assume had something to do with the undownloaded material. The rest seemed to work. So what do i do now? Can I use calibre to install it to the reader? Is there a setting that I can set to get it to work in the program?

06-04-2008, 04:32 AM	#4
Tom Swift Addict Posts: 250 Karma: 1232346 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Macau Device: Kindle Oasis (plus lots of older devices)	Never mind. Found the lrf file. But can I change something in calibre to get it to work?

06-04-2008, 01:26 PM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,844 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Tell me what line 1056 is in /Applications/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/main.py

06-04-2008, 09:21 PM	#6
Tom Swift Addict Posts: 250 Karma: 1232346 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Macau Device: Kindle Oasis (plus lots of older devices)	The file is very long. Is there a way I can jump to line 1065? I am still kind of new at Macs. If I count, I am sure to make a mistake. Can I search for something?

06-04-2008, 11:44 PM	#9
Tom Swift Addict Posts: 250 Karma: 1232346 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Macau Device: Kindle Oasis (plus lots of older devices)	msg += formatted_traceback + '</pre>'

06-05-2008, 12:03 AM	#10
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,844 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Try the next release, hopefully it will give a more meaningful error message

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