06-05-2010, 09:09 PM | #16 | |
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Once the individual libraries are functional all you have to do is start calibre normally (via default shortcut) and switch between them by changing the location in calibre under preferences. Personally I still think keeping everything in one library and using tags/series and custom columns is the way to go. Last edited by DoctorOhh; 06-05-2010 at 09:13 PM. |
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06-05-2010, 09:25 PM | #17 |
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Update: My brain is hurting tonight and even though I thought this would work I couldn't get it to work. Just pass my ideas by and someone else who can think straight can step in.
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06-05-2010, 10:15 PM | #18 |
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Ok. Thanks for saving my brain.
Back to the question that started this; is it possible to have more than one installation of Calibre? I would need to use only one at a time. |
06-05-2010, 11:29 PM | #19 |
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Using Calibre's manual it was easy to create many new empty libraries. I opened a command prompt (all programs - accessories - comand prompt) then I typed in the following:
Calibre --with-library C:\Calibre_Library_1 Calibre opened with a nice clean empty library. I quit Calibre via ctrl Q and repeated a few more times with different library names quitting calibre between each run. Calibre --with-library C:\Calibre_Library_2 Calibre --with-library C:\Calibre_Library_3 Calibre --with-library C:\Calibre_Library_4 Now I had 4 new libraries and I started up Calibre fresh from my normal desktop icon. Now (to test) I went to Calibre preferences - general (at the top) and changed the location of ebooks to C:\Calibre_Library_4 and clicked ok. The book window refreshed and I saw the one book I had already added to that library. My only problem is the tag browser didn't refresh so it still showed the stats from my first rather large library I opened. I started a thread here and hopefully my error or calibre's error will be corrected. It looks like setting up and using multiple libraries is relatively easy. |
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Don't know if this will help but I use jumplist. Rollercoster posted this...
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...82&postcount=3 Works great - I have three libraries. I switch between them without having to batch files. I know, the lazy way |
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Once you have the libraries created you should just be able to switch back and forth easy enough within calibre itself. Currently the tag browser doesn't seem to update when you switch between libraries. Kovid says this is a bug and I created Ticket #5712 to have it looked at. |
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I can't use Jumplist because I'm still running XP and will be for a while (sniff, sniff). Quote:
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Anyway it looks like you have success! Well done. Just running Calibre --with-library C:\Calibre_Library_2 (replace C:\Calibre_Library_2 with the directory of your choice) from the command prompt creates an empty library quickly too. Or in the case of Debby's jump list will launch an existing library. |
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06-06-2010, 03:20 AM | #24 |
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For excrement and merriment, I tried making the switch from preferences and I was able to get into the second library. And the Tag Browser had the wrong numbers. When I tried (three times) to switch back, calibre just laughed at me and stayed in the second library. I was able to use the Welcome Wizard to get back. Weird.
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I opened a ticket on the switching libraries from preferences, until then just stick with the wizard it seems to be working fine. |
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06-06-2010, 07:48 AM | #26 | |
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These two problems have been fixed, along with the tags pane. I shouldn't make promises that Kovid must keep , but that aside, the fixes should be in the next release. |
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06-06-2010, 12:30 PM | #27 |
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I'm amazed that corrections happen as fast as they do (more like stunned; most commercial software doesn't get fixed--if it gets fixed--that fast)! I'm not in any hurry to get that fixed anyway since I have so many books I have to cut apart, scan, and put into the first library.
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