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BetterRed · 07-21-2014, 08:10 PM

@delaing - Re the PDF XChange IFilter, according to this PDF-XChange Shell Extensions and iFilter, it is an option in the viewer install that you must specifically select. I have no memory or record of buying it.

Also a lot of my library isn't in PDF, most is in docx, and/or epub. So the example I gave was hypothetical, in support of your comments re searching in xChange, what I'd probably do is, windows search the library for 'underwater', cull author not Krugman or Stiglitz, and put those articles into a Reading List.

Re going from Windows Search to Calibre my steps are

In windows explorer

do the windows search - eg 'underwater'
use FMT to copy the file names into the clipboard
paste the clipboard into Notepad++ and save as 'underwater.csv'

In calibre,

import the 'underwater.csv' into the Import List plug-in
do whatever needs doing so that Import List matches the books (usually nothing needs doing)
create the 'underwater' Reading List
open the 'underwater' Reading List

FMT and Notepad++ just make things a bit easier - you could use Shift/Right click Copy as Path and Notepad. The Import List PI is the key item, the Reading List PI provides a convenient means to store the list without polluting the metadata - e.g. by adding a 'Stig & Krug Underwater' tag

That sounds complicated but its the sort of thing I've been doing for years so I guess its 'second nature'. And as I hinted - sometimes I just save the Windows Search Results.

Which makes me ask - why not add the .search-ms to my library as a book?

Voila it works! Save the search results to desktop, drop that file into book list. That gives me a 'playlist' in calibre, for my purposes that is ideal. What I normally want to do is 'read the books' not manage/categorise/etc. If warranted I can create a Reading list later... as outlined above... from the .search-ms list.

@delaing Thanks for the inspiration

BR

07-21-2014, 08:10 PM	#9
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,836 Karma: 30277270 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@delaing - Re the PDF XChange IFilter, according to this PDF-XChange Shell Extensions and iFilter, it is an option in the viewer install that you must specifically select. I have no memory or record of buying it. Also a lot of my library isn't in PDF, most is in docx, and/or epub. So the example I gave was hypothetical, in support of your comments re searching in xChange, what I'd probably do is, windows search the library for 'underwater', cull author not Krugman or Stiglitz, and put those articles into a Reading List. Re going from Windows Search to Calibre my steps are In windows explorer do the windows search - eg 'underwater' use FMT to copy the file names into the clipboard paste the clipboard into Notepad++ and save as 'underwater.csv' In calibre, import the 'underwater.csv' into the Import List plug-in do whatever needs doing so that Import List matches the books (usually nothing needs doing) create the 'underwater' Reading List open the 'underwater' Reading List FMT and Notepad++ just make things a bit easier - you could use Shift/Right click Copy as Path and Notepad. The Import List PI is the key item, the Reading List PI provides a convenient means to store the list without polluting the metadata - e.g. by adding a 'Stig & Krug Underwater' tag That sounds complicated but its the sort of thing I've been doing for years so I guess its 'second nature'. And as I hinted - sometimes I just save the Windows Search Results. Which makes me ask - why not add the .search-ms to my library as a book? Voila it works! Save the search results to desktop, drop that file into book list. That gives me a 'playlist' in calibre, for my purposes that is ideal. What I normally want to do is 'read the books' not manage/categorise/etc. If warranted I can create a Reading list later... as outlined above... from the .search-ms list. @delaing Thanks for the inspiration BR Last edited by BetterRed; 07-21-2014 at 09:55 PM.