Quote:
Originally Posted by BetterRed
Quote:
Originally Posted by kacir
I use AutoKey program for automating certain tasks.
One example is searching for author in Calibre in such a way that it doesn't matter whether I have firstname lastname or lastname, firstname.
Program that is run when I press F2 in my AutoKey is:
Code:
#### Beginning of the Script for F2 hotkey ####
import re
contents = clipboard.get_clipboard()
# re.sub(pattern, repl, string, count=0, flags=0)
output = re.sub(r'([^ ,]*),? (.*)', r'authors:"\1" and authors:"\2"', contents)
keyboard.send_keys(output)
#### End of the Script for F2 hotkey ####
It works in a simple way:
I find somewhere (Calibre itself, or Internet or any text) name of the author, I copy the name such as:
Hugo, Victor
to the clipboard, then I go to Calibre, position cursor to the Search bar and press F2. I get the following
authors:"Hugo" and authors:"Victor"
Well, I *used* to get that. In Beta when I use this script, I get
authors.;hugo; and authors.;victor;
In any other program where I can enter text this works OK.
My system:
I can (and probably will) find a workaround by extending my script from four lines to eight ;-), but this behavior might indicate some problem.
I used to have this tiny hack built into Calibre as modification to the "find similar books" function, and I have even tried to persuade you to put it into main trunk. |
@ kacir - there's a plug-in that does something like that ==>> [GUI Plugin] Clipboard Search
I did a few tests on the Qt5'd version the other day on Windows 7, under calibre 1.48 64-bit & calibre 1.205 portable, seems to work as advertised. The Qt5d version is released, so you can install via Prefs->Plug-ins->Get New.
BR |
The Clipboard Search doesn't have the functionality I was looking for.
BUT!
I finally got pisse^H^H^H^H^Hmotivated enough to sit down and do something to solve my problem, because it looks like AutoKey is unlikely to resolve the problem with QT5 and I won't be able to make it work the way I want.
So ... I installed the plugin and had a look inside.
It took me 5 minutes to modify the functionality of the code that in original plugin just surrounds the text in quotes.
Code:
I have replaced code:
#######################
def search_using_clipboard_text(self, is_exact_search=False):
cb = QApplication.instance().clipboard()
txt = unicode(cb.text()).strip()
if txt:
if is_exact_search:
# Surround search text with quotes if it does not have any already
if not txt.startswith('"'):
txt = '"' + txt
if not txt.endswith('"'):
txt += '"'
self.gui.search.set_search_string(txt, store_in_history=True)
#######################
With the following
#######################
import re ## - put at the beginning of the file after other import statements
#######################
def search_using_clipboard_text(self, is_exact_search=False):
cb = QApplication.instance().clipboard()
txt = unicode(cb.text()).strip()
if txt:
if is_exact_search:
self.gui.search.set_search_string(txt, store_in_history=True)
#######################
Thank you for the inspiration.
This is even better - I do not need the AutoKey third-party program AND I do not have to do a private fork of the Calibre (as I used to do in the past) to make this work.
Thank you Kovid for an absolutely wonderful easily-user-extensible framework
Thank you KiwiDude for those fantastic plugins