New Test Version Posted with two new features:
Save / Reuse Metadata- Add feature to optionally save all FanFicFare metadata to a custom column.
- Add related feature to update Calibre metadata from saved custom column, when configured.
Near the bottom of the Custom Column tab in FanFicFare config, look for
Saved Metadata Column. Can only be used with 'Long Text' custom columns.
I figure the primary use case for this is people who are making changes to their Calibre columns and replace_metadata. Rather than hitting the site servers repeatedly as they update and test, they can update from data already in the library. (I had previously proposed putting this data inside the epub, but that metadata could be unintentionally removed by Calibre's Polish Book or other epub editing tools.)
Include Calibre Columns in FanFicFare Data- Add feature to include pre-existing calibre column data in FanFicFare metadata on story updates.
On the personal.ini tab in FanFicFare config, look for
Show Calibre Column Names. Clicking that will show you a list of the available columns as they are named in FanFicFare that you can copy/paste from.
calibre_cust_ and
calibre_std_ are prepended to avoid name collision.
For example: I have a custom column #extranotes to store notes that I don't want FanFicFare to ever overwrite. I've added to personal.ini:
Code:
[epub]
add_to_titlepage_entries:,calibre_cust_extranotes
Now, when I update a stories that has something in #extranotes, it also appears on the title page inside the generated epub. You could also use it as part of replace_metadata expressions for further fine control.
This feature was requested in the survey and, I believe, once in the forum. Note that this doesn't work on
new books because they don't have any existing calibre metadata to pull in when creating the epub. It only works on
updates.
I'm not entirely convinced that either of these features are worth the extra complexity. I'm interested in hearing others' opinions either way.