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Old 02-17-2016, 11:31 PM   #1037
Chrystalline
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I knew I was going to feel dumb.

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Originally Posted by JimmXinu View Post
But why do that when you can copy your entire library, settings and all? That's going to be a lot more useful...
That is so much better! To be honest, generally the Calibre FAQ manages to be just the wrong approach for me, and I get lost trying to find my answers. I often feel as if I might understand it if I were better at programming, like he's coming from just a slightly different angle. (I have similar problems with Linux FAQs.) After beating my head against the wall for hours (it goes on and on explaining strings, but I know what a string is - I needed a clearer explanation of the syntax) trying to figure out how to get it to import files without mangling the titles and authors, I ultimately edited everything by hand and switched to just using FFF for everything. Eventually I'll figure out all the customizations I want for the .ini, but even that's fairly slow going for me. (I passed my class in C, but I wasn't exactly good at it.) I really appreciate the help!

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Originally Posted by JimmXinu View Post
If you uncheck the option "Search by Title/Author(s) for If Story Already Exists?" FFF will only match by URL (and thus never ask to change URL). New URL==new story, even if there's a title/auth match.

Or instead you can keep "Search by Title/Author(s)" on and uncheck the "Check for changed Story URL?" option and FFF will silently change the URL when there's a title/auth match.
I knew it was probably something simple I just didn't get. Thank you so much!
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