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Originally Posted by eschwartz
That sentence is entirely true for the GUI.
calibre, due to its linux heritage, has a pretty complete CLI backend which can replicate most/all of the GUI functionality.
As such, the server can be started on its own via a CLI executable, which naturally enough stays alive as long as that CLI executable process is running -- which is to say, it is decoupled from the library GUI.
re: your bugreport, the sentence in Preferences is not actually wrong, nor does it contradict what I said.
That being said, if you are saying it should be enhanced to notify users that the CLI alternative allows you to close calibre and leave the server running, I guess I can hear that (although I don't know how many people would actually be willing to do so and therefore benefit from the doc change -- most prospective CLI users already know  ). |
My point is that not all do, or else we wouldn't be having this conversation.
What about changing the sentence to something like: "Remember to leave calibre running as the server only runs as long as calibre is running. If you do wish to run the server as a standalone entity, please see the documentation on how to run from the command line"
...or something like that. I'm not sure of the word "entity", and maybe you want to point to the part of the documentation that discusses running calibre-server.exe?
Shari