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Old 03-20-2017, 03:18 AM   #15
davidfor
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Originally Posted by BetterRed View Post
@davidfor - if your post is directed at me, I don't know what you're trying to tell me.

FWIW : another 'by design feature' of the VM plugin -- if the VM plugin is never configured for a library then the book list for that library behaves as though the View Manager is not installed - in other words you have to create a View in order for the plugin to have any effect on the book list columns on a library. This implies that the OP not only has the PI installed, but she/he has configured it with at least one View for the library in question.
It was directed at you, but it was more a question plus some guesses based on what I expected the question to be. Your post does add something.

My guess is that the OP has:
  • Created one or more views.
  • Used a view for a while.
  • Either:
    • Selected a startup view.
    • Didn't select a startup view in which case the last used view is used.
Both would mean that View Manager would set the view and hence the displayed columns when calibre started. And that would mean that the new column would disappear from the column list whenever calibre was restarted.

From the sounds of it, the OP should uninstall View Manager. Or disable it until they are ready to use it properly. At the least, temporarily disable it to prove if this is the cause of the problem.
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