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Old 03-18-2020, 06:48 PM   #35
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Originally Posted by PenguinCEO View Post
All the first post of this thread asks is the following: in calibre, right menu "Save to disk" -> "Save without user metadata". Function that should do nothing but delete lines containing "calibre: user_metadata" from the "content.opf" file.

Just this. Simply.

I am still convinced that it is a useful function for all those who distribute epub documents managed with calibre.

I know very well that there are a thousand alternative ways to achieve this, but the simplest and most natural is to add a sub-option to Calibre's context menu, as anyone can understand for themselves. Calibre is a program to manage epub lists, and this is precisely a function related to the management of epubs.

If Kovid thinks this option is useless, I consider the topic closed. But I'm tired of reading surreal proposals of using two or three different programs in sequence (sometimes even rather poor ones, like sigil) just to delete a few lines from a text file, or to read certain idiots who claim to teach me ethics and honesty.
You don't need any other program. All you need is available in Calibre. I gave you the settings to use so if you do use the editor that it won't update the metadata.
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