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kovidgoyal · 07-15-2020, 05:17 AM

Hi all,

calibre 5 with python 3 and highlighting in the viewer is finally ready for general beta testing. I'd appreciate it if some of you could download the betas and give it a spin:

https://download.calibre-ebook.com/betas/

The main new feature is that you can create highlights with added notes in both the standalone and content server viewers. To do so simply long tap or double click a word to show the selection popup bar, where you can shoose to highlight or perform other actions. You can also browse all annotations for all books, centrally, in the main calibre program. More details are in the documentation, at:
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...hlighting-text

Now some warnings.

Since all annotations are stored in the calibre database and can be browsed centrally using the new annotations browser tool, the database structure has changed. You can run both calibre 4.20 and the betas on the same libraries, however, earlier releases may or may not work, so only run the betas if your main calibre is up-to-date at version 4.20 or newer.

Because of python 3, some third party plugins might not work, for status on plugin porting efforts, see: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=326405

Plugin developers, if you have been holding off porting your plugin, now is the time as calibre 5 is round the corner. For information on how to port your plugin, please see: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=325721

07-15-2020, 05:17 AM	#1
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,288 Karma: 27111238 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	calibre 5: Beta testers needed Hi all, calibre 5 with python 3 and highlighting in the viewer is finally ready for general beta testing. I'd appreciate it if some of you could download the betas and give it a spin: https://download.calibre-ebook.com/betas/ The main new feature is that you can create highlights with added notes in both the standalone and content server viewers. To do so simply long tap or double click a word to show the selection popup bar, where you can shoose to highlight or perform other actions. You can also browse all annotations for all books, centrally, in the main calibre program. More details are in the documentation, at: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...hlighting-text Now some warnings. Since all annotations are stored in the calibre database and can be browsed centrally using the new annotations browser tool, the database structure has changed. You can run both calibre 4.20 and the betas on the same libraries, however, earlier releases may or may not work, so only run the betas if your main calibre is up-to-date at version 4.20 or newer. Because of python 3, some third party plugins might not work, for status on plugin porting efforts, see: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=326405 Plugin developers, if you have been holding off porting your plugin, now is the time as calibre 5 is round the corner. For information on how to port your plugin, please see: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=325721 Last edited by kovidgoyal; 09-02-2020 at 09:18 AM.