Thread: [GUI Plugin] Kobo Utilities
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Old 12-26-2020, 07:42 AM   #2061
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Originally Posted by 123kajote View Post
Ok, thanks in advance..
I am passionate reader, not very god at technic.. also i do have problem in english.. so.. my Calibre is also in Slovenian language.. sometimes hard to find ..

but with your help..
(PS: I am sending now bigger picture, I hope it will not be a problem because of 600x600 rule)

so is my setup
In my previous post, I was talking about the button for the template editor that is next to the "Subtitle" field. That is the template that is in error and I wanted to see the full error message.

But, I'll talk about the other things as well.
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I'll start with the first dialog in this combined screenshot:

That is the list of supported formats on the device. When a book is sent to the device, if one of the selected formats (kepub, cbr, cbz, PDF and TXT) exist in your library, that format will be sent to the device. If the book does not have one of these formats, it is converted to the first format in the list. That means if you only have epubs, they will be converted to kepub before calibre sends the book to the device and the kepub will be added to the library.

There is nothing wrong with that, but it isn't how the KoboTouchExtended driver is used. And, if that is what you want to do, it can be done with the built-in KoboTouch driver.

The usually way of using the KoboTouchExtended driver is to have epub selected. Then, when an epub is sent to the device, the KoboTouchExtended driver does the work to transform the book into a kepub. This is done without the overhead of the driver (means it is faster and doesn't make changed that are not needed for the transformation) and the kepub is not added to the library. Most people prefer this. And it is why the KoboTouchExtended driver was created.

The "Save template" at the bottom of the first dialog is what is used to generate the directory and file name when the book is sent to the device. Looking at that template, I would not recommend it. That would produce a file names like:

Code:
Butcher, Jim/Skin Game - Jim Butcher - The Dresden Files / 17.kepub.epub
Bagley, Desmond/The Snow Tiger - Desmond Bagley - /.kepub.epub
The second is for a book that is not in a series.

I usually recommend just sticking with the default save template. But, if you want the series info in the file name, I would suggest:

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{author_sort}/{title} - {authors}{series:| - |}{series_index:0>2s|-|}
This would give:
Code:
Butcher, Jim/Skin Game - Jim Butcher - The Dresden Files-17.kepub.epub
Bagley, Desmond/The Snow Tiger - Desmond Bagley.kepub.epub
For the second half of the screenshot, the template for the Subtitle looks valid. The only reason I can think there would be an error is if there was no custom column with the lookup name "#subtitle". Opening the template editor here should show the full error. It should also be shown in the details view of the book on the device.
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This is the "Sending to devices" page of the preferences. The save template here is the default save template. When you configure the device driver, this save template is copied to the device configuration. Any further changes here, will not update the device configuration.
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