Thread: Libra 2 New with Kobo. Doubts about conversion progress.
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Old 01-07-2022, 05:39 AM   #14
davidfor
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Originally Posted by PunkyKoopa View Post
Regarding the patch for merge different sizes between ePubs and Kepubs, should I install it? I have only installed 3 plugins, Kobo Utilities, Kobo Touch Extended Driver and deDRM. Am I missing something important?
Patches are changes made to the executables on the device. There are threads discussing them in the Developer's Corner.
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For the comments section changes, where I need to write the code? In Preferences - Advanced - Template functions? It is possible with those functions add details like ratings to the details sections of Kobo? Or Calibre only can write in the synopsis section?
It is a "metadata plugboard". Hence it goes in the "Metadata plugboard" section of the calibre preferences. I can't find a good description of how to do this, so here is a hopefully understandable one:
  1. Open the "Metadata plugboard" page of the preferences.
  2. In the "Add new plugboard", select "EPUB" in the formats drop-down list and "KOBOTOUCHEXTENDED" in the device drop-down list.
  3. Under "Source template" paste the template to be used.
  4. On the same lines, select "comments" in the "Destination field".
  5. If you need to change more than one metadata item, use the next line. Make sure you select the correct destination field.
  6. When finished, press the "Save plugboard" button that is below the templates.
  7. Press the "Apply" button at the bottom of the preferences dialog. And then "Close" button.
It should now be ready to go.

But, as you are editing a plugboard, I also recommend setting the authors. Because of the way calibre sets the authors in the book (perfectly legitimately) and the way Kobo reads them (also legitimate, but, not the best way), books with multiple authors will have one author on the device. If you set the "author" to the following template, the device will show all the authors:
Code:
program: raw_list('authors', ', ')
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