I am trying to get a better understanding of the calibre library data available when creating a typical user interface plugin. Please could someone get me started.
As an example, some simple code I already have in a working plugin is this:
Code:
db = self.gui.library_view.model().db
book_authors = db.authors(book_id, index_is_id=True)
where book_id is a known value.
If I want to create that gui db object in a commandline session (either interactive or in a script.py file) so I can poke around a little (viewing only) what do I need to do?
I've seen the calibre-debug -e myscript.py option in the user manual but I'm not sure how to access the gui data.
Secondly, if the above is possible I would also like to look around the available data when a device is connected (self.gui.device_manager.connected_device when used in a plugin).
In case it's relevant, I don't have any development environment - just my trusty text editor (Notepad++)