Portable Calibre V3.28.0 missing library Bug or by design?

[pzaw]

hi,

I Intalled calibre portable (Win) ver3.28.0 on my thumb drive recently.
I have no device since I use calibre to read/browse the books on various computers and tablets.

Calibre installed on the thumb drive under

root\calibre portable\calibre

Calibre settings installed under

root\calibre portable\calibre settings

Calibre library installed under

\calibre portable\calibre library

I created my own libraries (through calibre) under

root\calibre portable\Math_ebooks
root\calibre portable\Math_Notes
root\calibre portable\Electronics_ebooks
root\calibre portable\Physics_ebooks
root\calibre portable\Electronics_Notes
root\calibre portable\Physics_Notes

During setting/sorting my books into various libraries, I noticed that some of these Libraries stopped showing up on my drop down list shown in the attachment shown in red boxes. In the attachment the Electronics_ebooks library is missing!

I did try reinstalled the Electronics_ebooks library but then I find some other library goes missing! Then I tried reinstalling the missing library but some other library goes missing!...

I also noticed that the drop down arrow (Green circle) which is normally present in the menu for libraries is now missing.

My query is:-
1. Is there a limit on the number of libraries you can create? It looks to me
like that limit is ~6.
2. Is this by design?
3. If this is a corruption/bug of some sort can I just delete the
Calibre Settings directory and run Calibre-portable.exe?
4. Or should I just delete Calibre folders
root\calibre portable\calibre
root\calibre portable\calibre settings
and reinstall Calibre Portable (Win) V3.28.0?

Please Help
pzaw

[theducks]

Quick Switch is limited by the number that SHOW.

You can always us Switch/create: use existing. There you are limited by what FITS on the drive

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by pzaw

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During setting/sorting my books into various libraries, I noticed that some of these Libraries stopped showing up on my drop down list shown in the attachment shown in red boxes. In the attachment the Electronics_ebooks library is missing!

I did try reinstalled the Electronics_ebooks library but then I find some other library goes missing! Then I tried reinstalling the missing library but some other library goes missing!...

I also noticed that the drop down arrow (Green circle) which is normally present in the menu for libraries is now missing.

The list of libraries in the main menu is limited to 5 entries, I think its the 5 most recently used, or maybe its the 5 most frequently used. However the Quick Switch list should show all libraries in alphabetical order.

I don't think the Library icon ever has a drop down arrow. The drop down arrow is only present if an icon has a default action, AFAIK the Library icon has no default action.

BR

[Divingduck]

@pzaw
Just a little remark. You don't need to use so much different libraries. Just create a custom column (like tags) to identify your criteria and use this to select your area with a query or as virtual libraries.
This will save you a lot of work and headache for future maintenance and is more efficient. Use different libraries if metadata are and its representation/usage/purpose are totally different.

DD

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Divingduck

@pzaw
Just a little remark. You don't need to use so much different libraries. Just create a custom column (like tags) to identify your criteria and use this to select your area with a query or as virtual libraries.
This will save you a lot of work and headache for future maintenance and is more efficient. Use different libraries if metadata are and its representation/usage/purpose are totally different.

DD

Virtual Libraries will allow you to search across all 'books'.

FX a search for tags:"=Quantum Mechanics" might find 'books' in the Physics Books and Physics Notes virtual libraries.

BR

[pzaw]

Originally Posted by Divingduck

@pzaw
Just a little remark. You don't need to use so much different libraries. Just create a custom column (like tags) to identify your criteria and use this to select your area with a query or as virtual libraries.


DD

hi,

thanks I am easily confused by all the options.
I am not familiar with "custom columns" but I am willing to learn.
The way I did it was what came to me first while mucking around.
So thanks for pointing out that there is another way.

[pzaw]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Virtual Libraries will allow you to search across all 'books'.

FX a search for tags:"=Quantum Mechanics" might find 'books' in the Physics Books and Physics Notes virtual libraries.

BR

Yes tags are great!
I think I am just old fashoned and want to think of calibre as a room full of bookshelves and different bookshelf for different subject.

I need to get use to the "all books in one bookcase" and use tags to to find my books.

[BetterRed]

@pzaw - think of calibre's Virtual Libraries as the equivalent of sections (children, young adult, fiction, reference etc) in a bricks and mortar Library.

One popular way to set them up is with Genre tagging ==>> Managing subgroups of books, for example “genre”

BR