OPen with does not like bash scripts

[loviedovie]

When I try to choose a bash script for open with for pdfs this is what I get.

I am also hoping that this would be fixed for the last 2x version because I personally cant use v3 due to not running in remote session, also there might be others who are still using the 2x versions.


thanks

calibre 2.85.1 embedded-python: True is64bit: True
Linux-4.3.0-1-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-9.0 Linux ('64bit', 'ELF')
('Linux', '4.3.0-1-amd64', '#1 SMP Debian 4.3.5-1 (2016-02-06)')
Python 2.7.9
Linux: ('debian', '9.0', '')
Successfully initialized third party plugins: Find Duplicates (1, 6, 2) && Barnes & Noble (1, 2, 13) && Import List (1, 1, 5) && Read MP3 AudioBook metadata (1, 0, 79) && Resize Cover (1, 0, 2) && Kindle Collections (1, 7, 16) && EpubMerge (2, 1, 0) && Generate Cover (1, 5, 21) && Search The Internet (1, 7, 6) && KePub Output (2, 7, 1) && Quality Check (1, 9, 11) && Modify ePub (1, 3, 13) && Wiki Reader (2, 1, 0) && EpubSplit (2, 2, 0) && Reading List (1, 6, 6) && Copy Cover To Device (2, 0, 0) && Kobo Utilities (2, 4, 1) && Save To Format (0, 0, 6)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/dialogs/choose_format.py", line 76, in choose_open_with
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/open_with.py", line 315, in choose_program
File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/open_with.py", line 221, in finalize_entry
KeyError: u'MimeType'

[BetterRed]

@loviedovie - try the Open With optional plugin and/or the Select & Open Arbitrary Programs and Files feature of the Job Spy optional plugin.

I don't know if either or both will work - but worth a try.

BR

[kovidgoyal]

There are going to be no more releases in the 2.x series.

You can work around this by simply updating to calibre 3.3 creating your open with association and then downgrading again.

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...17b048f7aeea0a

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by loviedovie

When I try to choose a bash script for open with for pdfs this is what I get.

I am also hoping that this would be fixed for the last 2x version because I personally cant use v3 due to not running in remote session, also there might be others who are still using the 2x versions.

Actually, that's BS. You can run Calibre remotely. I do it with Teamviewer. There is a Linux version. So there's no excuse not to use v3.x.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Actually, that's BS. You can run Calibre remotely. I do it with Teamviewer. There is a Linux version. So there's no excuse not to use v3.x.

Except, actually, that is BS.

Because you literally have no idea what you are talking about, and the problem with remote sessions on Linux is due to a specific and unidentified bug in the interaction between the version of Qt shipped with calibre and the Linux remote session implementation which is causing this to spew error messages and fail to work on some peoples' machines -- like the OP. As the OP posted about, a mere two days ago in this exact subforum.

So that's BS, and please stop spewing BS when you have no idea what you are talking about, and have no reason to think you know what you are talking about due to not actually using the operating system in question. Thanks.

If you're somehow not sure the OP knows what they are talking about, and you want to ask them why they think they cannot use calibre remotely when there are many decent vnc applications out there, you go right ahead and do that.

But when you start out from the assumption that you have already proven them wrong, accuse them of BS'ing, and then you turn out to be the one in the wrong, then your well-known habit of immediately jumping to conclusions has abruptly become quite insulting.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by loviedovie

When I try to choose a bash script for open with for pdfs this is what I get.

I am also hoping that this would be fixed for the last 2x version because I personally cant use v3 due to not running in remote session, also there might be others who are still using the 2x versions.

One possible alternative would be to try running in development mode. It would be fairly simple to revert only the commits which affected calibre's binary plugins, while taking advantage of most of the changes in calibre v3 -- or simply cherry-picking this commit on its own.

That might be more convenient than switching between the 3.x and 2.x versions whenever you need to circumvent this bug.

[loviedovie]

Open with crashes Calibre when changing libraries so I had to stop using it. But I will try the other plugin, thanks for the recommendation.

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@loviedovie - try the Open With optional plugin and/or the Select & Open Arbitrary Programs and Files feature of the Job Spy optional plugin.

I don't know if either or both will work - but worth a try.

BR

[loviedovie]

Except that I do not use Teamviewer due to it being closed source. I use X2go which is open source. X2go is also much faster than any VNC, and it integrates much better also it runs its own session meaning that I can run different desktop sessions with it.

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Actually, that's BS. You can run Calibre remotely. I do it with Teamviewer. There is a Linux version. So there's no excuse not to use v3.x.

[loviedovie]

Do you have a link to that bug posted somewhere? I would like to keep an eye on it.

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Except, actually, that is BS.

the problem with remote sessions on Linux is due to a specific and unidentified bug in the interaction between the version of Qt shipped with calibre and the Linux remote session implementation which is causing this to spew error messages and fail to work on some peoples' machines

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by loviedovie

Open with crashes Calibre when changing libraries so I had to stop using it. But I will try the other plugin, thanks for the recommendation.

Dumb question - why do you need a bash script to open a PDF?

Might be worth a post in the Open With optional plugin thread, even though its originator (Kiwidude) is no longer active davidfor has kept it up to date etc.

BR

[loviedovie]

I am trying to pass the book pdf to a script that processes it with k2pdfopt, for mobile viewing optimization purposes. There is no gui version on Linux, so it is tricky to pass it to a binary.

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Dumb question - why do you need a bash script to open a PDF?

Might be worth a post in the Open With optional plugin thread, even though its originator (Kiwidude) is no longer active davidfor has kept it up to date etc.

BR

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by loviedovie

I am trying to pass the book pdf to a script that processes it with k2pdfopt, for mobile viewing optimization purposes. There is no gui version on Linux, so it is tricky to pass it to a binary.

Ah yes - I think I saw that in one of your other threads.

BR

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by loviedovie

Do you have a link to that bug posted somewhere? I would like to keep an eye on it.

Well, in the sense that the issue is known to exist, and you aren't the only one ninjaed by it. For example, see this post in the calibre v3 beta testing thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh....php?p=3539900
Also: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=288152

Not much to keep an eye on, really.