save as template

[ajean4]

Good day,

Tried to save on Android Tablet with template
{series:lookup(.,#aa,#bb}

but got an error
AttributeError:'TemplateDialog' object has no attribute 'mi'

Please help

[chaley]

It would help if you provided more information:

• What is shown if you click "Show details?"
• What version of calibre are you running?
• On what operating system?
• What are #aa and #bb?
• Your copy of the template is missing a closing ')'. Is that a copy/paste error?

Question: that lookup call says to use the contents of #aa if there is a series, otherwise use the contents of #bb. Is that what you meant?

[ajean4]

Yes chaley,

column #aa
{series:shorten(4,.,4)} {series_index:0>5.2f|| . }{author_sort:.4} - {title} - {author}

column #bb
{title} - {author}

Thanks,

[chaley]

Originally Posted by ajean4

Yes chaley,

column #aa
{series:shorten(4,.,4)} {series_index:0>5.2f|| . }{author_sort:.4} - {title} - {author}

column #bb
{title} - {author}

Thanks,

Please answer the rest of the questions.

Also, are you using the template editor dialog when you see that message?

[ajean4]

Calibre version is 5.14.0
Linux

[chaley]

Originally Posted by ajean4

Calibre version is 5.14.0
Linux

What is shown if you click "Show details?" on the error message?

[chaley]

And is the calibre installation from calibre-ebook.com, or are you installing a package from your linux repo?

[ajean4]

In the template editor it shows
EXCEPTION: format: type b requires an integer value, got Series

[ajean4]

The template editor shows
EXCEPTION: format: type b requires an integer value, got Series

and it is the calibre ebook website installation...

[ajean4]

It is calibre 5.14.00 and installation is done from the script at calibre-ebook.com

the template editor error is
EXCEPTION: format: type b requires an integer value, got Series

[chaley]

Never mind. I was able to reproduce what you are seeing. It happens in base 5.14 if you right-click on the template line to open the template editor. The Show Details button shows something like

calibre, version 5.14.0
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>AttributeError</b>:'TemplateDialog' object has no attribute 'mi'
[...]
Python 3.8.5
[...]
Interface language: None
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "calibre\gui2\preferences\save_template.py", line 54, in do_open_editor
  File "calibre\gui2\dialogs\template_dialog.py", line 313, in __init__
AttributeError: 'TemplateDialog' object has no attribute 'mi'

The problem is fixed (for me) in the next calibre release.

[ajean4]

it is the script from calibre-ebook webpage

and the edit template shows
EXCEPTION: format: type b requires an integer value, got Series

[chaley]

Originally Posted by ajean4

it is the script from calibre-ebook webpage

and the edit template shows
EXCEPTION: format: type b requires an integer value, got Series

That happens because of the missing right parenthesis before the '}' character. Try

{series:lookup(.,#aa,#bb)}