Problem viewing help for plugin

ArtoB · 07-10-2023, 12:13 AM

Just moved my Calibre install from old Windows 10 PC to a new Windows 11 PC. I used the export/import tools within Calibre to do the move. The Kobo Utils plugin was moved to the new PC with all of my books and settings.
However, whenever I try to go to the help (for Kobo Utils), a browser page (Edge) is opened, but it cannot fine the file(path). For some reason, the path contains %5C in the place of most of the actual slash (/) characters. This was not the case in my old PC.
file:///C:/%5CUsers%5Cmyname%5CAppData%5CRoaming%5Ccalibre%5C plugins%5CKoboUtilities_Help_en.html#configuration
On my old PC, all of the %5C were '/' characters.
The help files ARE in the Roaming folder in the proper place, and can be opened if accessed from the folder directly.
I even updated to the latest version of Kobo Utils, hoping that would help. But it did not.
Note that on the OLD PC, I had v6.2.1 of Calibre installed, and on the new PC I installed the latest version (6.22).

When I uninstalled the latest version (6.22), and installed the older version of Calibre (6.2.1), the help file opened correctly.

Possible bug in latest/newer version of Calibre?

BetterRed · 07-10-2023, 12:46 AM

FTR: A '%5C' is a URL encoded backslash (\), the encoding for a slash (/) is '%2F'.

DNSB · 07-10-2023, 12:46 AM

Please do not double post. The issue is your web browser not calibre. It should be able to translate the encoded %5C characters to a \ and not add an extraneous / after C:

BetterRed · 07-10-2023, 12:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

Please do not double post. The issue is your web browser not calibre. It should be able to translate the encoded %5C characters to a \ and not add an extraneous / after C:

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07-10-2023, 12:13 AM	#1
ArtoB Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2023 Device: kobo clara	Problem viewing help for plugin Just moved my Calibre install from old Windows 10 PC to a new Windows 11 PC. I used the export/import tools within Calibre to do the move. The Kobo Utils plugin was moved to the new PC with all of my books and settings. However, whenever I try to go to the help (for Kobo Utils), a browser page (Edge) is opened, but it cannot fine the file(path). For some reason, the path contains %5C in the place of most of the actual slash (/) characters. This was not the case in my old PC. file:///C:/%5CUsers%5Cmyname%5CAppData%5CRoaming%5Ccalibre%5C plugins%5CKoboUtilities_Help_en.html#configuration On my old PC, all of the %5C were '/' characters. The help files ARE in the Roaming folder in the proper place, and can be opened if accessed from the folder directly. I even updated to the latest version of Kobo Utils, hoping that would help. But it did not. Note that on the OLD PC, I had v6.2.1 of Calibre installed, and on the new PC I installed the latest version (6.22). When I uninstalled the latest version (6.22), and installed the older version of Calibre (6.2.1), the help file opened correctly. Possible bug in latest/newer version of Calibre? Last edited by ArtoB; 07-10-2023 at 12:17 AM. Reason: correction

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07-10-2023, 12:46 AM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,705 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	FTR: A '%5C' is a URL encoded backslash (\), the encoding for a slash (/) is '%2F'.

07-10-2023, 12:46 AM	#3
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 45,906 Karma: 168959602 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Please do not double post. The issue is your web browser not calibre. It should be able to translate the encoded %5C characters to a \ and not add an extraneous / after C:

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