0.8.60 Edit metadata error

[pbw]

Trying to edit the initially blank author metadata on a pdf, I get a error with each character I type.

calibre, version 0.8.60
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>AttributeError</b>:'icu.Collator' object has no attribute 'startswith'

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/pbw/Documents/DocumentProcessing/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/complete2.py", line 285, in text_edited
self.update_completions()
File "/Users/pbw/Documents/DocumentProcessing/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/complete2.py", line 299, in update_completions
self.mcompleter.set_completion_prefix(complete_pre fix)
File "/Users/pbw/Documents/DocumentProcessing/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/complete2.py", line 104, in set_completion_prefix
self.model().set_completion_prefix(prefix)
File "/Users/pbw/Documents/DocumentProcessing/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/complete2.py", line 45, in set_completion_prefix
self.current_items = tuple(x for x in universe if primary_startswith(x,
File "/Users/pbw/Documents/DocumentProcessing/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/complete2.py", line 46, in <genexpr>
prefix))
File "/Users/pbw/Documents/DocumentProcessing/calibre/src/calibre/utils/icu.py", line 206, in primary_startswith
return icu_startswith(primary_collator(), a, b)
File "/Users/pbw/Documents/DocumentProcessing/calibre/src/calibre/utils/icu.py", line 92, in icu_startswith
return collator.startswith(a, b)
AttributeError: 'icu.Collator' object has no attribute 'startswith'

[kiwidude]

Are you running from source? You have to install the new binary.

[pbw]

Thanks, kiwidude. That did the trick. I've been caught once before like that. The moral of the story is: always upgrade both the source and the binary.

[kovidgoyal]

It doesn't have to be always, but its a good idea to do it once in a while, especially if you get an error.