pdf files in e-book viewer

mst · 12-17-2010, 09:57 PM

How can I open pdf files that I have added to a library (unconverted) in the Calibre e-book viewer? If I simply double click in the library, Foxit will open and display the pdf there.

I found that I actually prefer e-book viewer for ebooks, but not for factual pdfs, so I would not want to change the general perferences for opening all pdfs in e-book viewer per default in the windows explorer.

Does anyone have the same problem? I am running the latest version of Calibre, that came out today.

kovidgoyal · 12-17-2010, 10:47 PM

go to preferences->behavior and set pdf files to be opened with the internal viewer

mst · 12-17-2010, 10:58 PM

Thank you!

Is there a way to speed up the e-book viewer? I like the display much better than any other pdf viewer, so I would really love to use it if it were faster at startup.

kovidgoyal · 12-17-2010, 11:11 PM

no the viewer has to convert the pdf to html at startup

mst · 12-17-2010, 11:14 PM

OK, thank you. Another thought I had was if I disable to save the metadata and title picture as a separate file, where will this information be saved?

itimpi · 12-18-2010, 12:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mst

Another thought I had was if I disable to save the metadata and title picture as a separate file, where will this information be saved?

Not quite sure what you are asking here?

If you are referring to the fact that in it's internal library calibre creates a cover.jpg and metadata.opf file then you have no control over these. The cover.jpg file is created as not all ebook formats can store covers, and the metadata.opf file is to allow for recovery if the calibre metadata.db database gets corrupted as again ebook formats can not store all the metadata.

12-17-2010, 09:57 PM	#1
mst Connoisseur Posts: 73 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kobo Clara HD	pdf files in e-book viewer How can I open pdf files that I have added to a library (unconverted) in the Calibre e-book viewer? If I simply double click in the library, Foxit will open and display the pdf there. I found that I actually prefer e-book viewer for ebooks, but not for factual pdfs, so I would not want to change the general perferences for opening all pdfs in e-book viewer per default in the windows explorer. Does anyone have the same problem? I am running the latest version of Calibre, that came out today.

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12-17-2010, 10:47 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,221 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	go to preferences->behavior and set pdf files to be opened with the internal viewer

12-17-2010, 10:58 PM	#3
mst Connoisseur Posts: 73 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kobo Clara HD	Thank you! Is there a way to speed up the e-book viewer? I like the display much better than any other pdf viewer, so I would really love to use it if it were faster at startup.

12-17-2010, 11:11 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,221 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	no the viewer has to convert the pdf to html at startup

12-17-2010, 11:14 PM	#5
mst Connoisseur Posts: 73 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kobo Clara HD	OK, thank you. Another thought I had was if I disable to save the metadata and title picture as a separate file, where will this information be saved?

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