Monocle in Calibre's Content Server

Ozor · 06-15-2011, 01:46 PM

Could someone tell me the status of adding Monocle to Calibre's Content Server? If no one is working on this I may take the plunge and see if I can hack Monocle into the webserver.

Thank you,
Matthew Ozor

kovidgoyal · 06-15-2011, 02:01 PM

It's on my TODO list, but I have other priorities at the moment. Feel free to hack on it. Integrating monocle into the CS should be fairly trivial.

The hard part is writing a new iterator class that the ebook viewer and the content server can share, that caches the exploded ebooks files and supports concurrent access, annotations, etc.

But to start with you can just use the current oeb.iterator to enable basic read access with no caching. I can always re-write it to use the new iterator when the new iterator is ready.

Ask if you need guidance around the CS code.

Ozor · 06-17-2011, 03:00 PM

I started this afternoon familiarizing myself with the source tree and located the modules I would need to revise in the server. My question for you is there a way to compile just the calibre-server and not the whole distribution? I was having trouble following the build sequence.

Thank you
Matthew Ozor

kovidgoyal · 06-17-2011, 03:08 PM

I suggest you dont compile anything at all. Setup a calibre development environment by following the instructions here: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/develop.html

Ozor · 06-17-2011, 03:12 PM

Thanks for the link and the quick reply. I read that page this morning too.

kovidgoyal · 06-17-2011, 03:16 PM

Couple of other tips is to run the content server as

calibre-server --develop --auto-reload

this will cause it to output a verbose log to the console and also auto reload itself if the python source code changes (though I'm not a 100% sure if that works with CALIBRE_DEVELOP_FROM

06-15-2011, 01:46 PM	#1
Ozor Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: iPad, iPhone	Monocle in Calibre's Content Server Could someone tell me the status of adding Monocle to Calibre's Content Server? If no one is working on this I may take the plunge and see if I can hack Monocle into the webserver. Thank you, Matthew Ozor

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06-15-2011, 02:01 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,347 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	It's on my TODO list, but I have other priorities at the moment. Feel free to hack on it. Integrating monocle into the CS should be fairly trivial. The hard part is writing a new iterator class that the ebook viewer and the content server can share, that caches the exploded ebooks files and supports concurrent access, annotations, etc. But to start with you can just use the current oeb.iterator to enable basic read access with no caching. I can always re-write it to use the new iterator when the new iterator is ready. Ask if you need guidance around the CS code.

06-17-2011, 03:00 PM	#3
Ozor Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: iPad, iPhone	I started this afternoon familiarizing myself with the source tree and located the modules I would need to revise in the server. My question for you is there a way to compile just the calibre-server and not the whole distribution? I was having trouble following the build sequence. Thank you Matthew Ozor

06-17-2011, 03:08 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,347 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I suggest you dont compile anything at all. Setup a calibre development environment by following the instructions here: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/develop.html

06-17-2011, 03:12 PM	#5
Ozor Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: iPad, iPhone	Thanks for the link and the quick reply. I read that page this morning too.

06-17-2011, 03:16 PM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,347 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Couple of other tips is to run the content server as calibre-server --develop --auto-reload this will cause it to output a verbose log to the console and also auto reload itself if the python source code changes (though I'm not a 100% sure if that works with CALIBRE_DEVELOP_FROM

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