Display of comments in Metadata

geoffwood · 09-03-2011, 10:16 AM

It seems something changed in a recent update, or I have messed up a setting somewhere, and I can no longer see the data from the Metadata Comments field for any of my books. The data still seems to be there as I can see it when I select the "HTML Source" view, but when I look at the "Normal View" it is blank. That said, it appears the information is there in the "Normal View" on some level. I can select it and copy and paste into an email and it is visible, I can even select underline or strikethrough and see the lines I would expect, I just can't see the actual text. Bizarre.

kovidgoyal · 09-03-2011, 10:51 AM

Click edit metadata, select all the text i the comments box and click the remove formatting button.

geoffwood · 09-03-2011, 11:09 AM

I appreciate the tip, I have tried that but the problem persists.

When I access the same library from a different machine running 0.8.14 I can see the comments, but on my primary machine running 0.8.17 they are "invisible".

Both machines are running OSX Lion.

kovidgoyal · 09-03-2011, 11:19 AM

This will be something to do with some OS X level settings on the problematic machine. I remember one other person having this problem, though I can't remember if/how they solved it. Try googling and see if you can find the other person's thread/bug report.

09-03-2011, 10:16 AM	#1
geoffwood Addict Posts: 244 Karma: 1105690 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: K4NT+K4T+PRST1	Display of comments in Metadata It seems something changed in a recent update, or I have messed up a setting somewhere, and I can no longer see the data from the Metadata Comments field for any of my books. The data still seems to be there as I can see it when I select the "HTML Source" view, but when I look at the "Normal View" it is blank. That said, it appears the information is there in the "Normal View" on some level. I can select it and copy and paste into an email and it is visible, I can even select underline or strikethrough and see the lines I would expect, I just can't see the actual text. Bizarre.

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09-03-2011, 10:51 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,655 Karma: 28549046 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Click edit metadata, select all the text i the comments box and click the remove formatting button.

09-03-2011, 11:09 AM	#3
geoffwood Addict Posts: 244 Karma: 1105690 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: K4NT+K4T+PRST1	I appreciate the tip, I have tried that but the problem persists. When I access the same library from a different machine running 0.8.14 I can see the comments, but on my primary machine running 0.8.17 they are "invisible". Both machines are running OSX Lion.

09-03-2011, 11:19 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,655 Karma: 28549046 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	This will be something to do with some OS X level settings on the problematic machine. I remember one other person having this problem, though I can't remember if/how they solved it. Try googling and see if you can find the other person's thread/bug report.

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