Book Size

[SpudArmstrong]

Is there any way to set the size column to display in KB not MB?
I'm new to Calibre and this forum, so apologies if this is in the wrong place.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by SpudArmstrong

Is there any way to set the size column to display in KB not MB?
I'm new to Calibre and this forum, so apologies if this is in the wrong place.

No
What you see is what you See

[kovidgoyal]

You can use the template language to create a custom column that displays the size value however you like, see the booksize() function

http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/template_lang.html

[SpudArmstrong]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

You can use the template language to create a custom column that displays the size value however you like, see the booksize() function

http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/template_lang.html

The reason for this request is that I have some very small files that display as 0.0MB. I have tried without success to try and display the size column in kb using custom column. As a newbie to this, I would be really really grateful if you could please walk me through the exact process.

[chaley]

Originally Posted by SpudArmstrong

The reason for this request is that I have some very small files that display as 0.0MB. I have tried without success to try and display the size column in kb using custom column. As a newbie to this, I would be really really grateful if you could please walk me through the exact process.

1) Create a custom column "built from other columns".
2) Change the "sort/search column" to "Number"
3) Paste the following into the template box.

program: format_number(divide(booksize(), 1024), '{0:,.1f}KB')

[SpudArmstrong]

You made it look so simple. From all the research that I did yesterday, I can see that I am not the only person looking for this. Calibre is really awesome and the support is wonderful. Thanks again!

[Katsunami]

Originally Posted by chaley

1) Create a custom column "built from other columns".
2) Change the "sort/search column" to "Number"
3) Paste the following into the template box.

program: format_number(divide(booksize(), 1024), '{0:,.1f}KB')

While this does seem to work for calculating the size, the sorting is not working. It still sorts as if the column is text. Also, is it possible to use the dot as a thousand delimiter and remove the decimal?

I've tried some formatting options, but sometimes I get a very long number (probably the number of bytes the book has), or nothing at all.

[chaley]

Originally Posted by Katsunami

While this does seem to work for calculating the size, the sorting is not working. It still sorts as if the column is text.

Works file for me. The column sorts by number. See the attachment.

Also, is it possible to use the dot as a thousand delimiter

Don't know. I doubt it. I never have been able to make the 'n' formatting character (the locale-sensitive integer format) do anything useful.

and remove the decimal?

Make the template .0f instead of .1f.