Default book language to be saved in content.opf?

moriakaice · 06-13-2010, 10:49 AM

Is there a way to setup calibre so it puts a selected default language in the content.opf file of ePUB?

Currently it's always:

Code:

<dc:language>UND</dc:language>

Having the ability to set the book language on single book basis would be awesome, but I'd even settle for a default one

It's greatly help with hyphenation on devices.

kovidgoyal · 06-13-2010, 02:32 PM

Are there devices that support hyhenation? While there isn't currently an option to set language in the GUI, you can set it via the command line tool ebook-convert (the --language) option.

The GUI option is waiting for general support for a language field in the database.

moriakaice · 06-13-2010, 04:05 PM

Yup, at least my eClicto (rebranded Netronix EB600) supports it.

Here's a test (file 1 generated with calibre 0.6.37, second one is first one verbatim copy, except the dc:language in content.opf manually changed):
With

Code:

<dc:language>UND</dc:language>

:

With

Code:

<dc:language>pl-PL</dc:language>

:

Having all the GUI options for that (setting the default language of book, changing each book's language, etc.) would be awesome.

kovidgoyal · 06-13-2010, 04:34 PM

It's on the TODO, ony so many hours in the day

moriakaice · 06-13-2010, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

It's on the TODO, ony so many hours in the day

That's understoodable. And a great news! Thank you very much for all your work on calibre, Kovid!

Bratzzo · 05-21-2011, 04:14 PM

Hi,

I discovered, that Calibre uses the GUI language to set the default language of a converted book.
Normally I read german books, but sometimes I also read english books. (OK, not so often, like you can see at my grammatics

).

If I want to convert an english book, I always have to set the GUI language to english and restart Calibre, to keep the default book language. After the conversion, I have to set the language and restart again.
Is there a shorter way without restart? Maybe in the future?

Bratzzo

kovidgoyal · 05-21-2011, 05:26 PM

Support for per book language settings is on the TODO list.

Bratzzo · 05-21-2011, 06:02 PM

Hi,

That sounds great!

Thank you!

Bratzzo

06-13-2010, 10:49 AM	#1
moriakaice Memento Mori Posts: 36 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2007 Device: eClicto, iPad WiFi, Kindle 3 WiFi	Default book language to be saved in content.opf? Is there a way to setup calibre so it puts a selected default language in the content.opf file of ePUB? Currently it's always: Code: <dc:language>UND</dc:language> Having the ability to set the book language on single book basis would be awesome, but I'd even settle for a default one It's greatly help with hyphenation on devices.

06-13-2010, 04:05 PM	#3
moriakaice Memento Mori Posts: 36 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2007 Device: eClicto, iPad WiFi, Kindle 3 WiFi	Yup, at least my eClicto (rebranded Netronix EB600) supports it. Here's a test (file 1 generated with calibre 0.6.37, second one is first one verbatim copy, except the dc:language in content.opf manually changed): With Code: <dc:language>UND</dc:language> : With Code: <dc:language>pl-PL</dc:language> : Having all the GUI options for that (setting the default language of book, changing each book's language, etc.) would be awesome.

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06-13-2010, 02:32 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,610 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Are there devices that support hyhenation? While there isn't currently an option to set language in the GUI, you can set it via the command line tool ebook-convert (the --language) option. The GUI option is waiting for general support for a language field in the database.

06-13-2010, 04:34 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,610 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	It's on the TODO, ony so many hours in the day

05-21-2011, 04:14 PM	#6
Bratzzo Addict Posts: 342 Karma: 533558 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: WOB / Germany Device: Kindle	Hi, I discovered, that Calibre uses the GUI language to set the default language of a converted book. Normally I read german books, but sometimes I also read english books. (OK, not so often, like you can see at my grammatics ). If I want to convert an english book, I always have to set the GUI language to english and restart Calibre, to keep the default book language. After the conversion, I have to set the language and restart again. Is there a shorter way without restart? Maybe in the future? Bratzzo

05-21-2011, 05:26 PM	#7
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,610 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Support for per book language settings is on the TODO list.

05-21-2011, 06:02 PM	#8
Bratzzo Addict Posts: 342 Karma: 533558 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: WOB / Germany Device: Kindle	Hi, That sounds great! Thank you! Bratzzo

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