Ebook reader v4 - start time and default size

alec123 · 10-05-2019, 12:15 PM

Congratulations on Calibre 4.0. The work that has gone into this release is evident to anyone who has worked on software. Well done.

With that as background, I am struggling a bit with the new ebook reader. It looks beautiful, and will be easier perhaps for those who are reading whole books page by page and not doing research. But I miss the controls a lot and am hoping that there are keyboard shortcuts for the old functions. Will be experimenting with this.

Two questions:

1. The new reader seems noticeably slower to load on my machine, though this could be because it is doing more "behind the scenes" to set up a book for first time reading. Are there any tweaks to speed this up?

[Solved by reboot] 2. Every time the reader opens, it is too small on my laptop screen. It is a pain to resize it every time. Is there a way to specify a default size and position for opening the reader?

Thank you for Calibre.

Alec

theducks · 10-05-2019, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alec123

Congratulations on Calibre 4.0. The work that has gone into this release is evident to anyone who has worked on software. Well done.

With that as background, I am struggling a bit with the new ebook reader. It looks beautiful, and will be easier perhaps for those who are reading whole books page by page and not doing research. But I miss the controls a lot and am hoping that there are keyboard shortcuts for the old functions. Will be experimenting with this.

Two questions:

1. The new reader seems noticeably slower to load on my machine, though this could be because it is doing more "behind the scenes" to set up a book for first time reading. Are there any tweaks to speed this up?

2. Every time the reader opens, it is too small on my laptop screen. It is a pain to resize it every time. Is there a way to specify a default size and position for opening the reader?

Thank you for Calibre.

Alec

It should have remembered the last used size and position.
What OS?
and yes, it is a bit slower to open, but seems faster to navigate (from the TOC)

alec123 · 10-05-2019, 12:22 PM

Linux

theducks · 10-05-2019, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alec123

Linux

Come on, don't make beat it out of you

What distro, What release and what desktop GUI are you using.

kovidgoyal · 10-05-2019, 12:37 PM

In the miscellaneous section of the viewer preferences is a setting to remember window size. And pretty much every control in the old viewr is present in th new one, including with keyboard shortcuts. The biggest eception is a scrollbar which is on my TODO list as an option.

alec123 · 10-05-2019, 12:57 PM

> What OS

Was not trying to be difficult. Linux Mint 18.3 with XFCE 4.12

> In the miscellaneous section of the viewer preferences is a setting to remember window size.

This setting only works for the current book. What would be helpful would be if the size and position were remembered across books.

>pretty much every control in the old viewr is present in th new one, including with keyboard shortcuts.

That is good news. Thank you.

kovidgoyal · 10-05-2019, 01:00 PM

Not sure what you mean, with that setting whenever you open a new viewer instance it opens with the same size as it had when you last closed it. Irrespective of what book you have open.

alec123 · 10-05-2019, 01:03 PM

That is not happening on my system. Every time a different book is opened, the size and position revert to the original default.

kovidgoyal · 10-05-2019, 01:07 PM

I cannot replicate that, steps I tried:

1) Enable the tick box to remember last used windows size nd position
2) Resize the viewer window
3) Quit the viewer
4) Start the viewer, it has the size from step 2

alec123 · 10-05-2019, 01:10 PM

Not sure what else to say. I can reproduce it on my system. If others find this and have the problem, then it's a bug. Otherwise, we'll let it go. For now due to the startup speed with each new book, I will plan to use an alternative viewer.

NiLuJe · 10-05-2019, 01:19 PM

Might be a WM issue not correctly following whatever hints Qt is setting?

Can't reproduce on my end w/ KWin, FWIW.

alec123 · 10-05-2019, 03:12 PM

Quick update:

As a last ditch attempt I rebooted the machine. Now the size and position are remembered across books. Not sure why a reboot was required, but am very happy that this is resolved.

10-05-2019, 12:15 PM	#1
alec123 Member Posts: 21 Karma: 106 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: Kobo Clara HD, Kobo Mini, [also Kobo H2O v1]	Ebook reader v4 - start time and default size Congratulations on Calibre 4.0. The work that has gone into this release is evident to anyone who has worked on software. Well done. With that as background, I am struggling a bit with the new ebook reader. It looks beautiful, and will be easier perhaps for those who are reading whole books page by page and not doing research. But I miss the controls a lot and am hoping that there are keyboard shortcuts for the old functions. Will be experimenting with this. Two questions: 1. The new reader seems noticeably slower to load on my machine, though this could be because it is doing more "behind the scenes" to set up a book for first time reading. Are there any tweaks to speed this up? [Solved by reboot] 2. Every time the reader opens, it is too small on my laptop screen. It is a pain to resize it every time. Is there a way to specify a default size and position for opening the reader? Thank you for Calibre. Alec Last edited by alec123; 10-05-2019 at 03:10 PM.

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10-05-2019, 12:22 PM	#3
alec123 Member Posts: 21 Karma: 106 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: Kobo Clara HD, Kobo Mini, [also Kobo H2O v1]	Linux

10-05-2019, 12:37 PM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,251 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	In the miscellaneous section of the viewer preferences is a setting to remember window size. And pretty much every control in the old viewr is present in th new one, including with keyboard shortcuts. The biggest eception is a scrollbar which is on my TODO list as an option.

10-05-2019, 12:57 PM	#6
alec123 Member Posts: 21 Karma: 106 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: Kobo Clara HD, Kobo Mini, [also Kobo H2O v1]	> What OS Was not trying to be difficult. Linux Mint 18.3 with XFCE 4.12 > In the miscellaneous section of the viewer preferences is a setting to remember window size. This setting only works for the current book. What would be helpful would be if the size and position were remembered across books. >pretty much every control in the old viewr is present in th new one, including with keyboard shortcuts. That is good news. Thank you.

10-05-2019, 01:00 PM	#7
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,251 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Not sure what you mean, with that setting whenever you open a new viewer instance it opens with the same size as it had when you last closed it. Irrespective of what book you have open.

10-05-2019, 01:03 PM	#8
alec123 Member Posts: 21 Karma: 106 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: Kobo Clara HD, Kobo Mini, [also Kobo H2O v1]	That is not happening on my system. Every time a different book is opened, the size and position revert to the original default.

10-05-2019, 01:07 PM	#9
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,251 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I cannot replicate that, steps I tried: 1) Enable the tick box to remember last used windows size nd position 2) Resize the viewer window 3) Quit the viewer 4) Start the viewer, it has the size from step 2

10-05-2019, 01:10 PM	#10
alec123 Member Posts: 21 Karma: 106 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: Kobo Clara HD, Kobo Mini, [also Kobo H2O v1]	Not sure what else to say. I can reproduce it on my system. If others find this and have the problem, then it's a bug. Otherwise, we'll let it go. For now due to the startup speed with each new book, I will plan to use an alternative viewer.

10-05-2019, 01:19 PM	#11
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047190 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Might be a WM issue not correctly following whatever hints Qt is setting? Can't reproduce on my end w/ KWin, FWIW.

10-05-2019, 03:12 PM	#12
alec123 Member Posts: 21 Karma: 106 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: Kobo Clara HD, Kobo Mini, [also Kobo H2O v1]	Quick update: As a last ditch attempt I rebooted the machine. Now the size and position are remembered across books. Not sure why a reboot was required, but am very happy that this is resolved.

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