[GUI Plugin] FanFicFare

[Redshifter]

Okay. Thank you. I'll definitely do that.

[Redshifter]

On Wattpad there are images posted above a lot of chapters like "banners" but are actually relevant to the story. Is there a setting I can change that will include those?

I'm sorry for the clueless questions. I've never had anyone to teach me coding but I'm totally willing to learn if someone tried. I'm finding it hard to find sources to teach me what I need to know to parse through Calibre effectively.

*As an add on to that - What exactly would I look up to teach me that would let me how to use Calibre and it's plugins? e.g. CSS, HTML

[JimmXinu]

I don't read Wattpad, so I don't know much about it.

If you give some specific story URLs with images, I will look at whether they can be included (as cover image?).

[filipefes]

Did something change with wuxiaworld.com? I can't download the ebook with calibre plugin. I have an error and a message: "None of the 1 URLs/stories given can be/need to be downloaded."

[JimmXinu]

Site changed, I don't think it's fixable and no one has disagreed with me yet about that.

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

I'm not sure that is fixable. The site is now requiring your browser to download and run a sizeable obfuscated javascript file. And another 100+ other JS files??

FFF doesn't have a javascript engine, and just using FlareSolverr proxy doesn't work either.

https://github.com/JimmXinu/FanFicFare/issues/796

[sorin61]

Excellent job on the plugin, and thank you.
One question, though. The plugin makes a table of contents that can be used to navigate the chapters of multi-chapter story. But when I hit GO TO (Kindle Paperwhite), there are no bookmarks to choose from. Is it possible to generate also bookmarks when the TOC is generated?

[Tharos]

Is it possible to outsource the section for each domain to a separate file and then read it into FFF?

This would make it possible to use one file for multiple databases. Or to make it available online?

Examples:
[fanfiction.net]
filepath:c:\ffn.net

[fanfiction.net]
url:domain.com/ffn.net

[JimmXinu]

Multi-reply

Originally Posted by sorin61

Excellent job on the plugin, and thank you.
One question, though. The plugin makes a table of contents that can be used to navigate the chapters of multi-chapter story. But when I hit GO TO (Kindle Paperwhite), there are no bookmarks to choose from. Is it possible to generate also bookmarks when the TOC is generated?

FFF cannot generate bookmarks, no. The TOC should be there, if you are downloading to epub and converting to azw3 for Kindle--that's what do and recommend.

(FFF's mobi output is very poor and basically deprecated.)

Originally Posted by Tharos

Is it possible to outsource the section for each domain to a separate file and then read it into FFF?

This would make it possible to use one file for multiple databases. Or to make it available online?

Examples:
[fanfiction.net]
filepath:c:\ffn.net

[fanfiction.net]
url:domain.com/ffn.net

You can load individual settings from a file (see _filelist in the wiki page), but not entire sections.

I'm not sure how hard it would be to do what you ask. An option to specify a external file to load in addition to the built-in personal.ini may be easier.

Other users, are either of those something you would see value in having?

[ownedbycats]

I can also see it being useful for quickly switching between different option-sets.

[JimmXinu]

New Version Released

Version 4.10.0 - 2022-02-14
- adapter_fanfiktionde: Update where description comes from.
- ReadOnlyMindAdapter: Add series_tags feature to populate series metadata (#803) - Thanks Nothorse
- Add use_flaresolverr_proxy:withimages option for FlareSolverr v1 users.
- Correct use_flaresolverr_proxy error checking.
- adapter_royalroadcom: Add status 'Dropped'
- New Site: readonlymind.com, thanks Nothorse Issue #767 PR #801
- Force include_images:false when use_flaresolverr_proxy:true -- FlareSolverr v2.2.0 crashes on image request.
- Remove defunct site: hpfanficarchive.com
- base_efiction: Add 'Igen' as equiv to 'Yes, Completed' in Hungarian
- adapter_royalroadcom: Add status 'Stub' Closes #800
- New site: merengo.hu (Hungarian), thanks estherflails
- Remove site: fanfic.hu (moved to merengo.hu, storyIds don't appear to be the same)
- Fix for py2 for base_xenforoforum tagsfromtitle. Thanks hseg for the help. See [#791](https://github.com/JimmXinu/FanFicFare/issues/791)
- Extend base_xenforoforum tagsfromtitle for ')(' ']['
- Changes for upcoming Qt6 Calibre

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by Tharos

Is it possible to outsource the section for each domain to a separate file and then read it into FFF?

This would make it possible to use one file for multiple databases. Or to make it available online?

Examples:
[fanfiction.net]
filepath:c:\ffn.net

[fanfiction.net]
url:domain.com/ffn.net

Thinking about this some more:

As asked for, an option appearing under a section that will load a file of settings specifically for that section, I don't think is a good idea. That means if you wanted to have shared settings for 2 sites, you'd have to have different files for each one. IMO, a mechanism to import another file of settings with normal sections is a better choice.

Specifying additional files to load in general inside INI settings is possible, but a bit outside the existing INI paradigm.

Currently, the plugin loads plugin-defaults.ini, then personal.ini from per-library settings while CLI allows the user to load any number of config files as specified by command line options. Each file has the same format with [sections], they are loaded before downloading begins, and precedence is by order of files loaded.

((setting)_filelist settings are only loaded when that setting is needed and are not really equivalent. One of the big advantages of _filelist as I see it, is that it doesn't load a .ini file and therefore doesn't need %% escaping.)

I see three possible implementations:

1. Specify additional INI files to load using a new keyword setting, possibly in a new [section].

Advantages:

• Common to CLI & Plugin.
• Closest to requested feature.

Disadvantages:

• Has to have some sort of recursion prevention.
• Has to be copied to each desired library personal.ini in Calibre.
• User has to create/manage the additional ini file(s) in own text editor.
• User has to put the file somewhere safe and correctly get the file name into personal.ini.

2. Specify additional file(s) to load in plugin settings GUI, likely using a file chooser dialog.

Advantages:

• Parity with CLI --config option.
• Likely easiest to implement.

Disadvantages:

• Has to be set in each desired library in Calibre.
• User has to create/manage the additional ini file(s) in own text editor.
• User has to put the file somewhere safe and correctly find it. Chooser could default to somewhere reasonable.

3. Add a second personal.ini 'file' in plugin that is common and used with all libraries.

Advantages:

• Likely easiest for users.
• Doesn't have to be set in each library.
• Uses existing INI editor.
• No additional files for user to manage.

Disadvantages:

• (Technical issue) Where to put it? Currently all FFF settings are in library db. Probably plugins/PluginName.json?
• Slightly more limited than other options for power users--ie, only one additional common ini file, other options allow for more in more combinations when user has many libraries.
• There will inevitably be users who confuse the per-library and all-libraries personal.inis regardless of how we label them and get unintended results.
• Which should be presented to users, especially new users, as the 'primary' personal.ini? The per-library or all-libraries version?

All in all, I lean towards option 3 as a) the one I'm most likely to use myself and b) the one I'd have to spend the least amount of time explaining.

Opinions?

[ownedbycats]

If you go with 3, the plugins folder seems like the most obvious place.

To prevent confusion:

What I can see is in the personal.ini tab is to add another section for the 'global' personal.ini that the buttons are greyed out by default.

Then when the user click a checkbox to enable global settings, it grays out the per-library buttons and enable the global ones instead.

[JimmXinu]

New Test Version Posted

2022-02-14
- adapter_storiesonlinenet: fix for dateUpdated when 'Last Activity' #808

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

What I can see is in the personal.ini tab is to add another section for the 'global' personal.ini that the buttons are greyed out by default.

Then when the user click a checkbox to enable global settings, it grays out the per-library buttons and enable the global ones instead.

Making it strictly either-or would, IMO, remove a lot of the utility of the global personal.ini.

What I foresee is putting user/pass settings in global personal.ini and using per-library personal.ini to have format and story URL specific settings.

But I confess I don't use different calibre libraries for anything except separating test books for development and troubleshooting user configurations from my real library.

[JimmXinu]

New Test Version Posted

2022-02-16
- Look for story URLs in pasted mime as well as dropped. See #809

As requested (obliquely) in issue 809 as a work around for a win7/firefox issue, but potentially useful for all users.

Basically, gives pasted html the same treatment as drag/dropped html into the story URL edit box.

But because it seems everything is passed around as html/rich text in copy/paste now, it may have unintended consequences. Please report if you see paste into story URL box behaving differently.