[GUI Plugin] FanFicFare - Page 395

JimmXinu · 05-09-2021, 09:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Question:

I run from source and noticed this in console:

Code:

FFF: DEBUG: 2021-05-09 03:15:16,091: calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.fff_plugin(2324): No metadata value for "N", setting custom column(#read) literally to N.

Is that expected?

Also, aside from watching the console, is there any way to see what chapter a job is currently on?

Yes. Debug output is sporadic and generally whatever I wanted at the time. --and sometimes it hangs around for a long time if it never bothers me again.

No.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xyla

No, I'm using the latest test version.

Then I will need to see a debug log (restart Calibre under debug, Calibre Preferences drop down) to error to get any farther with it.

Zerubel · 05-09-2021, 03:36 PM

Okay, I'm back with a new question (and despite my claims to learn regex escape terms, I haven't really touched that yet oops)
I found that there's an option... somewhere... to ignore author's notes. Didn't see it in personal.ini but I might have to add it in. The question starts from the point where i don't really mind MOST author's notes, but would like to exclude author's notes from a specific work(s)... but I'm using the Anthology feature with epubmerge to download the entire series as a single work from the ao3 series url.

https://archiveofourown.org/series/1002138

what exactly would i need to add in to personal.ini to achieve this?

(I love her writing but she includes a chapter's worth of observations and rationalizations for what she does at the end of each chapter, and i'd rather just have an uninterrupted reading experience with my own takeaways. other authors notes are fine)

ownedbycats · 05-09-2021, 03:44 PM

Here's the usual code.

Code:

## AO3 chapters can include several different types of notes.  We've
## traditionally included them all in the chapter text, but this allows
## you to customize which you include.  Copy this parameter to your
## personal.ini and list the ones you don't want.
exclude_notes:authorheadnotes,chaptersummary,chapterheadnotes,chapterfootnotes,authorfootnotes,inspiredlinks

This should work, but would be very annoying:

Code:

[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14381811]
exclude_notes:chapterheadnotes,chapterfootnotes

[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14406543]
exclude_notes:chapterheadnotes,chapterfootnotes

[https://archiveofourown.org/works/15646287]
exclude_notes:chapterheadnotes,chapterfootnotes

and so forth...

You can try putting it under a section for the series, but I am unsure if it works for that or only story URLs:

Code:

[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1002138]
exclude_notes:chapterheadnotes,chapterfootnotes

Personally, I'd just do this:

Code:

[defaults]
## Uncomment the next line when updating that specific anthology. Re-comment it afterwards.
##exclude_notes:chapterheadnotes,chapterfootnotes

ackomb · 05-09-2021, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

You have Browser_cache_path instead of browser_cache_path. Unrelated to current problem.

I don't know exactly what was going wrong, but this works for me:

Hi Jimm

First of all thank you for catching that browser thingy, that was another problem on my to do list if FanFiction.net was on the fritz again.

As for the other issue, I think I figured out what happened and thought I would share just in case. In my previous message I stripped some of my replace metadata that I thought would not be of any influence. However I figured I'm wrong. See there is this tag, where I replace the metadata creating these separate tags. One for the Crossover and one that just says Romance. Calibre separates these 2 on the comma so I won't see anything. But I think in FFF the line remains unseparated until the end, which is why they both show up in my custom column since both are in the same line while running FanFicfare. If that makes any sense.

For example:

Code:

genre=>Romantic Crossover Grey's Anatomy$=>Crossover.Grey's Anatomy Universe, Romance
genre=>Action based story$=>Action

Using the first line, both the Crossover and Romance show up however the second line doesn't.

It's probably an illusion thinking I can get this to work the way I want, but if anyone has any ideas. I'm up for trying.

Zerubel · 05-09-2021, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Here's the usual code.

Code:

## AO3 chapters can include several different types of notes.  We've
## traditionally included them all in the chapter text, but this allows
## you to customize which you include.  Copy this parameter to your
## personal.ini and list the ones you don't want.
exclude_notes:authorheadnotes,chaptersummary,chapterheadnotes,chapterfootnotes,authorfootnotes,inspiredlinks

This should work, but would be very annoying:

Code:

[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14381811]
exclude_notes:chapterheadnotes,chapterfootnotes

[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14406543]
exclude_notes:chapterheadnotes,chapterfootnotes

[https://archiveofourown.org/works/15646287]
exclude_notes:chapterheadnotes,chapterfootnotes

and so forth...

You can try putting it under a section for the series, but I am unsure if it works for that or only story URLs:

Code:

[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1002138]
exclude_notes:chapterheadnotes,chapterfootnotes

Personally, I'd just do this:

Code:

[defaults]
## Uncomment the next line when updating that specific anthology. Re-comment it afterwards.
##exclude_notes:chapterheadnotes,chapterfootnotes

oh thank you! I think i might still be doing something wrong, though - neither series or individual url seems to work - the code turns 'purple' and also turned some of my other tag replacement code purple. When i took it back out, they went back to blue/green.

ownedbycats · 05-09-2021, 09:06 PM

Turning purple is normal. Put them at the bottom of your personal.ini.

Xyla · 05-10-2021, 07:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Then I will need to see a debug log (restart Calibre under debug, Calibre Preferences drop down) to error to get any farther with it.

Spoiler:

JimmXinu · 05-10-2021, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zerubel

I found that there's an option... somewhere... to ignore author's notes. Didn't see it in personal.ini but I might have to add it in. The question starts from the point where i don't really mind MOST author's notes, but would like to exclude author's notes from a specific work(s)...

Quote:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

This should work, but would be very annoying:
...

You will have to either do a section per story URL or turn it on and off manually as ownedbycats showed. FFF doesn't currently implement sections by series URL or author URL. I've thought of it a couple times, but I'm not sure how difficult that would be, nor how useful.

Individual story URL sections do appear as purple. They're not red because they aren't definitely mistakes, but they are purple because the context highlighter isn't complex enough to cover all possible story URLs and to warn you to be careful.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xyla

FFF: DEBUG: 2021-05-10 12:35:54,016: calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.fff_plugin(1099) : FanFicFare v3.29.0

The version you are using is before that was fixed. Update to the latest released or test version of FFF.

Xyla · 05-10-2021, 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

The version you are using is before that was fixed. Update to the latest released or test version of FFF.

Thank you so much!! I always assumed I was updating by downloading the latest file from the front page lol

ownedbycats · 05-11-2021, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

I do not believe setting certain category values as "not-crossovers" is as simple as you think it is. You would have to define each set of category values anyway--doing it in regular expression is basically the same thing.

For what it matters, I fixed that little issue with Action Chains. I make a template that checks the items are exactly Crossover, Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect: Andromeda or Crossover, Half-Life, Portal then removes "Crossover." (I have a similar one that handles the tagcategories.)

I still have to fix the title page manually but I can do that when the fanfic's finished.

JimmXinu · 05-13-2021, 10:28 AM

New Test Version Posted

2021-05-13
- adapter_bdsmlibrarycom: Set author Anonymous when author not found instead of sys.exit(). Closes #696

Science Friction · 05-14-2021, 12:02 AM

I'm having much better luck with the cloudflare captcha now. I'm able to download from addresses that were blocked before. I downloaded Basilisk Born (72 chapters, 700+K words) and it looks great, but I don't dare sink into reading it because of other stuff I have to do this week.

Regarding skipping authors' notes: I've sometimes wished for the opposite, namely getting all the reader comments along with the story.

Is there a good place to discuss this kind of fanfic tech stuff, not specific to the FFF plugin or even to FFF itself? I.e. general issues of archiving, metadata collection, etc. Preferably not on one of the big platforms like reddit. Thanks.

midnightmane · 05-15-2021, 09:19 PM

So I got a question I have a massive library that I'm currently updating at a rate of three stories an hour I was wondering if there was any way I could automate it?

aleyx · 05-16-2021, 05:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by midnightmane

So I got a question I have a massive library that I'm currently updating at a rate of three stories an hour I was wondering if there was any way I could automate it?

If the question is "How do I automate the update of my entire massive library", the answer is please don't do that.

Doing that is akin to a Denial of Service attack, and is why sites like FFNet at best impose huge delays between downloads for everyone, or at worse blocks bots completely.

Instead, enable mail notifications for the stories you're following, and then you may choose the "Get story URLs from Email" menu in FFF.

It's much easier for everyone involved: you, the sites, and the plugin author who won't have to find yet another trick around the newest bot deterrent.

N.

midnightmane · 05-16-2021, 05:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aleyx

If the question is "How do I automate the update of my entire massive library", the answer is please don't do that.

Doing that is akin to a Denial of Service attack, and is why sites like FFNet at best impose huge delays between downloads for everyone, or at worse blocks bots completely.

Instead, enable mail notifications for the stories you're following, and then you may choose the "Get story URLs from Email" menu in FFF.

It's much easier for everyone involved: you, the sites, and the plugin author who won't have to find yet another trick around the newest bot deterrent.

N.

Okay let me put some context I'm not massively updating, over the span of a week i have only updated 60 stories. but I was wondering is if there was a way I could set it up on the schedule So that I can spread out my update over the course of days To go easy on the web servers I already know this is strongly discouraged but that's why I'm looking for options on how to update my library without putting strain or hassle on the servers.

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05-09-2021, 03:36 PM	#5912
Zerubel Customization Addict Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2018 Device: Android Tablet	Okay, I'm back with a new question (and despite my claims to learn regex escape terms, I haven't really touched that yet oops) I found that there's an option... somewhere... to ignore author's notes. Didn't see it in personal.ini but I might have to add it in. The question starts from the point where i don't really mind MOST author's notes, but would like to exclude author's notes from a specific work(s)... but I'm using the Anthology feature with epubmerge to download the entire series as a single work from the ao3 series url. https://archiveofourown.org/series/1002138 what exactly would i need to add in to personal.ini to achieve this? (I love her writing but she includes a chapter's worth of observations and rationalizations for what she does at the end of each chapter, and i'd rather just have an uninterrupted reading experience with my own takeaways. other authors notes are fine)

05-09-2021, 09:06 PM	#5916
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,993 Karma: 75337983 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Turning purple is normal. Put them at the bottom of your personal.ini.

05-13-2021, 10:28 AM	#5921
JimmXinu Plugin Developer Posts: 6,974 Karma: 4604635 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Midwest USA Device: Kobo Clara Colour running KOReader	New Test Version Posted 2021-05-13 - adapter_bdsmlibrarycom: Set author Anonymous when author not found instead of sys.exit(). Closes #696

05-14-2021, 12:02 AM	#5922
Science Friction Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2021 Device: none	I'm having much better luck with the cloudflare captcha now. I'm able to download from addresses that were blocked before. I downloaded Basilisk Born (72 chapters, 700+K words) and it looks great, but I don't dare sink into reading it because of other stuff I have to do this week. Regarding skipping authors' notes: I've sometimes wished for the opposite, namely getting all the reader comments along with the story. Is there a good place to discuss this kind of fanfic tech stuff, not specific to the FFF plugin or even to FFF itself? I.e. general issues of archiving, metadata collection, etc. Preferably not on one of the big platforms like reddit. Thanks.

05-15-2021, 09:19 PM	#5923
midnightmane Member Posts: 22 Karma: 12 Join Date: Feb 2016 Device: Kindle/Calibre	So I got a question I have a massive library that I'm currently updating at a rate of three stories an hour I was wondering if there was any way I could automate it?

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