[GUI Plugin] Kobo Utilities

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Majutsushi

I can't think of any change that could have caused this. It would probably be helpful to see a debug log where this is getting updated for a book.

I just thought of something. If KU is getting the accurate % such as 99.6%, it could be calibre doing the rounding if the column for % is set to integer. I know mine is set that way.

[ownedbycats]

I noticed it mostly happen when the last page is 100%. When I go back to a menu, it's 99%. So maybe it is rounding.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I noticed it mostly happen when the last page is 100%. When I go back to a menu, it's 99%. So maybe it is rounding.

I made a new column that's floating point. I then tried to get % that was not a whole number. That did not work. So I have no idea if it's calibre or KU that's rounding.

[Majutsushi]

The percentage is already an integer in the Kobo database, so any rounding will be done by the Kobo itself:

CREATE TABLE content(
    ...
    ___PercentRead INTEGER,
    ...
);

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Majutsushi

The percentage is already an integer in the Kobo database, so any rounding will be done by the Kobo itself:

CREATE TABLE content(
    ...
    ___PercentRead INTEGER,
    ...
);

Thanks for that. So now we know it's not calibre or KU doing the rounding.

[Majutsushi]

The only other potentially relevant thing I can think of is that the plugin will set the percent to 100 if a book is marked as finished, but that has been the case since before I started working on it.

[compurandom]

Originally Posted by Majutsushi

The only other potentially relevant thing I can think of is that the plugin will set the percent to 100 if a book is marked as finished, but that has been the case since before I started working on it.

I think this is the case, and 99% vs 100% is only an indicator of "finished".

The percentage is not really useful for reading position, it's just a human readable estimate.

The actual position is in the form of a bookmark.

[Gurgling2791]

In some recent update, it's been a while since I've synced my Libra 2, the save template in the driver settings doesn't seem to work how it used to. I have Library/{title} - {authors} as I have a "Library" folder on my kobo, and when sending to device, it just sends the book to the root of the device. What am I missing here?

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by Gurgling2791

In some recent update, it's been a while since I've synced my Libra 2, the save template in the driver settings doesn't seem to work how it used to. I have Library/{title} - {authors} as I have a "Library" folder on my kobo, and when sending to device, it just sends the book to the root of the device. What am I missing here?

Calibre integrated Extended driver into KoboTouch but didn't copy the plugin settings.

KoboTouchExtended is disabled in Preferences > Plugins and you can access the config to copy it to KoboTouch.

[Gurgling2791]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Calibre integrated Extended driver into KoboTouch but didn't copy the plugin settings.

KoboTouchExtended is disabled in Preferences > Plugins and you can access the config to copy it to KoboTouch.

Ah thanks for that clue. Changing it in Pref > Import/export > Sending books to devices still doesn't seem to work with "/Library/{title} - {authors}" or "Library/{title} - {authors}". I feel like I'm probably missing something basic here.

KoboTouchExtended also isn't installed and can't be installed. I go to install it, restart calibre, and it's still not there. Hmm.

[ownedbycats]

You have to change the driver settings, not send-to-device settings. If you KoboUtiliites is menu option.

[Gurgling2791]

Yea that's what I did in my first try. Changed it in both locations, still not sending to the Library folder.

[bkennelly]

Did you try enabling "Use sub-folders"?

[Gurgling2791]

Originally Posted by bkennelly

Did you try enabling "Use sub-folders"?

That did it! I didn't think that setting would apply as I don't believe I had that toggled before. Thanks much!

[ownedbycats]

Suggestion: I wonder if these would be within scope to implement in Kobo Utilities:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

On the Kobo device, the SeriesNumber row in the content table is a text column rather than an integer or float. Both null results and things like "1-4" are valid entries.

There's two things I'd like to know if are possible to do via plugboards:

1. For series omnibuses, I use series_indexes of x.y — 1.04 or 5.07. Is it possible to replace the period with a dash and remove the extra 0 to display as 1-4 on the Kobo?

2. For unnumbered series, I use a series_index of 0.0. This means a lot of "Series Name - 0"s on my device. Is it possible to return a null value instead?

Both of them can be done by editiing the SQLite database directly, but manually gets tiresome. If it's technically feasible, perhaps a KU menu option for selected books to run a SQLite query to overwrite, which is run prior to eject.