Some questions about using ...

[Worldwalker]

Originally Posted by theducks

Maybe Kovid will change the name to try and avoid confusion.

Personally, I think that would be a good thing. For one thing, it wouldn't confuse the novices quite so much. For another, it would emphasize that calibre's private library is private -- something you import to and export from, like a database -- not something you should be accessing directly. Of course, then I'd miss out on the egoboo of everyone linking to that post I made explaining it.

[Manichean]

Originally Posted by Worldwalker

Personally, I think that would be a good thing. For one thing, it wouldn't confuse the novices quite so much. For another, it would emphasize that calibre's private library is private -- something you import to and export from, like a database -- not something you should be accessing directly. Of course, then I'd miss out on the egoboo of everyone linking to that post I made explaining it.

Actually, I think we should make that thread a sticky. That question gets asked awfully often.

[SkyDream]

Originally Posted by Worldwalker

Personally, I think that would be a good thing. For one thing, it wouldn't confuse the novices quite so much. For another, it would emphasize that calibre's private library is private -- something you import to and export from, like a database -- not something you should be accessing directly. Of course, then I'd miss out on the egoboo of everyone linking to that post I made explaining it.

Definitely.
At least for me it would have been clear from the first reading.