calibre: most desired feature, pony up for Kovid - Page 4

User Name · 06-18-2008, 03:32 AM

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Originally Posted by jplumey

Alright, calibre lovers. It's time to get together to talk about the one or two features you would like to see implemented in a near release of calibre. Kovid has spent many hours developing, troubleshooting, and documenting our favorite Reader program so I am proposing that we give back and sponsor him to develop the feature(s) the forum wants most. [...]
What about you?

I would like to see a FreeBSD version.

kovidgoyal · 06-18-2008, 03:46 AM

It should just run on BSD if you can get all the dependencies installed.

simond · 06-18-2008, 04:29 AM

I may look into that myself, I've created FreeBSD ports before so doing one to install calibre shouldn't be too awkward (I hope!)

User Name · 06-18-2008, 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

It should just run on BSD if you can get all the dependencies installed.

The problem is not so much about getting it installed and running, but more a matter of getting it *installed cleanly* so it can be removed again without leaving a mess behind. Ideally that would have to be done by setting it up as a so-called "port" (which is FreeBSD's software installation- and package management mechanism).
It's ages ago since I did my last FreeBSD port and I haven't dealt a lot with python so far either, but as it seems, simond wants to take a look.

simond · 06-18-2008, 05:35 AM

The main problem I can see is the very frequent updates

jotheman · 06-18-2008, 08:09 AM

Readers made by Jinke (Hanlin, lBook, BeBook etc.) now officially have ePub support:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19772

!

astrodad · 06-18-2008, 11:05 AM

Ok I created another chipin for the ePub support!

http://calibre.chipin.com/epub-support-for-calibre

Do you guys think I should put these two links in a new thread?

jotheman · 06-18-2008, 12:33 PM

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Do you guys think I should put these two links in a new thread?

Definitely!

Maybe with a catchy title like "Calibre's new features - ePub support and automated news download!"

I guess what I'm saying is: don't mention ChipIn in the title, let people discover their lust for these features by making them think they're already available.

pilotbob · 06-18-2008, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by jotheman

Definitely!

Maybe with a catchy title like "Calibre's new features - ePub support and automated news download!"

I guess what I'm saying is: don't mention ChipIn in the title, let people discover their lust for these features by making them think they're already available.

You know... I remember doing a chipin before to get Kovid a Kindle. It was closed and the thread removed from here. I'm not sure why... something about it being begging for money?

BOb

jotheman · 06-19-2008, 07:53 AM

Wow, take a look at the epub-chipin! People really seem to dig that feature, hehe.

kovidgoyal · 06-19-2008, 10:55 AM

Yeah, I'm glad, because coding epub support is going to be more fun that writing a GUI for automated news downloading.

pilotbob · 06-19-2008, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by jotheman

Wow, take a look at the epub-chipin! People really seem to dig that feature, hehe.

So, what are the features of the ePub support? The description is very vauge.

Will this become the native storage format for the app, rather than a database?

Will you be able to convert other formats to ePub? What formats will be supported?

Will you be able to support ePub to other formats or still just .LRF? If so, what formats will be supported?

Will you be able to specify what formats to output when doing a save to disk/update reader?

BOb

astrodad · 06-19-2008, 11:04 AM

Kovid, perhaps you can give us some more details on what you're planning and we can include that on the description?

kovidgoyal · 06-19-2008, 11:09 AM

I'm planning *2EPUB where * is the same set as supported for the conversion to LRF. Initially at least (until the bugs are worked out) the conversion will be command line based. Then I'll add an option to the GUI to let the user specify their preferred output format (EPUB or LRF) and all the rest of the GUI functions will take that choice into account.

pilotbob · 06-19-2008, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

I'm planning *2EPUB where * is the same set as supported for the conversion to LRF. Initially at least (until the bugs are worked out) the conversion will be command line based. Then I'll add an option to the GUI to let the user specify their preferred output format (EPUB or LRF) and all the rest of the GUI functions will take that choice into account.

I see... not really usefull to me at this point, since I don't really have anything to read ePub with. I think ePub to LRF and ePub to Mobi would be the most needed tools. Anyway, just thinking out loud.

I will still chipin seeing as I've gotten much use out of this tool.

BOb

06-18-2008, 08:09 AM	#51
jotheman Sleeper. Posts: 109 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Boox Max2, Kinde Voyage, reMarkable, Dasung Paperlike Pro	epub epub epub Readers made by Jinke (Hanlin, lBook, BeBook etc.) now officially have ePub support: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19772 !

06-19-2008, 07:53 AM	#55
jotheman Sleeper. Posts: 109 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Boox Max2, Kinde Voyage, reMarkable, Dasung Paperlike Pro	epub 加油 ! Wow, take a look at the epub-chipin! People really seem to dig that feature, hehe.

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06-18-2008, 03:46 AM	#47
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	It should just run on BSD if you can get all the dependencies installed.

06-18-2008, 04:29 AM	#48
simond Fanatic Posts: 532 Karma: 1062755 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London, UK Device: Kobo Aura One, iPad, iPhone	I may look into that myself, I've created FreeBSD ports before so doing one to install calibre shouldn't be too awkward (I hope!)

06-18-2008, 05:35 AM	#50
simond Fanatic Posts: 532 Karma: 1062755 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London, UK Device: Kobo Aura One, iPad, iPhone	The main problem I can see is the very frequent updates

06-18-2008, 11:05 AM	#52
astrodad Guru Posts: 962 Karma: 568242 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Oasis 3, Kindle Paperwhite 1, iPad, iPhone	Ok I created another chipin for the ePub support! http://calibre.chipin.com/epub-support-for-calibre Do you guys think I should put these two links in a new thread?

06-19-2008, 10:55 AM	#56
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Yeah, I'm glad, because coding epub support is going to be more fun that writing a GUI for automated news downloading.

06-19-2008, 11:04 AM	#58
astrodad Guru Posts: 962 Karma: 568242 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Oasis 3, Kindle Paperwhite 1, iPad, iPhone	Kovid, perhaps you can give us some more details on what you're planning and we can include that on the description?

06-19-2008, 11:09 AM	#59
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,604 Karma: 28548974 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I'm planning 2EPUB where is the same set as supported for the conversion to LRF. Initially at least (until the bugs are worked out) the conversion will be command line based. Then I'll add an option to the GUI to let the user specify their preferred output format (EPUB or LRF) and all the rest of the GUI functions will take that choice into account.