How to save a search...

[MerlinMama]

I'm sure I'm just doing something wrong, or missing something, but I can't save any searches. Could someone walk me through.

I decided to try this today. I often do a search and replace, changing Mr for Mr. (adding the period) and Mrs for Mrs. I right-clicked in the search area and selected 'Save Current Search'. The window came up and asked to name the search, which I did.

I just can't seem to find how to actually SAVE it. What am I not seeing? It's probably the silliest thing...

[theducks]

Originally Posted by MerlinMama

I'm sure I'm just doing something wrong, or missing something, but I can't save any searches. Could someone walk me through.

I decided to try this today. I often do a search and replace, changing Mr for Mr. (adding the period) and Mrs for Mrs. I right-clicked in the search area and selected 'Save Current Search'. The window came up and asked to name the search, which I did.

I just can't seem to find how to actually SAVE it. What am I not seeing? It's probably the silliest thing...

At the Bottom of THAT window

[MerlinMama]

Originally Posted by theducks

At the Bottom of THAT window

See, I've clicked that (if you're referring to the 'Done' button), yet nothing gets saved. It doesn't give me an error, but if I come back later, there is nothing in the saved searches list.

Sorry, I just noticed that during my editing, that paragraph was removed from my original post.

[BetterRed]

@MerlinMama - They should get saved in the "saved_searches": [...] section of the tweak_book_gui.json file in the calibre configuration folder.

Have look to see if they're there.

BR

[MerlinMama]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@MerlinMama - They should get saved in the "saved_searches": [...] section of the tweak_book_gui.json file in the calibre configuration folder.

Have look to see if they're there.

BR

Yes, it's in there, but the saved searches list shows nothing. What did I do wrong for that to happen?

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by MerlinMama

Yes, it's in there, but the saved searches list shows nothing. What did I do wrong for that to happen?

No idea, I suspect nothing

Close the editor, rename that file to tweak_book_gui.json.save, start the editor and try again

If its there now, then this will be the second instance in the last couple of days where something has gone awry with a json file - the other one was gui.json. And I have a vague recollection that someone had a problem with something not being written to the viewer.json file.

If you post the tweak_book_gui.json.save file here (you'll have to zip it) someone might be able to spot what's wrong with it.

Meantime I would eyeball the *.save file as the basis for reconfiguring the editor. You could copy and paste, but you might copy the 'bug'.

I don't think the changes made in 2.4 are the cause of of the problem, because my saved searches from earlier versions are there, and I was able to edit them and add some new ones.

BR

[MerlinMama]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

No idea, I suspect nothing

Close the editor, rename that file to tweak_book_gui.json.save, start the editor and try again

If its there now, then this will be the second instance in the last couple of days where something has gone awry with a json file - the other one was gui.json. And I have a vague recollection that someone had a problem with something not being written to the viewer.json file.

If you post the tweak_book_gui.json.save file here (you'll have to zip it) someone might be able to spot what's wrong with it.

Meantime I would eyeball the *.save file as the basis for reconfiguring the editor. You could copy and paste, but you might copy the 'bug'.

I don't think the changes made in 2.4 are the cause of of the problem, because my saved searches from earlier versions are there, and I was able to edit them and add some new ones.

BR

Yes, it is there now.

I have 7-Zip, will that work for here?

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by MerlinMama

Yes, it is there now.

I have 7-Zip, will that work for here?

A .7z can't be posted here <sigh>, but 7-zip can create a zip - not sure what box you have to tick as I don't have 7-zip. But this person knows ==>> Creating a ZIP archive using 7zip - YouTube

BR

[phossler]

In Saved Searches, click [Add Search], construct the search parameters and then click [Done]

That doesn't run the search, but adds it to the list. Next time into Saved Searches the new one should be there and you can run it

[MerlinMama]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

A .7z can't be posted here <sigh>, but 7-zip can create a zip - not sure what box you have to tick as I don't have 7-zip. But this person knows ==>> Creating a ZIP archive using 7zip - YouTube

BR

Okay, I think I got it. However, as a trial, I resaved it and I'm not sure anymore if this is the right one. I'm pretty sure it is...

[MerlinMama]

Originally Posted by phossler

In Saved Searches, click [Add Search], construct the search parameters and then click [Done]

That doesn't run the search, but adds it to the list. Next time into Saved Searches the new one should be there and you can run it

Thank you for your reply, however as you can see from subsequent posts, I did that, but still saved searches still didn't show up.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by MerlinMama

Okay, I think I got it. However, as a trial, I resaved it and I'm not sure anymore if this is the right one. I'm pretty sure it is...

@MerlinMama That file has this in it

  "saved_searches": [
    {
      "name": "Alright", 
      "case_sensitive": true, 
      "mode": "regex", 
      "replace": "ll right", 
      "find": "lright", 
      "dot_all": true
    }, 
    {
      "name": "Honorific 1", 
      "case_sensitive": false, 
      "mode": "regex", 
      "replace": "Mr. ", 
      "find": "Mr ", 
      "dot_all": false
    }, 
    {
      "name": "Honorific 2", 
      "case_sensitive": false, 
      "mode": "regex", 
      "replace": "Mrs. ", 
      "find": "Mrs ", 
      "dot_all": false
    }
  ],

And they all work fine. Couldn't see any obvious anomalies

I understood you to say that when you first looked at the tweak_book_gui.json file the "saved_searches": entry was empty as in

  "saved_searches": [
  ],

Perhaps you misinterpreted my "[...]" in post #4. Anyway I assume you now have it working, that's what really matters

BR

[MerlinMama]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@MerlinMama That file has this in it

  "saved_searches": [
    {
      "name": "Alright", 
      "case_sensitive": true, 
      "mode": "regex", 
      "replace": "ll right", 
      "find": "lright", 
      "dot_all": true
    }, 
    {
      "name": "Honorific 1", 
      "case_sensitive": false, 
      "mode": "regex", 
      "replace": "Mr. ", 
      "find": "Mr ", 
      "dot_all": false
    }, 
    {
      "name": "Honorific 2", 
      "case_sensitive": false, 
      "mode": "regex", 
      "replace": "Mrs. ", 
      "find": "Mrs ", 
      "dot_all": false
    }
  ],

And they all work fine. Couldn't see any obvious anomalies

I understood you to say that when you first looked at the tweak_book_gui.json file the "saved_searches": entry was empty as in

  "saved_searches": [
  ],

Perhaps you misinterpreted my "[...]" in post #4. Anyway I assume you now have it working, that's what really matters

BR

No, originally, the searches WERE in this file, but in editor, the list showed as blank.

Now I'm not sure anymore. Ugh. Anyway, yes it all works fine, and if I add new and they don't show up, I'll make a mention. I think I'll go make up a search to save, just to see...LOL