keyboard shortcut for TOC in viewer?

calibre4evar · 12-27-2014, 04:49 AM

Hello, and excuse me for needing help with such a silly question. I have a Calibre installed on my linux. I wanna press F9 to toggle the TOC (table of contents) like in my evince, instead of having to click the button on the left of the interface.

Can I configure my Calibre to accept this shortcut? Or is there at least a different shortcut? When exploring a book it is very useful to toggle the TOC, especially as I have a rotated monitor and there isn't enough width for both the TOC and the text.

Thank you very much!!! Long live the Calibre and her creator!!!

kovidgoyal · 12-27-2014, 05:00 AM

Click the preferences button in the viewer

calibre4evar · 12-27-2014, 05:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Click the preferences button in the viewer

Thank you for such prompt reply Kovid! But I don't see an existing "TOC" action in the keyboard shortcuts tab... and it doesn't seem I can add new shortcuts to that list, only modify existing ones... Or I'm missing something?

kovidgoyal · 12-27-2014, 05:23 AM

Show/Hide the Table of Contents

And note that you need to be clicking the preferences button in the viewer not in the main calibre window.

calibre4evar · 12-27-2014, 05:51 AM

Aha, again the distros-behind-upstream problem, created by the "calibre requires bleeding edge libs" problem... pyqt >= 5.3.1, seriously, the calibre can't work without that?!?

Maybe I'll try to backport just the Show/Hide feature.

kovidgoyal · 12-27-2014, 06:26 AM

Just use the official calibre binary from http://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux, then you dont have to worry about your distro's inability to keep up.

calibre4evar · 12-27-2014, 11:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Just use the official calibre binary from http://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux, then you dont have to worry about your distro's inability to keep up.

The requirements on the download page are only for source building? Won't there be weird crashes if I install the binaries (via linux-installer.py) on a system that has older libs (e.g. pyqt = 5.2.1)?

In any case I added the required lines to ./src/calibre/gui2/viewer/keys.py for the time being -- easiest backport ever!!! Except nothing happens when I press ctrl-T. It even allows me to redefine the shortcut, e.g. to F9, and still nothing happens.

calibre4evar · 12-27-2014, 12:35 PM

Whew, finally got it!!! I had to add a line to main.py as well.

I am calibre hacker now!!!

eschwartz · 01-05-2015, 01:28 AM

Alternatively, you can simply install the binary release Kovid suggested. It contains all dependencies bundled locally

so you don't have to worry about what libs are installed.

Or get yourself a decent rolling release distro like ArchLinux*.

* -- reminds me I need to go bug them about not stripping modified libs in favor of system copies...

12-27-2014, 04:49 AM	#1
calibre4evar Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2014 Device: android nexus 7	keyboard shortcut for TOC in viewer? Hello, and excuse me for needing help with such a silly question. I have a Calibre installed on my linux. I wanna press F9 to toggle the TOC (table of contents) like in my evince, instead of having to click the button on the left of the interface. Can I configure my Calibre to accept this shortcut? Or is there at least a different shortcut? When exploring a book it is very useful to toggle the TOC, especially as I have a rotated monitor and there isn't enough width for both the TOC and the text. Thank you very much!!! Long live the Calibre and her creator!!!

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12-27-2014, 05:00 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Click the preferences button in the viewer

12-27-2014, 05:23 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Show/Hide the Table of Contents And note that you need to be clicking the preferences button in the viewer not in the main calibre window.

12-27-2014, 05:51 AM	#5
calibre4evar Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2014 Device: android nexus 7	Aha, again the distros-behind-upstream problem, created by the "calibre requires bleeding edge libs" problem... pyqt >= 5.3.1, seriously, the calibre can't work without that?!? Maybe I'll try to backport just the Show/Hide feature.

12-27-2014, 06:26 AM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Just use the official calibre binary from http://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux, then you dont have to worry about your distro's inability to keep up.

12-27-2014, 12:35 PM	#8
calibre4evar Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2014 Device: android nexus 7	Whew, finally got it!!! I had to add a line to main.py as well. I am calibre hacker now!!!

01-05-2015, 01:28 AM	#9
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Alternatively, you can simply install the binary release Kovid suggested. It contains all dependencies bundled locally so you don't have to worry about what libs are installed. Or get yourself a decent rolling release distro like ArchLinux. -- reminds me I need to go bug them about not stripping modified libs in favor of system copies...