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RayKing · 01-07-2018, 01:00 AM

Can someone make a plugin for Delish recipes. they are really great easy to prepare.

Example:
http://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe...hicken-recipe/

Thank you

SoulForMachine · 01-25-2018, 09:58 AM

Is there a plugin for searching IRC chat rooms for book exchange (like #bookz on Undernet)? I haven't found it and I think it would be useful to be able to search, download and import books directly from Calibre. I might try to build the plugin myself. What do you guys think?

HarryT · 01-25-2018, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoulForMachine

Is there a plugin for searching IRC chat rooms for book exchange (like #bookz on Undernet)? I haven't found it and I think it would be useful to be able to search, download and import books directly from Calibre. I might try to build the plugin myself. What do you guys think?

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pleiadesc · 02-17-2018, 03:56 AM

Hello,

I would like to downsize my library, I have books with several formats epub, azw, mobi, pdf, I would like to remove all other formats except for pdf, (maybe an option to choose which format to preserve) but if there is only 1 format available then leave it. can this be program?

Thank you!

HarryT · 02-17-2018, 04:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pleiadesc

Hello,

I would like to downsize my library, I have books with several formats epub, azw, mobi, pdf, I would like to remove all other formats except for pdf, (maybe an option to choose which format to preserve) but if there is only 1 format available then leave it. can this be program?

Thank you!

I would sound a note of severe caution about retaining only PDF format in your library. PDF is a “terminal format”, which is to say you can convert other formats to PDF, but you can’t sensibly convert PDF to anything else. I’d strongly recommend that you retain an editable format such as ePub.

pleiadesc · 02-17-2018, 04:06 AM

Thanks HarryT for the advice, I will keep an epub, one of the reason is I can't find any good reader for mobi, azw and even epub on windows, the pdf format has better support on windows that support annotations. I use pdf-xchange for pdf.

HarryT · 02-17-2018, 04:15 AM

You might get some useful ideas from this thread.

BetterRed · 02-17-2018, 04:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pleiadesc

Hello,

I would like to downsize my library, I have books with several formats epub, azw, mobi, pdf, I would like to remove all other formats except for pdf, (maybe an option to choose which format to preserve) but if there is only 1 format available then leave it. can this be program?

Thank you!

Not withstanding HarryT's advice, you don't need a plugin to delete one or more selected formats.

Select the relevant books (Ctrl+A for all of them) and then use the Remove books->Remove files of a specific format from selected books tool, keyboard shortcut is Alt+Del.

BR

pleiadesc · 02-17-2018, 04:45 AM

Thanks HarryT!

pleiadesc · 02-17-2018, 04:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Not withstanding HarryT's advice, you don't need a plugin to delete one or more selected formats.

Select the relevant books (Ctrl+A for all of them) and then use the Remove books->Remove files of a specific format from selected books tool, keyboard shortcut is Alt+Del.

BR

Thank you BetterRed!

HarryT · 02-17-2018, 04:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Not withstanding HarryT's advice, you don't need a plugin to delete one or more selected formats.

Select the relevant books (Ctrl+A for all of them) and then use the Remove books->Remove files of a specific format from selected books tool, keyboard shortcut is Alt+Del.

BR

Very true - deleting a specified format from books is easy - but the stated requirement was to remove that format only if the book also exists in a different format. I don't think there's a built-in way to do that, is there? I can't think of one, anyway

.

Terisa de morgan · 02-17-2018, 05:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

Very true - deleting a specified format from books is easy - but the stated requirement was to remove that format only if the book also exists in a different format. I don't think there's a built-in way to do that, is there? I can't think of one, anyway

.

When you choose: "Remove all the formats of the selected books except..." (I don't know the exact wording, I've got the Spanish interface), the comment is: "It will never remove all the formats". I don't know if it is useful, however.

HarryT · 02-17-2018, 05:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

When you choose: "Remove all the formats of the selected books except..." (I don't know the exact wording, I've got the Spanish interface), the comment is: "It will never remove all the formats". I don't know if it is useful, however.

Oh, OK, thanks. Maybe it does do what's wanted after all, then. Useful to know!

BetterRed · 02-17-2018, 06:34 AM

In my judgement its unlikely that anyone is going to put there hand up to write a plugin for this - unless DaltonST regards that as a challenge

So do searches such as formats:"=EPUB" and formats:"=MOBI" and formats:"=PDF" and formats:"=AZW" and delete the least preferred formats as previously described, in that case probably MOBI and AZW. Even with a dozen formats it shouldn't take long. Keep the Tag Browser open with the Formats expanded and you should see them disappearing.

Added - they are sent to the Recycle bin, so to reclaim the space you will have to empty it after you're done.

BR

mcdummy · 02-20-2018, 06:13 AM

Hi,

In contrast to the "general" Gutenberg webpage, the German version does not provide E-Books for download. Instead, an E-Books is split into several webpages that can be read via a browser.

Therefore, it would be great if a calibre plugin could be created for converting the pages into an E-Book.

The basic outline of the German Gutenberg website is quite simple.

The webpages of a book are identified in the <ul class="gbnav">-tag on the first webpage of the book (cf. e.g., http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/buch/fabeln-9494/1).

The text of the book itself is contained in the <div id="gutenb">-tag on each webpage.

The corresponding style file can be downloaded from http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/gutenb/css/prosa.css, but requires that the <div id="gutenb">-tag remains in each page of the E-Book.

Alternatively, a self-created style file could be added.

So far, I've tried a modified Wiki Reader Plugin, which worked when the addresses of the pages were added manually and the style file was later added to the resulting E-Book.

Unfortunately, I'm not that familiar with the calibre interface and python to change it to automatic extraction of the pages and their download and to an automatic addition of a style file.

Regards,

McDummy

01-07-2018, 01:00 AM	#1081
RayKing Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2018 Device: Hauwie P9	Rcipies plugin Can someone make a plugin for Delish recipes. they are really great easy to prepare. Example: http://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe...hicken-recipe/ Thank you

01-25-2018, 09:58 AM	#1082
SoulForMachine Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2018 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	IRC book exchange search and download Is there a plugin for searching IRC chat rooms for book exchange (like #bookz on Undernet)? I haven't found it and I think it would be useful to be able to search, download and import books directly from Calibre. I might try to build the plugin myself. What do you guys think?

02-17-2018, 06:34 AM	#1094
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,735 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	In my judgement its unlikely that anyone is going to put there hand up to write a plugin for this - unless DaltonST regards that as a challenge So do searches such as formats:"=EPUB" and formats:"=MOBI" and formats:"=PDF" and formats:"=AZW" and delete the least preferred formats as previously described, in that case probably MOBI and AZW. Even with a dozen formats it shouldn't take long. Keep the Tag Browser open with the Formats expanded and you should see them disappearing. Added - they are sent to the Recycle bin, so to reclaim the space you will have to empty it after you're done. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 02-17-2018 at 06:38 AM.

02-20-2018, 06:13 AM	#1095
mcdummy Connoisseur Posts: 73 Karma: 7130 Join Date: Apr 2015 Device: PRS-T3	Plugin for German Gutenberg Webpage Hi, In contrast to the "general" Gutenberg webpage, the German version does not provide E-Books for download. Instead, an E-Books is split into several webpages that can be read via a browser. Therefore, it would be great if a calibre plugin could be created for converting the pages into an E-Book. The basic outline of the German Gutenberg website is quite simple. The webpages of a book are identified in the <ul class="gbnav">-tag on the first webpage of the book (cf. e.g., http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/buch/fabeln-9494/1). The text of the book itself is contained in the <div id="gutenb">-tag on each webpage. The corresponding style file can be downloaded from http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/gutenb/css/prosa.css, but requires that the <div id="gutenb">-tag remains in each page of the E-Book. Alternatively, a self-created style file could be added. So far, I've tried a modified Wiki Reader Plugin, which worked when the addresses of the pages were added manually and the style file was later added to the resulting E-Book. Unfortunately, I'm not that familiar with the calibre interface and python to change it to automatic extraction of the pages and their download and to an automatic addition of a style file. Regards, McDummy

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02-17-2018, 03:56 AM	#1084
pleiadesc Connoisseur Posts: 61 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2016 Device: none	Hello, I would like to downsize my library, I have books with several formats epub, azw, mobi, pdf, I would like to remove all other formats except for pdf, (maybe an option to choose which format to preserve) but if there is only 1 format available then leave it. can this be program? Thank you!

02-17-2018, 04:06 AM	#1086
pleiadesc Connoisseur Posts: 61 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2016 Device: none	Thanks HarryT for the advice, I will keep an epub, one of the reason is I can't find any good reader for mobi, azw and even epub on windows, the pdf format has better support on windows that support annotations. I use pdf-xchange for pdf.

02-17-2018, 04:15 AM	#1087
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	You might get some useful ideas from this thread.

02-17-2018, 04:45 AM	#1089
pleiadesc Connoisseur Posts: 61 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2016 Device: none	Thanks HarryT!