[GUI Plugin] Reading List

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by ryzmonkeyryz

Well it's nice to know I'm not a total idiot. I got this far with the save template

{author_sort}/{title} - {authors}/{series}-{series_index} {#readingorder} {#readingorder_index}

but I must be missing something obvious because it only shows me the series information on the screen.

Kobo does not manage eBooks by directory. You are eventually going to end up with a lot of empty directories.

[ryzmonkeyryz]

Originally Posted by davidfor

The save template is used for the filename. Kobo does not use this. They use the metadata from the file. To set the subtitle as @ownedbycats suggests, you need to do it in the driver configuration. On the third tab are options to update the metadata when the device is connected. You can set a template for the subtitle there. You can also do this using my Kobo Utilities plugin. You can use that to do some experimenting to see if it is suitable. For both cases, the book has to have been sent to the device and imported by it.

If you do set the subtitle, you will be able to search for the text used as the subtitle, but, you will not be able to sort on it.

That's got it showing the list at least. I can live with. Thank you!

[ownedbycats]

Small enhancement request:

Would it be much difficulty to add a "move to other list" button to the Edit List dialog?

Thanks

[ownedbycats]

Also, is anybody else able to replicate books getting stuck sorting to at the bottom of the book list after adding/removing it from a list? Even changing views with View Manager didn't help; the only thing to do is to restart Calibre.

[BetterRed]

Yeah I think I ran into something like that, IIRC I did a library swap - I don't use RL much now, might have even removed it -- less is better, least is best.

BR

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Yeah I think I ran into something like that, IIRC I did a library swap - I don't use RL much now, might have even removed it -- less is better, least is best.

BR

I don't use Reading List to keep tracks of lists. I just use it to mark the eBooks I want to put on my H2O so when I connect my H2O to my Calibre library, the eBooks get added automatically. That works very well and I don't have to remember which eBooks I want to add and/or update. The one other thing I use RL for is to mark the eBooks I have on my H2O.

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Small enhancement request:

Would it be much difficulty to add a "move to other list" button to the Edit List dialog?

That sounds like a good open source feature--one that should be added by somebody who wants it.

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Also, is anybody else able to replicate books getting stuck sorting to at the bottom of the book list after adding/removing it from a list? Even changing views with View Manager didn't help; the only thing to do is to restart Calibre.

How exactly are you able to replicate this?

[ownedbycats]

I have my reading lists set to modify a series column and to add/remove a value from tag-like #kobocoll column.

1. With view manager, switch to a view. If it matters, most of my views have the reading list series column sorted near the top.
2. Add or remove a book from a reading list.
3. Select that book.
4. Press F5 to refresh. If the bug occurs, the book drops to the bottom of the list regardless of where it ought to be in the list. Changing views doesn't fix this.

I notice it happens a bit more when a device is plugged in.

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I have my reading lists set to modify a series column and to add/remove a value from the #kobocoll column.

1. With view manager, switch to a view. If it matters, most of my views have the reading list series column sorted near the top.
2. Add or remove a book from a reading list.
3. Select that book.
4. Press F5 to refresh. If the bug occurs, the book drops to the bottom of the list regardless of where it ought to be in the list. Changing views doesn't fix this.

I notice it happens a bit more when a device is plugged in.

"Switch to a view" is a bit too generic, since a primary use for Views is to change the sort order.

At no point here do you say that you're invoking Reading List's 'View list' function? That's when VM changes the 'marked' values to match the list.

I'm not familiar with an 'F5' to refresh in Calibre. Did you assign that to something? Searching Calibre's key config for 'Refresh' only finds QuickView refresh.

[capink]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

"Switch to a view" is a bit too generic, since a primary use for Views is to change the sort order.

This. The reading list plugin always changes the sort order so that it sorts by the marked field. This is how it can get the books in order. (the books are marked: reading_list_default_0000, reading_list_default_0001, reading_list_default_0002 ... etc).

Any time you use the View Manager it will mess up the sort for the reading list plugin.

Edit: If you must use the View Manager Plugin, use before you show the list, not after.

[ownedbycats]

No, I don't use View List at all. I

F5 for refresh was added a couple of versions ago. It's called "Re-apply current sort."

Attached are three screenshots of the views I see it happening most commonly under.

Reading Lists is my series-like, and "on reading list" is a composite that returns 'true' when that column is populated - otherwise I'd have to use descending order to keep it at the top of the list.
Currently reading's another composite.
Last read, last updated, date are all dates.
Percent read is integer.
On Kobo is a boolean.
On Device is built in - it only works when a device is actually plugged in.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by capink

This. The reading list plugin always changes the sort order so that it sorts by the marked field. This is how it can get the books in order. (the books are marked: reading_list_default_0000, reading_list_default_0001, reading_list_default_0002 ... etc).

Any time you use the View Manager it will mess up the sort for the reading list plugin.

Edit: If you must use the View Manager Plugin, use before you show the list, not after.

That's odd, because I never use the 'view reading list' option. I just switch to my on-device view, which shows that stuff in the columns.

(The column with the ellided label is 'On Kobo.' I make extensive use of custom icons for it.)

[capink]

If you are not using the "view list" then the reading list plugin cannot affect the sorting. Not directly at least. It can only affect the sorting — indirectly — by updating columns that are in your sort order. And the books going to the bottom are probably just following the sort order defined by your view.

If you apply a new view that does not include the following columns: ( On reading list, reading lists ) the books will probably stop going to the bottom.

[ownedbycats]

Unfortunately, if I switch to the "Series" view (which only sorts by series) and switch to all books, the affected books are still at the bottom of the list.

[capink]

If you switch to a view that only sorts by one column (series column), what happens is that it pushes that column to the top of the sort order, while the first few columns of the previous view (depending on the value of maximum_resort_levels tweak) are still active when the books have the same value for the first column (series column).

Without seeing the data it is harder to know what is happening. But you can see for your self the current sort order, and examine whether the books follow that same order by using the following action in Action Chains (start in debug mode and it will print sort order to the console):

from calibre.utils.config import tweaks

from calibre_plugins.action_chains.actions.base import ChainAction

class SortingInfo(ChainAction):

    name = 'Sorting Info'

    def run(self, gui, settings, chain):
        db = gui.current_db
        sort_history = gui.library_view.get_state().get('sort_history', [])        
        max_sort_levels = tweaks['maximum_resort_levels']
        print('DEBUG: sort_order: {}'.format(sort_history[:max_sort_levels]))