[GUI Plugin] Job Spy

[DaltonST]

Version 1.0.216 -2023-03-14 Notes Viewer: Many major changes to the user experience, including tabbing and alt+letter shortcuts specific to the tool. The tool does not use your personal Calibre shortcuts, just its own. Look for the underlined letter in the various widgets.

Tabbing is from the Custom Column dropdown, then to its right and down in a clockwise direction. Shift+Tab reverses the direction. Left and right arrow keys can be used in groups of radio buttons if the Tab stops at the first one, and you want to select a different one.

The Custom Column dropdown list's personal pushbutton, "CC", has a shortcut of alt+c, and also can be activated by pressing Enter while the focus is on it.

A blue border surrounds widgets when they get the focus from tabbing, clicking, or your mouse wheel.

When in View Mode, the text is read-only, so the focus never goes there. You can still select the text, but you need a mouse to do so.

When in Edit Mode, the focus can go there as normal. There is a ToolTip for the Edit Mode and View Mode buttons that describes the keyboard keys available to move around the text.



DaltonST

[BetterRed]

New version not being offered by plugin installer, I think because of:



My installed version is :



BR

[DaltonST]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

New version not being offered by plugin installer, I think because of:

BR

Re-uploaded after version number incremented.


Thanks for the heads-up.



DaltonST

[BetterRed]

No worries - I'll give it a spin later, real life beckons this morning.

BR

[BetterRed]

In dark mode the text box is pale grey text on a white ground.

Otherwise looks good. Everything seems to be working.

My only wish is to open a protocol link defined in an HTML <a ref> tag, which references a file://, onenote://, calibre://, mailto://, or https:// or any other sort of URL.

Example -

BR

[DaltonST]

Version 1.0.217 -2023-03-16 Notes Viewer: Many major enhancements, including new controls.


See the attached image. Please read the ToolTips available for all widgets.



DaltonST

[DaltonST]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

In dark mode the text box is pale grey text on a white ground.

Otherwise looks good. Everything seems to be working.

My only wish is to open a protocol link defined in an HTML <a ref> tag, which references a file://, onenote://, calibre://, mailto://, or https:// or any other sort of URL.

Example - Attachment 200352

BR

• The only color I change is the text background, to white, because Qt changes it to a dark grey when it feels like it. I don't touch any other attributes, html or markdown. What color is the text in dark mode supposed to be, in your opinion? I should override the original html?

• The Qt widget being used is QTextEdit, not QtWebEngine (or previously, QtWebKit). The Qt Web classes all are true browsers, and do what basic browsers do.
  
  I made the mistake of using QtWebKit in my Entities Manager plugin to edit HTML notes; a year later I had to redo it for QtWebEngine. It does open links, though, now that I think about it.
  
  I will look at what I can do from a starting point of QTextEdit. Not full browser-like functionality, that is for sure. Maybe I could emulate some or all of the link types you specified. Don't know yet. Stay tuned.

DaltonST

[ownedbycats]

I found another HTML content detected as markdown -- I suspect the series of underscores in Summary. I don't think it did this in the last version, but I'm not 100% on this.

Thought: Is it possible to make the presence of HTML tags override the presence of markdown syntax for the detection?

Spoiler:

<p><span class='label'>Adapter_Classes</span>: <div class='metadata list' id='adapter_classes'><ul>
<li>ArchiveOfOurOwnOrgAdapter</li>
</ul></div><p>

<p><span class='label'>AO3 Categories</span>: <div class='metadata list' id='ao3categories'><ul>
<li>F/M</li>
<li>M/M</li>
</ul></div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Author</span>: <div class='metadata list' id='author'><ul>
<li>Castelau</li>
</ul></div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Authorhtml</span>: <div class='metadata' id='authorHTML'><a class='authorlink' href='https://archiveofourown.org/users/Castelau/pseuds/Castelau'>Castelau</a></div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Author ID</span>: <div class='metadata list' id='authorId'><ul>
<li>Castelau</li>
</ul></div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Author URL</span>: <div class='metadata list' id='authorUrl'><ul>
<li>https://archiveofourown.org/users/Castelau/pseuds/Castelau</li>
</ul></div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Bookmarks</span>: <div class='metadata' id='bookmarks'>3</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Byline</span>: <div class='metadata' id='byline'>Castelau</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Chapters/Total Chapters</span>: <div class='metadata' id='chapterslashtotal'>9/10</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Characters</span>: <div class='metadata list' id='characters'><ul>
<li>Castis Vakarian</li>
<li>Solana Vakarian</li>
<li>Garrus Vakarian</li>
<li>Female Shepard (Mass Effect)</li>
<li>Avitus Rix</li>
</ul></div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Comments</span>: <div class='metadata' id='comments'>35</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Cover_Image</span>: <div class='metadata' id='cover_image'>old</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Packaged</span>: <div class='metadata datetime' id='dateCreated'>2023-03-12T18:26:43.762743</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Published</span>: <div class='metadata datetime' id='datePublished'>2022-11-30T00:00:00</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Updated</span>: <div class='metadata datetime' id='dateUpdated'>2023-03-11T00:00:00</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Summary</span>: <div class='metadata' id='description'><div class="userstuff">
              <p>"You said you'd never go anywhere I couldn't follow you."<br/>"I did, but you never promised anything so lofty, did you?"</p><p>And yet.</p><p>And yet...</p><p>_________________________________________________________</p><p>Trapped in a war-torn galaxy, Castis Vakarian wonders about the people who left them for that point beyond familiar stars and what has or will happen to them.</p>
            </div></div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Extra Tags</span>: <div class='metadata list' id='extratags'><ul>
<li>FanFiction</li>
</ul></div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Fandoms</span>: <div class='metadata list' id='fandoms'><ul>
<li>Mass Effect Trilogy</li>
<li>Mass Effect: Andromeda</li>
<li>Mass Effect - All Media Types</li>
</ul></div><p>

<p><span class='label'>File Extension</span>: <div class='metadata' id='formatext'>.epub</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>File Format</span>: <div class='metadata' id='formatname'>epub</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Freeform Tags</span>: <div class='metadata list' id='freeformtags'><ul>
<li>Reaper War (Mass Effect)</li>
<li>Post-Reaper War (Mass Effect)</li>
<li>Canon Compliant</li>
<li>Post-Canon</li>
<li>Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD</li>
<li>Implied/Referenced Suicide</li>
<li>Angst</li>
<li>Hurt/Comfort</li>
<li>Canon-Typical Violence</li>
</ul></div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Hits</span>: <div class='metadata' id='hits'>546</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Kudos</span>: <div class='metadata' id='kudos'>13</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Langcode</span>: <div class='metadata' id='langcode'>en</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Language</span>: <div class='metadata' id='language'>English</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Lastupdate</span>: <div class='metadata list' id='lastupdate'><ul>
<li>Last Update Year/Month: 2023/03</li>
<li>Last Update: 2023/03/11</li>
</ul></div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Chapters</span>: <div class='metadata int' id='numChapters'>9</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Words</span>: <div class='metadata' id='numWords'>67542</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Python_Version</span>: <div class='metadata' id='python_version'>3.10.1 (main, Dec 23 2021, 12:15:59) [MSC v.1929 64 bit (AMD64)]</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Rating</span>: <div class='metadata' id='rating'>Mature</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Story URL Section</span>: <div class='metadata' id='sectionUrl'>https://archiveofourown.org/works/43347891</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Series</span>: <div class='metadata list' id='series'><ul>
<li>The Places We'll Go [3]</li>
</ul></div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Series00</span>: <div class='metadata' id='series00'>The Places We'll Go [3]</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Series</span>: <div class='metadata' id='series00HTML'><a class='series00link' href='https://archiveofourown.org/series/3171198'>The Places We'll Go [3]</a></div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Series00Url</span>: <div class='metadata' id='series00Url'>https://archiveofourown.org/series/3171198</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Additional Series</span>: <div class='metadata' id='series01HTML'></div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Additional Series</span>: <div class='metadata' id='series02HTML'></div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Additional Series</span>: <div class='metadata' id='series03HTML'></div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Series</span>: <div class='metadata' id='seriesHTML'><a class='serieslink' href='https://archiveofourown.org/series/3171198'>The Places We'll Go [3]</a></div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Series URL</span>: <div class='metadata' id='seriesUrl'>https://archiveofourown.org/series/3171198</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Relationships</span>: <div class='metadata list' id='ships'><ul>
<li>Avitus Rix/Castis Vakarian</li>
<li>Female Shepard/Garrus Vakarian</li>
<li>Castis Vakarian/Garrus Vakarian's Mother</li>
<li>Macen Barro/Avitus Rix</li>
</ul></div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Publisher</span>: <div class='metadata' id='site'>archiveofourown.org</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Site Abbrev</span>: <div class='metadata' id='siteabbrev'>ao3</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Status</span>: <div class='metadata' id='status'>In-Progress</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Story ID</span>: <div class='metadata' id='storyId'>43347891</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Story URL</span>: <div class='metadata' id='storyUrl'>https://archiveofourown.org/works/43347891</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Title</span>: <div class='metadata' id='title'>Follow My Lead</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Titlehtml</span>: <div class='metadata' id='titleHTML'><a class='titlelink' href='https://archiveofourown.org/works/43347891'>Follow My Lead</a></div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Downloader Version</span>: <div class='metadata' id='version'>FanFicFare v4.21.0</div><p>

<p><span class='label'>Warnings</span>: <div class='metadata list' id='warnings'><ul>
<li>Graphic Depictions Of Violence</li>
</ul></div><p>

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by DaltonST

The only color I change is the text background, to white, because Qt changes it to a dark grey when it feels like it. I don't touch any other attributes, html or markdown. What color is the text in dark mode supposed to be, in your opinion? I should override the original html?

Here's what I see. Very difficult to read.



Preferably it'd be the same colours as the field in the MDE

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by DaltonST

• The only color I change is the text background, to white, because Qt changes it to a dark grey when it feels like it. I don't touch any other attributes, html or markdown. What color is the text in dark mode supposed to be, in your opinion? I should override the original html?

What names should we use for the two radio button groups, I'm using style and mode.

In Plain style and View mode I'm seeing very pale grey text on a white ground within a black box, same in Edit mode, viz:

Unselected

Selected


The text should be the very pale grey on the text box's black - i.e. the text itself shouldn't need a background colour (as per owb's MDE example). If I select the text I see pale grey on bright blue, which is fine. Can the unselected text have a transparent background?

Originally Posted by DaltonST

• The Qt widget being used is QTextEdit, not QtWebEngine (or previously, QtWebKit). The Qt Web classes all are true browsers, and do what basic browsers do.
  
  I made the mistake of using QtWebKit in my Entities Manager plugin to edit HTML notes; a year later I had to redo it for QtWebEngine. It does open links, though, now that I think about it.
  
  I will look at what I can do from a starting point of QTextEdit. Not full browser-like functionality, that is for sure. Maybe I could emulate some or all of the link types you specified. Don't know yet. Stay tuned.

Yeah, doesn't need a full on browser, chaley has the same limitation in the free standing Long Text Editor tool. Having to save and open the Book Details panel to test a link is somewhat inconvenient.

Kovid's minimalist Kitty browser comes to mind.

BR

[DaltonST]

Attached is a version that seems to work fine with URI links. Please run it through your tests.

I also added more HTML Tags to look for in guessing type of text, so had to adjust the formula to weight MD vs. HTML given large disparities in number of regexes for MD vs. HTML, and given that the MD regexes are highly generic whereas the HTML regexes are highly specific. Specific beats generic, all things being equal. So, please also test its sensitivity to differentiating MD vs. HTML.

See the attached image of Dark Mode.


DaltonST

[ownedbycats]

Sadly, the "Follow My Lead" I posted above is still detected as MD.

Clickable (and copyable, via right-click) links do work in HTML mode, though.

[DaltonST]

Your example starting with "Adapter_Classes:" shows properly as HTML on my system.

If you means another example, you will have to post it where I can find it.


DaltonST

[ownedbycats]

Same one, yes.

If it matters toward replication, #fanficmetadata is interpreted as plain text (the column is managed with FanFicFare, and Calibre adjusting the HTML breaks it).

[DaltonST]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Same one, yes.

If it matters toward replication, #fanficmetadata is interpreted as plain text (the column is managed with FanFicFare, and Calibre adjusting the HTML breaks it).

I have no idea what you are saying, but it works properly for me so I am finished with it.


DaltonST