[GUI Plugin] Job Spy

[ownedbycats]

Yes, closed.

[DaltonST]

Okay. I just uploaded a new version of JS that will hit the Calibre GUI notification at the bottom of the hour.

Version 1.0.225 -2023-03-24 Improved debugging of saving customizations for NV; made more explicit that NV customizations are saved by Library UUID.

This is not an optional upgrade. I don't like gremlins.

DaltonST

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by DaltonST

Version 1.0.224 -2023-03-24 Notes Viewer: CalibreSpy URL links are now natively supported by NV. No Tweak is required. The URL link must be a valid command-line argument, such as used in a command file (.bat file in Windows). Refer to the CalibreSpy example .bat files provided with that plugin.

See the attached explanation.

For those not familiar with CalibreSpy, it is designed to be run when the Calibre GUI is not running. It is always read-only, and hence supports running simultaneously for multiple Calibre Libraries via the command-line. It may also be run from the Calibre GUI, but that is optional. The instance running from the GUI will be closed by Calibre upon shutdown, whereas the multiple instances of CalibreSpy running from the command-line are fully under user control.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=310103

Haven't looked at this yet (I will of course), but I can't imagine a use case - given we already have JS->Utilities->"Run Arbitrary Programs", which I already use to start calibrespy.

BR

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Haven't looked at this yet (I will of course), but I can't imagine a use case - given we already have JS->Utilities->"Run Arbitrary Programs", which I already use to start calibrespy.

Nuh - I just don't get it, maybe because I don't perceive calibre-spy as a protocol.

Where would I put this:

calibre-debug -r "CalibreSpy" -- --"D:\Calibre\Libraries\Books"

Actually when I read your post title I thought you'd been reading my mind:

It would be nice to have NV in CalibreSpy.

BR

PS: I couldn't replicate owb's issue.

[Wiggo]

After many years I finally dared to install JS (Calibre 6.14.1, JS 1.0.225). I was always a little afraid of it.

Extracting original title

Título original|Titulo original|Original Title|titre original|originaler Titel|Originalausgabe

Many of my books have text like this

Titel der amerikanischen Originalausgabe:
»A Memory of Light«

Result: Titel Der Amerikanischen

Titel der englischen Originalausgabe

CONSIDER PHLEBAS

Result:Titel Der Englischen

Die Originalausgabe erschien unter dem Titel »Shadowheart«

Result: Die Erschien Unter Dem Titel »Shadowheart«

Titel der Originalausgabe: THE MEMOIRS OF LADY TRENT 1:
A NATURAL HISTORY OF DRAGONS

Result: Titel Der The Memoirs Of Lady Trent 1

Could you expand the extraction to two lines? Then I would only have to delete the unnecessary text

Notes Viewer:

1. NV can not remember any setting after "Exit Notes Viewer" (Lock?, AJ)
2. Is it correct that I can only read the notes in NV after jumping to the book?
3. It would be nice if the library view would also jump directly to the book (not selecting only)

I will then work myself in peu a peu - many thanks DaltonST

[ownedbycats]

@Wiggo - a tip. Get the Favourites Menu and put your most-used JS items on it.

[DaltonST]

Originally Posted by Wiggo

After many years I finally dared to install JS (Calibre 6.14.1, JS 1.0.225). I was always a little afraid of it.

Extracting original title

Título original|Titulo original|Original Title|titre original|originaler Titel|Originalausgabe

Many of my books have text like this

Titel der amerikanischen Originalausgabe:
»A Memory of Light«

Result: Titel Der Amerikanischen

Titel der englischen Originalausgabe

CONSIDER PHLEBAS

Result:Titel Der Englischen

Die Originalausgabe erschien unter dem Titel »Shadowheart«

Result: Die Erschien Unter Dem Titel »Shadowheart«

Titel der Originalausgabe: THE MEMOIRS OF LADY TRENT 1:
A NATURAL HISTORY OF DRAGONS

Result: Titel Der The Memoirs Of Lady Trent 1

Could you expand the extraction to two lines? Then I would only have to delete the unnecessary text

Notes Viewer:

1. NV can not remember any setting after "Exit Notes Viewer" (Lock?, AJ)
2. Is it correct that I can only read the notes in NV after jumping to the book?
3. It would be nice if the library view would also jump directly to the book (not selecting only)

I will then work myself in peu a peu - many thanks DaltonST

• Extracting original title:
  
  See JS Customization for personalizing your regular expression for German.
  
  Added: However, my EPOM plugin might be your far better choice: [GUI Plugin] Extract People & Other Metadata at: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=351299
  
  

• Notes Viewer:
  1. I intentionally have not added those yet to 'options' because they are not as trivial as it might appear. Some users switch often among multiple Libraries, and their custom columns are often quite different. Also, the 'auto jump' checkbox will cause an immediate 'jump' as soon as the Search button is pressed and the results returned. Some users would find that annoying. So, I have been waiting for NV to settle down a bit before changing those to be saved options. I intend to make them Library-specific when I do.
  2. NV is for reading the long-text/comments in the Custom Column currently specified in the NV dropdown list for the currently selected book. If you want to do something else, like edit the book, or read it, simply Exit NV.
  3. NV does jump directly to the book in the Library View (Library List), and of course it selects it since that is what it means to go to a particular book in the Library View. You must mean something else.

DaltonST

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

@Wiggo - a tip. Get the Favourites Menu and put your most-used JS items on it.

- I assume you know you can change the label of items added

Originally Posted by DaltonST

• Notes Viewer:
  1. I intentionally have not added those yet to 'options' because they are not as trivial as it might appear. Some users switch often among multiple Libraries, and their custom columns are often quite different. Also, the 'auto jump' checkbox will cause an immediate 'jump' as soon as the Search button is pressed and the results returned. Some users would find that annoying. So, I have been waiting for NV to settle down a bit before changing those to be saved options. I intend to make them Library-specific when I do.

If I open NV's Options window, do whatever, then close it with Window's close button, it doesn't go back to the NV window as one might expect, but to calibre's main window which I find disconcerting. Can I assume this a WIP behaviour?

Could you add a hide/show search bar setting to Options (default show), I doubt I'll ever use it, so for me it's clutter.

Outstanding issue: Post 949 -- calibrespy linkage

BR

[DaltonST]

Can I assume this a WIP behaviour?

No. Required to maintain data integrity. The revised options take effect only with a total reboot of NV. Not going to change.


DaltonST

[DaltonST]

Version 1.0.226 -2023-03-27

• The Tools for hiding all Custom Columns, or showing all Custom Columns, or only showing those Custom Columns with non-null (real) values in them that are on the submenu under JS Look & Feel have been promoted from 'beta test' to fully released. Refer to a previous post about these to see an explanatory image.
• Notes Viewer: New Library-Specific Options: Lock & AutoJump. New 'Back' button to return to the prior book that NV was showing before 'jumping' to another book, or before manually clicking a book anywhere else in the Library View (Library List) that caused NV to focus on that new book. Miscellaneous other minor changes.
• Notes Viewer Customization: If you exit from NV Customization through the "save and exit" button, NV will automatically restart with all current options after NV Customization closes. If you prefer to use the big "X" in the upper right corner to intentionally avoid any possibility of saving of options, it will not.

DaltonST

[Wiggo]

Originally Posted by DaltonST

• Extracting original title:
  
  See JS Customization for personalizing your regular expression for German.
  
  Added: However, my EPOM plugin might be your far better choice: [GUI Plugin] Extract People & Other Metadata at: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=351299
  
  

Unfortunately, I have no idea what I need to type in both JS and EPOM to get two lines extracted after "Originalausgabe". My regex knowledge is about zero.

• Notes Viewer:
  1. NV does jump directly to the book in the Library View (Library List), and of course it selects it since that is what it means to go to a particular book in the Library View. You must mean something else.

I meant that the book is selected but the view does not jump to the position.
If my library list shows books 1-43 but the book I am looking for is number 144, the view does not jump to row 144 (blue line) but stays at 1-43.

[DaltonST]

NV will only 'jump' if you pick #144 in the Search Results dropdown, and either have auto-jump checked, or you click the jump button.

The jump button is for the search results. Hover your mouse cursor over the various items on NV to see their ToolTips that explain how each works.

It will also automatically 'move to' #144 if you click it, #144, with your mouse. NV must already be open, of course. NV does not open itself.

[Wiggo]

Sorry, but NV unfortunately does not jump the way I understand jumping.
I have to scroll to the result

https://imgur.com/a/4BDLMeU

If it's not possible, no problem - I just wanted to point out

[DaltonST]

Originally Posted by Wiggo

After many years I finally dared to install JS (Calibre 6.14.1, JS 1.0.225). I was always a little afraid of it.

Extracting original title

Título original|Titulo original|Original Title|titre original|originaler Titel|Originalausgabe

Many of my books have text like this

Titel der amerikanischen Originalausgabe:
»A Memory of Light«

Result: Titel Der Amerikanischen

Titel der englischen Originalausgabe

CONSIDER PHLEBAS

Result:Titel Der Englischen

Die Originalausgabe erschien unter dem Titel »Shadowheart«

Result: Die Erschien Unter Dem Titel »Shadowheart«

Titel der Originalausgabe: THE MEMOIRS OF LADY TRENT 1:
A NATURAL HISTORY OF DRAGONS

Result: Titel Der The Memoirs Of Lady Trent 1

Could you expand the extraction to two lines? Then I would only have to delete the unnecessary text

Wiggo:



Go here: https://pythex.org/?regex=Titel%20der%20Originalausgabe%5B%3A%5D(.%2B )%24%7CDie%20Originalausgabe%20erschien%20unter%20 dem%20Titel%20%5B%C2%BB%5D*(.%2B)%5B%C2%AB%5D*%24% 7CTitel%20der%20amerikanischen%20Originalausgabe%3 A%20%5B%C2%BB%5D*(.%2B)%5B%C2%AB%5D*%24&test_strin g=Book%20%231%3A%20%20Titel%20der%20Originalausgab e%3A%20THE%20MEMOIRS%20OF%20LADY%20TRENT%201%3A%0A A%20NATURAL%20HISTORY%20OF%20DRAGONS%0A%0ABook%20% 232%3A%20%20Titel%20der%20amerikanischen%20Origina lausgabe%3A%0A%C2%BBA%20Memory%20of%20Light%C2%AB% 0A%0ABook%20%233%3A%20%20Die%20Originalausgabe%20e rschien%20unter%20dem%20Titel%20%C2%BBShadowheart% C2%AB&ignorecase=1&multiline=0&dotall=1&verbose=0

Which takes you what is shown on the attached image. It is unrealistic in that it is 3 books in 1, whereas your search will be 1 book at a time. It is meant to be educational for you.

Note the "IGNORECASE" plus the "DOTALL".

EPOM can easily do this.


JS's regex search assumes MULTILINE, and not DOTALL.


EPOM lets you use whatever you want.




Added: You might want to change the [»]*(.+)[«]* to be [»](.+)[«] instead after you learn what the * does by reading the Cheat-sheet at the bottom of Pythex. The second value is highly specific to your example.



DaltonST

[Wiggo]

I will try it tomorrow

How can I buy you a beer now?