[GUI Plugin] FanFicFare

[marshie250]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Reinstall the plugin again. You almost certainly didn't get v4.22.1.

OK so I double checked that I am running the most recent test version. It seems like it IS working--metadata updating for anthologies and everything--though I do still get an error message when doing so:

ERROR: Error Updating Metadata: The ebook has been updated, but the metadata has not.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.fff_plugin" , line 1800, in update_books_loop
File "calibre_plugins.fanficfare_plugin.fff_plugin" , line 2454, in update_metadata
TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable


Again, everything DOES seem to be working, even though I get an error message telling me it isn't.

*Also, I just noticed that anthologies make from a list of URLs update fine with no error message. Anthologies created from a series URL do throw up the error message, though both epub and metadata update fine.

[JimmXinu]

New Test Version Posted.

2023-04-08
- Don't try to set seriesUrl when no series (Anthologies)

That's... actually a different bug introduced in test version 4.22.2 with setting Series links in the Calibre DB.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

New Test Version Posted.

2023-04-08
- Don't try to set seriesUrl when no series (Anthologies)

That's... actually a different bug introduced in test version 4.22.2 with setting Series links in the Calibre DB.

I was actually wondering the same thing myself & wondering if something might bug when seriesUrl was tried to be set on version earlier than 6.14.1* 6.15

I did test an anthology, but never thought to try one with no series. Oops.

[marshie250]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

New Test Version Posted.

2023-04-08
- Don't try to set seriesUrl when no series (Anthologies)

That's... actually a different bug introduced in test version 4.22.2 with setting Series links in the Calibre DB.

New version working perfectly! Thank you1

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

If you edit a long text(html) column, even accidentally, Calibre "helps" with the HTML and breaks it as far as FFF is concerned.

That's why I recommend long text(plain text).

Users can choose to use long text(html) instead, but I'm not going to support it and don't recommend it.

Saved Metadata is not used by Anthology books.

Note: Also set it to text if you use un_pogaz's 'Comments Cleaner' plugin, which now has a an (optional) config to also clean other HTML longtext columns. That would most definitely break FFF's column.

[Nitrousoxide]

Any thoughts about supporting The Wandering Inn?

This is its ToC. Getting support would be nice given the extreme length of this series and EPUB format would be far preferable to reading online.

https://wanderinginn.com/table-of-contents/

[ownedbycats]

These days Jim generally isn't writing new adapters himself (just maintaining the existing ones). Perhaps try a third-party tool like WebToEpub.

As mentioned below, best you support the author by buying on Amazon.

[ownedbycats]

@JimmXinu: Would a 'FanFicFare and eReaders' page be useful for the docs? Here's a rough draft:

## Kindle

(I'm not too familiar with Kindle - any ideas of what to put here?)

## Kobo

With calibre (linked), it's possible to 'sideload' books onto a Kobo device. However, unless the 'Do not treat replacements as new books' option is enabled in  KoboTouch (or KoboTouchExtended) driver settings, re-sending the book to device will overwrite the existing one, losing the current reading position and any bookmarks or annotations.

[Screenshot of the 'do not treat replacements...' option in the KoboTouch settings]

However, when this is enabled, the Table of Contents will remain out-of-date. The Calibre plugin Kobo Utilities (linked) has the option to update it, so run the option after sending the updated story to device:

[Screenshot of the 'update ToC' option in the Kobo Utilities menu]

After this, simply eject the device and enjoy your story!

[ownedbycats]

Additionally: Is it unavoidable (or very difficult to fix) for the 'cancel' button here to become unresponsive? I accidentally forgot to delete the URL for a some fics I didn't want and had to wait and then reject them.

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by Nitrousoxide

Any thoughts about supporting The Wandering Inn?

This is its ToC. Getting support would be nice given the extreme length of this series and EPUB format would be far preferable to reading online.

https://wanderinginn.com/table-of-contents/

pirate aba sells those stories as ebooks on Amazon. I don't (knowingly) support downloads of commercial content and there's nothing else on that site.

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

@JimmXinu: Would a 'FanFicFare and eReaders' page be useful for the docs? Here's a rough draft:

If you want to create and maintain such a page.

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Additionally: Is it unavoidable (or very difficult to fix) for the 'cancel' button here to become unresponsive? I accidentally forgot to delete the URL for a some fics I didn't want and had to wait and then reject them.

Dunno. I thought it did. There's some code in there that suggests it may be different on mac. I know that I added code to disable the progbar dialog Cancel button (same dialog) on calibre data update because I clicked it by accident one too many times.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

If you want to create and maintain such a page.

Thats reasonable. Is there any issues with Kindles to be aware of? I noticed some about MOBIs in the FAQ, but I don't know if that's possibly deprecated since Amazon dropped MOBI support.

Additional question: Is it intended* or a bug/oversight that 'extra entries' defined in defaults.ini (e.g. 'collections' for AO3) appear white instead of green in the editor?

*or 'not worth the bother to fix'

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Thats reasonable. Is there any issues with Kindles to be aware of? I noticed some about MOBIs in the FAQ, but I don't know if that's possibly deprecated since Amazon dropped MOBI support.

FFF's mobi output is poor and I've never recommended it--the mobi output predates my involvement. I convert epub to azw3s.

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Additional question: Is it intended* or a bug/oversight that 'extra entries' defined in defaults.ini (e.g. 'collections' for AO3) appear white instead of green in the editor?

*or 'not worth the bother to fix'

Limitation of the highlighting code--can't dynamically change the highlighting based on the content of the files being highlighted.

[ownedbycats]

MOBI support was removed for 'Send to Kindle' (not sure exactly what that entails). A quick skim of this thread seems to indicate it isn't used for much. I think would be best to advise people to use AZW3 instead.

[ownedbycats]

I created the page:

https://github.com/JimmXinu/FanFicFa...e-and-eReaders

Did I miss any information from the two FAQ entries about MOBIs? (I'm more familiar with Kobo, so I'm not sure what's quite relevant or not.) My intention was to have enough that you could replace them with a link to this page.

EDIT: I also broke something when copying the max_zalgo setion from defaults.ini How do I display as intended?

[ownedbycats]

Another question, related to the page: Should a add_chapter_numbers:toconly under a [storyUrl] section override a strip_chapter_numbers under [defaults]? (Kobo Utilities glitches when updating a ToC that has two items with the same title, which may happen if a user removes the numbers.)

When I tested it it didn't seem to work but I may have made a mistake.

EDIT: User error, but not the kind I was thinking of -- I mixed up the ## author - title comments on two stories with identical tweaks and was testing with the wrong one.

ANOTHER EDIT: Confirmed to work, so added to page.