[GUI Plugin] Author Book Count Hierarchy

[madame_newbie]

Originally Posted by DaltonST

Version 1.2.5 - 15 April 2023 Links now in normalized custom column tables.
DaltonST

Thank you so much! It counts and updates now!

[igorius]

I like that plugin, but there is a question: Would it be possible to add a space between the author name and the Number? And so if there are several authors for a book, to add a comma between the authors?
Example:
John Doe(8) Martha Duh(3)
change to:
John Doe (8), Martha Duh (3)
That would be much better to read...
PS: I refer to the custom column.
And if i could change the colors of the author name and/or the number, that would be a cherry on top!

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by igorius

I like that plugin, but there is a question: Would it be possible to add a space between the author name and the Number? And so if there are several authors for a book, to add a comma between the authors?
Example:
John Doe(8) Martha Duh(3)
change to:
John Doe (8), Martha Duh (3)
That would be much better to read...
PS: I refer to the custom column.
And if i could change the colors of the author name and/or the number, that would be a cherry on top!

DaltonST hasn't logged onto MR since July 2023.

I suggest you change the PI source for yourself.

For the space between name and count see line 242 of main.py.

For colours - I have no idea.

BR

[igorius]

@BetterRed:
Got it! Thanks a lot. Now Names have spaces before the number and when more than one Author is present, a comma is added.
I packed the plugin, bumped the version to 1.2.6 and give it back to the community!

[Comfy.n]

Cool, I did something like that for Job Spy in order to remove an annoying message on every calibre startup "Search bar items increased..." Might post in its thread this version if anyone wants... (but sometimes it seems I'm the only user that has the search bar dropdown items increase enabled, so..)

I use the other ABC plugin.

[desertdaisy]

Originally Posted by igorius

@BetterRed:
Now Names have spaces before the number and when more than one Author is present, a comma is added.
I packed the plugin, bumped the version to 1.2.6 and give it back to the community!

I have installed this latest version of ABC_Hierarchy.
I am using Calibre 9.2.1 on a Mac running Sequoia 15.7.3.
When I try to run ABCH I get the following error message: "You Must Restart Calibre Before Running ABCH in this library."
But no matter how many times I restart, I still get the same message.
Any ideas?

[DNSB]

I tried installing the plugin archive in message #64 in this thread using calibre 9.2.1 under Windows 11. Restarted calibre and the plugin shows up in the plugin list with no customization needed.

[desertdaisy]

Thank you for checking this out for me. I also have no problems with loading the plugin from a file and I also get the "No customization" message.
The problem is that when I have the ABCH icon in my toolbar, have a book or books selected to be processed using ABCH, and actually click the icon, I get asked if I want to "Execute Author Book Count Hierarchy: Continue?" and when I click Yes then I get the error message "You must Restart Calibre Before Running ABCH in this Library." But Restarting does not fix anything. I get the same error message every time.

[PeterT]

One idea might be to restart calibre in debug mode, try what you're doing, shut calibre down and post the resulting calibre debug log

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[DNSB]

Odd. I reinstalled ABCH from the zip file in @igorius' message #64. I created the #abc_hierarchy column (I didn't bother with the second column and the Recognize numbers tweak no longer seems to exist. I then ran the tool and it seems to have selected my entire main library instead of the 1 book I had selected. I've attached an image from the end of the job run and some books in the library.

This is running calibre 9.2.1 from source under Windows 11.

[gurcha]

Subject: Request: Add support for icon overrides / theming

Hi,

Could you please add support for Calibre's built‑in icon theming in a future update?

Currently your plugin uses a custom get_icon() function, which prevents users from overriding the toolbar icon with their own custom images or Calibre icon themes.

The fix is simple: replace the custom function with Calibre's native get_icons(). For example:

python
# Instead of a custom get_icon() function...
# Use Calibre's built-in function:
from calibre.customize.zipplugin import get_icons

icon = get_icons('icon.png', 'Your Plugin Name')
self.qaction.setIcon(icon)
This would allow users to place a custom icon.png in:
calibre/resources/images/Your Plugin Name/icon.png

And it would also make the plugin respect the user's active Calibre icon theme.

Thank you for considering this. I really appreciate your work on this plugin.

Thanks

[BetterRed]

See ==>> https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...0&postcount=60

[igorius]

There is a problem with the plugin. I get database-errors on run:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre/db/backup.py", line 65, in do_one
File "calibre/db/cache.py", line 87, in call_func_with_lock
File "calibre/db/cache.py", line 1933, in check_dirtied_annotations
File "calibre/db/backend.py", line 2841, in dirty_books_with_dirtied_annotations
File "calibre/db/backend.py", line 1319, in execute
File "src/cursor.c", line 223, in resetcursor
apsw.BusyError: database is locked

The problem arrived somwhen in the last months, only in debug-mode i get the error. Following is a big slowdown of calibre, when i change between my libraies. Therefore i have to make a manual metadata-backup to get the old speed back.
Eventually someone is capable of getting the bug to repair it...