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Also, I'd like to trim down long kindle book titles that often have the series name and the genre in the title.
Is there any way to search for titles that are, say, over 100 characters? |
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want to learn what I want
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title:"~^.{100}" |
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template:"""program: strlen($title)#@#:n:>=100""" |
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"Quotations" are auto-removed in title sort. not other punctuation like (parentheses) or ...ellipses. (Fanfic titles tend to go more stylistic). Is there a tweak for this? per_language_title_sort_articles doesn't seem suitable.
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I want to display a column icon when there's data files in the book. There's two ways I can see to do this:
1. Create a rule for program: extra_file_names(',') with any value. High-impact. 2. Update a noncomposite column (either #admintags or a new #extrafiles) and use Action Chains to update it. Less impact, but without a way (that I know of) to auto-update it when adding a file (which means forgetting). Is extra_file_names() very slow, or is there a better option? Last edited by ownedbycats; 05-17-2025 at 06:07 PM. |
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As for the action chains, perhaps you can partially solve the problem by running the chain when calibre starts or stops. You might also be able to convince Kovid to add an event to the methods in cache.py that modify the data directory. |
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#202 |
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I use the extra_data_files function to show a folder icon:
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program: if has_extra_files() then 'folder.png' else 'transparent_square.png' fi Because it's a wet cold Sunday morning, I removed the rule. I cannot discern any noticeable difference when hitting page down on the book list (48 lines per page), it is more or less instantaneous with or without the 'has_extra_files' column icon rule. BR |
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<p><span class='label'>Series</span>: <div class='metadata' id='seriesHTML'><a class='serieslink' href='., /, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, :, a, c, e, f, g, h, i, n, o, p, r, s, t, u, v, w'> , &, 3, [, ], a, b, d, e, f, h, i, k, l, n, o, r, s, t, u, w, ’</a></div><p> Code:
<p><span class='label'>Series</span>: <div class='metadata' id='seriesHTML'><a class='serieslink' href='., /, 1, 7, 9, :, a, c, e, f, g, h, i, n, o, p, r, s, t, u, v, w'> , ', 3, E, N, S, [, ], i, k, n, o, s, t, y</a></div><p> |
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Worked, thanks. Only a few stories affected thankfully.
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If I am updating my whole library (I made a longer post on its own about everything), is the best practice to download metadata first (to ensure the various ids are set up properly) and then download covers? Or does it matter?
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Adding ISBN first (manually or with the Check ISBN plugin) can help in getting the metadata + covers for your specific edition, at least.
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#208 |
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Hi, folks. As a longtime Calibre user (almost since its inception) I have, of course, tinkered enough with my library that I have re-converted everything multiple times, going to various formats. Since my preferences were always set to place summary metadata at the front of the book, I have ended up, suddenly with books that have the metadata three or four times in front of the book. I wish there were a button for this in Quality Check. Is there some way to remove excess metadata summaries from multiple books without editing them one by one? This is not a huge deal, but a solution would be appreciated!
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Quality check plugin: check for multiple jackets
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