[GUI Plugin] FanFicFare

[ownedbycats]

Is the chapter range documented anywhere in docs? I sometimes forget how to use it and searching forum thread is slow.

EDIT: Doesn't seem to be. Any objections if I add to FAQ?

[ownedbycats]

Random feature request that I don't know if possible: An option in personal.ini editor to open second window with defaults.ini. Make easier to look up things.

[JimmXinu]

Go ahead.

It's in the tooltip for the URL box, but that one says [1,2] and I usually use [1-2]. Both work.

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Random feature request that I don't know if possible: An option in personal.ini editor to open second window with defaults.ini. Make easier to look up things.

Only by making both non-modal.

Would that be useful for anyone else?

I always have them open in emacs, but you can view in github too:
https://github.com/JimmXinu/FanFicFa...n-defaults.ini

[ownedbycats]

Thanks.

Question: Is there a good way to apply update to a ranged fic to apply includes or replace_metadatas to title page?

Update Existing Fanfic retrieves all chapters. However, if I use Download With Fic and have multiple books with the same URL (as I prefer to separate them into oneshots) it not always get right one.

Deleting and re-downloading seems only option, or just updating metadata and editing the titlepage by hand.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

Only by making both non-modal.

Would that be useful for anyone else?

Another alternative, not sure if more trouble, is make them both one dialog switchable tabs.

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Question: Is there a good way to apply update to a ranged fic to apply includes or replace_metadatas to title page?

Update Existing Fanfic retrieves all chapters. However, if I use Download With Fic and have multiple books with the same URL (as I prefer to separate them into oneshots) it not always get right one.

first_chapter and last_chapter are undocumented settings equivalent to using a chapter range.

But if you have more than one story in your library with the same storyUrl in Calibre's identifier:url, you'd need to change personal.ini for each one. Personally, I remove the storyUrl identifier:url from splits to avoid accidents.

I suppose that's arguably a justification for per-story ini settings by custom column.

Honestly, a major reason I've not wanted to add that is to avoid having to help users troubleshoot issues when using both personal.ini and an ini custom column. I foresee there would a lot of cases users forgetting they'd set one or the other.

[JimmXinu]

New Test Version Posted

2025-10-02
- Fix tuple vs grouping vs list, closes #1254