[GUI Plugin] Comments Cleaner

[dunhill]

Originally Posted by un_pogaz

Okay... craps.
I can said that 'Comments Cleaner' has runned completly without flaw.
So whatever is blocking Calibre is most likely out of my hands and not 'Comments Cleaner.'

I can try to help you, but it will be hasardous and without guarantee.

1. I advise you to uninstall all third-party plugins.
2. Install only 'Comments Cleaner' and perform a test.
3. Install a new plugin, restart Calibre and redo a test.

• If after the addition of a new plugin, the test of Comments Cleaner lock Calibre, note the name, uninstal them, and instal the next plugin on the list.

When we find out which other plugin is in conflict, I'll be able to help you better, but you'll probably have to talk to the plugin author directly.

IF Calibre will lock with only 'Comments Cleaner' instaled, then it's a Calibre problem. That a other level and you should open a new thread/bug report to specifically talk about this and find the root of the problem.

List of you other plugin instaled:

• DeDRM (10, 0, 3)
• Clean Comments (0, 2, 1)
• Count Pages (1, 13, 2)
• Diaps Editing Toolbag (0, 4, 0)
• Fantastic Fiction (1, 6, 4)
• Goodreads (1, 7, 9)
• Job Spy (1, 0, 239)
• Kobo Books (1, 9, 2)
• Quality Check (1, 13, 6)
• Reading List (1, 15, 1)
• Resize Cover (1, 2, 0)
• Search The Internet (1, 10, 1)

Also, a see you have 'Clean Comments' (by Terisa de morgan) instaled too: If this one lock Calibre too or not? If Calibre lock too, is still usefull to test the instalation of others plugin to know the real source of the problem.

Apparently the problem is on MacOs, a friend also told me that when using the plugin Calibre crashes.
I asked him to do the steps you mentioned.

[un_pogaz]

Calibre 7 arrive right aroud the corner, so I present the pre-release of Comments Cleaner that now support Category Notes cleanning (ammong many other thing)
You can download the beta version on the Github page.
Note that this version is for Calibre 5 and above.

[Comfy.n]

Originally Posted by un_pogaz

The plugin has the following options:

• Remove all formatting (NO MERCY!!)

comments:"background-color: #ffffff"

Yeah, NO MERCY!

medieval merciless

[un_pogaz]

version 1.17.1 - 2025/09/29

• fix fatal freeze on linux

Hey, do you remeber the issue that was raise and that I was unable to reproduce and correct it?
Welll, I migrated to Linux and guess what? Fatal freeze.

The most obscure aspect of this issue is that it only appears when Comments Cleaner is run on its own, not when it is run via Action Chain. The worst is that come from my common_utils lib, so Mass Search/Replace and ePub Extended Metadata was also affected. The dump, it was very easy to fix.
I apologize to everyone who has had to deal with this issue, which I have not been able to fix until today, but unfortunately it is clear that it has been an OS-specific issue all along. I could only properly debug and fix it once I was personally confronted with it and could therefore tinker with my code in every possible way to be sure of finding the source of the problem.

Have a nice day, I will have a nice sleep.

[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.

Your plugin plugin also has a notes feature that uses NOTES_ICON. So you would need to update both icons to fully support theming.

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

Thanks

[un_pogaz]

Originally Posted by gurcha

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

Comments Cleaner already support custom icon in the same way that you suggest.
The thing is that, unlike your example, the main icon use "plugin.png" as file name (not "icon.png"). To see the real names used by the plugin, so that you can overide it, open the ZIP file of the plugin and look inside the "image/" folder.

The get_icon() function may have confused you, but in fact I uses a custom function with the same name.

[un_pogaz]

New version 1.20:

Add a experimental option to add the comment cleaner action into the toolbar of the Comments and Note editors (disable by default)

[dunhill]

Updated and tested Spanish and French translations.

[un_pogaz]

thanks, updated.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by un_pogaz

New version 1.20:

Add a experimental option to add the comment cleaner action into the toolbar of the Comments and Note editors (disable by default)

If the toolbar is hidden — doable in category notes and long text custom columns — and Add the action to the HTML editors toolbar (experimental) is checked in Comments Cleaner configuration then the Comments Cleaner action is not available in category notes and long text custom columns.



If it's enabled, suggest Comments Cleaner be added to the context menu for Normal view, or the Advanced flyout.

BR

[un_pogaz]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

If the toolbar is hidden — doable in category notes and long text custom columns — and Add the action to the HTML editors toolbar (experimental) is checked in Comments Cleaner configuration then the Comments Cleaner action is not available in category notes and long text custom columns.

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If it's enabled, suggest Comments Cleaner be added to the context menu for Normal view, or the Advanced flyout.

BR

Saddly no, it can hardly added to the context menu. Theoretically, yes, but for technical raison, that would require copying the entire code of the ‎EditorWidget.contextMenuEvent‎()‎ method: 76 line of code that I should follow and maintain just to add 1 menu entry? No, it too big for what a want in this plugin.

A context menu will requiring a official support from calibre.

However, since I do that, I'm starting to think seriously about propose such thing but no guarantee at all.

[BetterRed]

Compromise, add shortcut (Ctrl+T) for Toggle (Show/Hide) Toolbar.

BR