calibre 0.6 betas now available

[DrunkenDonkey]

kovidgoyal, thanks for the suggestion, but still no go
I'm using b10, both calibre gui and the convert command are giving the same error when I try to convert the zip file to lrf:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "main.py", line 1172, in convert_single
  File "calibre\gui2\tools.pyo", line 36, in convert_single_ebook
  File "calibre\gui2\convert\single.pyo", line 97, in __init__
  File "calibre\gui2\convert\single.pyo", line 130, in setup_pipeline
  File "calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.pyo", line 400, in __init__
  File "calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.pyo", line 447, in unarchive
  File "calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.pyo", line 458, in find_html_index
ValueError: Could not find an ebook inside the archive

Otherwise, the archive dragged to calibre is showing the metadata, but view only shows the archive contents

ps: Interesting thing is that on my archives (created by zipping txt file, opf file and the cover image) I don't get such "Could not find an ebook inside the archive" error, I'm able to get the book properly import, but cover is missing. If I drag the text file from the uncompressed archive - cover shows. And still can't get embedded images to show.

[Garachico]

The .cbz to .mobi bug (blank pages) is finally gone!
THANK YOU so much!
Now I can use my Kindle DX for comics!
Great work!!

Jens

[myle00]

I think I found a bug in the list command, if it is, I'll open a ticket. Using this command

calibredb list -f isbn,tags --output-format=xml

instead of getting only the id, isbn and tags, I get this.

<record>
        <id>5</id>
        <title>Thomas Calculus I, II sm Part 1 and 2 Sup </title>
        <authors sort="Thomas &amp; Weir &amp; Hass &amp; Giordano">
            <author>Thomas</author>
            <author>Weir</author>
            <author>Hass</author>
            <author>Giordano</author>
        </authors>
        <publisher>Addison Wesley</publisher>
        <rating>0</rating>
        <date>2009-05-21 07:59:05</date>
        <size>11182586</size>
        <tags>
            <tag>Solution Manuals</tag>
            <tag>Mathematics</tag>
            <tag>DVD_Books_1</tag>
        </tags>
        <comments></comments>
        <series index="1.0">11 ed</series>
        <isbn>9780321226532</isbn>
        <formats>
            <format>C:\Users\xxxxxxxx\Desktop\Books\Thomas\Thomas Calculus I, II sm Part 1 and 2 Su (5)\Thomas Calculus I, II sm Part 1 and 2 Su - Thomas.djvu</format>
        </formats>
    </record>

when using --output-format=text I get this

1236 9780735614291 [u'Computers / Operating Systems / General', u'Computers /   
                   Data Processing / General', u'Microsoft Windows (Computer    
                   file)', u'Electronic data processing personnel/              
                   Certification', u'Computers / Operating Systems / Windows    
                   Workstation', u'Operating systems (Computers)']

The way the tags are written, I don't know if that was intended or it got massed up, since I haven't used it in v. 5.1.4. I'm on beta 9.

Thanks,
M

[user_none]

Originally Posted by Garfunkel

Unfortunately, you haven't fixed the problem with turning TOC creation off

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

You cannot suppress generation of a TOC, it is needed for the calculation of indexing information for the MOBI file.

Two options I can think of for you are to select the first item in the TOC because it will take you to the first item in the content.

Another option is to try having it generate an auto toc and have it look for non existent tags. Something like:

--level1-toc="//xxx" --chapter="//xxx" --use-auto-toc

[user_none]

Originally Posted by myle00

I think I found a bug in the list command, if it is, I'll open a ticket. Using this command

calibredb list -f isbn,tags --output-format=xml

instead of getting only the id, isbn and tags, I get this.
...

This isn't a bug. -f only affects with text output.

[user_none]

Originally Posted by DrunkenDonkey

ps: Interesting thing is that on my archives (created by zipping txt file, opf file and the cover image) I don't get such "Could not find an ebook inside the archive" error, I'm able to get the book properly import, but cover is missing. If I drag the text file from the uncompressed archive - cover shows. And still can't get embedded images to show.

The zip input requires an opf file so it knows the order and what not. I've committed a fix for the embedded image problem. It wasn't converting to html via markdown.

[DrunkenDonkey]

Great, thanks, can't wait for b11 then

[Garfunkel]

Originally Posted by user_none

Two options I can think of for you are to select the first item in the TOC because it will take you to the first item in the content.

Another option is to try having it generate an auto toc and have it look for non existent tags. Something like:

--level1-toc="//xxx" --chapter="//xxx" --use-auto-toc

Sorry, didn't quite understand what you mean by your first option. How do I "select the first item"? And another thing I noticed - Ebook Viewer (the software bundled with calibre) shows the input fb2 file with the exactly same TOC! I checked the source code of the fb2 file and found out it has no TOC in it specified explicitly but rather special tags like <section> </section> which are then interpreted by Ebook Viewer (and calibre itself) as chapters or notes.
As Kovid Goyal said a TOC is required for ePub creation. That's fine but why not put it to the end of a book if not make it hidden? Just one checkbox will save the day for me And please excuse my poor English I'm from Azerbaijan.

[Bob Butler]

When I run any2mobi in b10 I get:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "from_any.py", line 14, in <module>
ImportError: No module named from_any

[kovidgoyal]

any2mobi no longer exists, use the command ebook-convert

[itimpi]

Running the 0.6b10 release on Windows XP, every time that I plug in my PRS-500 I get a message stating:

PacketError: Response packets must have their number set to 0x1000.

On the same machine if I revert to running the 0.5.14 release it connects without any issues. Is this a known problem with the 0.6 betas? Should I raise a ticket?

[user_none]

Originally Posted by itimpi

Running the 0.6b10 release on Windows XP, every time that I plug in my PRS-500 I get a message stating:

PacketError: Response packets must have their number set to 0x1000.

On the same machine if I revert to running the 0.5.14 release it connects without any issues. Is this a known problem with the 0.6 betas? Should I raise a ticket?

Open a ticket.

[Bob Butler]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

any2mobi no longer exists, use the command ebook-convert

Thanks.

Does the "calibredb -1 add" still exist (to add multiple formats of the same title to the DB)?

calibredb add -1 -r tmpdir
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "cli.py", line 553, in <module>
File "cli.py", line 550, in main
File "cli.py", line 341, in command_add
File "cli.py", line 280, in do_add
File "calibre\library\database2.pyo", line 1726, in recursive_import
File "calibre\library\database2.pyo", line 1712, in import_book_directory
File "calibre\ebooks\metadata\meta.pyo", line 34, in metadata_from_formats
TypeError: 'generator' object is unsubscriptable

[emellaich]

I just posted a new ticket on this, but there is a problem with output to the Kindle2. As stated in the ticket:

There are one (or two) problems when uploading books to the Kindle2 using 0.6 b10.

First, it is uploading two copies of each book. One in the root document directory and one in subdirectories. Secondly, it is not masking the ":" character when it is put in the subdirectory. I have books titled like this
"Honor 1: On Baselisk Station"

in order to show that the book is the first book in the honor series. For the copy that is in the root, the : is eliminated. For the copy in the subdirectories, the colon is not eliminated and it is an illegal character for the file system.

[kovidgoyal]

Originally Posted by Bob Butler

Thanks.

Does the "calibredb -1 add" still exist (to add multiple formats of the same title to the DB)?

calibredb add -1 -r tmpdir
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "cli.py", line 553, in <module>
File "cli.py", line 550, in main
File "cli.py", line 341, in command_add
File "cli.py", line 280, in do_add
File "calibre\library\database2.pyo", line 1726, in recursive_import
File "calibre\library\database2.pyo", line 1712, in import_book_directory
File "calibre\ebooks\metadata\meta.pyo", line 34, in metadata_from_formats
TypeError: 'generator' object is unsubscriptable

calibredb should be unchanged, open a ticket