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kovidgoyal · 07-05-2009, 11:50 AM

The little price will work in the next beta

Sonist · 07-05-2009, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

The little price will work in the next beta

chorpler · 07-05-2009, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

@chorpler: No those are for joystick based navigation

Ah. Well, is there a way to get the navigation links into the final Mobipocket file with ebook-convert?

kovidgoyal · 07-05-2009, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by chorpler

Ah. Well, is there a way to get the navigation links into the final Mobipocket file with ebook-convert?

No, there isn't.

JSWolf · 07-05-2009, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

No, there isn't.

If a ticket is posted, can a way to get those links in be added?

chorpler · 07-05-2009, 05:59 PM

Clearly we know how to create the Table of Contents link, so I'm looking into calibre's Mobipocket generation source and a few Mobipocket files to see if I can work out how to get the other links to show up as well. Once that's done, ebook-convert will be clearly superior to mobigen in every worthwhile respect. If anybody has any information that would come in handy, I'd greatly appreciate it.

kovidgoyal · 07-05-2009, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

If a ticket is posted, can a way to get those links in be added?

I don't have the time to do the neccessary reverse engineering/testing, but it should be easy enough to make a simple patch (I suspect all that's needed is some entries in a <guide> element in the <head> section of the MOBI html.

artbatista · 07-05-2009, 09:51 PM

How do I get this ticket reopened?

http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/ticket/2780

I have verified the bug happens in Windows XP SP3 also. However, it is not when converting the ebooks that leaves behind an unused calibre-parallel.exe, it's when importing books to the database. I only imported MOBI books, so I can't tell you if the problem occurs when importing other types.

This is just after importing 4 books in MOBI format:

This is after converting the same 4 books to EPUB.

Cheers

Art

kovidgoyal · 07-05-2009, 10:39 PM

As of calibre 0.6 there will always be n calibre-parallel processes present, where n=2*number of processor cores. When calibre is not doing anything, those processes are sleeping and shouldn't be using any computer resources.

artbatista · 07-05-2009, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

As of calibre 0.6 there will always be n calibre-parallel processes present, where n=2*number of processor cores. When calibre is not doing anything, those processes are sleeping and shouldn't be using any computer resources.

That machine is single CPU., So should there only be 2 processes?

On my other machine it's a quad core cpu, so I do see 8 processess open. They take quite a bit of memory, don't you think? 200 MB is a bit much for something that's iddle.

Art

Stingo · 07-05-2009, 11:02 PM

New problem (to me). When I try to drop a PRC unto beta 10 or to import it I get an error with the following explanation: XMLSyntaxError:None

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre/gui2/add.pyo", line 128, in update
File "calibre/ebooks/metadata/opf2.pyo", line 457, in __init__
File "lxml.etree.pyx", line 2435, in lxml.etree.fromstring (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:24170)
File "parser.pxi", line 1511, in lxml.etree._parseMemoryDocument (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:64170)
File "parser.pxi", line 1383, in lxml.etree._parseDoc (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:63041)
File "parser.pxi", line 892, in lxml.etree._BaseParser._parseUnicodeDoc (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:59878)
File "parser.pxi", line 538, in lxml.etree._ParserContext._handleParseResultDoc (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:56751)
File "parser.pxi", line 624, in lxml.etree._handleParseResult (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:57595)
File "parser.pxi", line 575, in lxml.etree._raiseParseError (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:57140)
XMLSyntaxError: None

kovidgoyal · 07-06-2009, 12:14 AM

I fixed one problem that could cause that error, so try beta 11 in a few days and let me know if it fixes it.

chorpler · 07-06-2009, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

I don't have the time to do the neccessary reverse engineering/testing, but it should be easy enough to make a simple patch (I suspect all that's needed is some entries in a <guide> element in the <head> section of the MOBI html.

I'm just starting, but it appears like you're right. Awesome! Thanks for the hint!

itimpi · 07-06-2009, 05:18 AM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

As of calibre 0.6 there will always be n calibre-parallel processes present, where n=2*number of processor cores. When calibre is not doing anything, those processes are sleeping and shouldn't be using any computer resources.

I have a single-processor single core system with XP Pro SP3. I find that the number of calibre-parallel processes varies between 5 and 8, whereas you suggest it should be more like 2. As you say most of them seem to be idling, but they also do not seem to be swapped out to release their memory (23MB per instance). The number does not appear to be constant and gradually increases over time suggesting that some processes that should die may not be doing so. The number currently never gets that high as after a few hours of running Calibre always crashes for me in the MSVC DLL. The crash seems to happen even if Calibre is idling.

I am not too worried about these superfluous callibre-parallel processes other than it appears to not be the expected behavior. Do you want me to open a ticket on this?

kovidgoyal · 07-06-2009, 10:16 AM

They will only be swapped out if the OS needs the memory. Otherwise they won't be. As for the number increasing, that should not be happening. AT best there should be temporary increases in the number which should then fall back to the idle value once calibre is finished doing whatever it was doing. Definitely open a ticket. And if you could identify some repeatable set of steps that cause an increase in the number, that would be very helpful

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07-05-2009, 11:50 AM	#391
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,417 Karma: 27757236 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The little price will work in the next beta

07-05-2009, 05:59 PM	#396
chorpler Zealot Posts: 128 Karma: 278 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Kindle; PRS-500; MobiPocket on Windows Mobile	Clearly we know how to create the Table of Contents link, so I'm looking into calibre's Mobipocket generation source and a few Mobipocket files to see if I can work out how to get the other links to show up as well. Once that's done, ebook-convert will be clearly superior to mobigen in every worthwhile respect. If anybody has any information that would come in handy, I'd greatly appreciate it.

07-05-2009, 09:51 PM	#398
artbatista Groupie Posts: 193 Karma: 1032826 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Miami, FL, USA Device: iPhone 4, iPad 2	How do I get this ticket reopened? http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/ticket/2780 I have verified the bug happens in Windows XP SP3 also. However, it is not when converting the ebooks that leaves behind an unused calibre-parallel.exe, it's when importing books to the database. I only imported MOBI books, so I can't tell you if the problem occurs when importing other types. This is just after importing 4 books in MOBI format: This is after converting the same 4 books to EPUB. Cheers Art

07-05-2009, 10:39 PM	#399
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,417 Karma: 27757236 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	As of calibre 0.6 there will always be n calibre-parallel processes present, where n=2*number of processor cores. When calibre is not doing anything, those processes are sleeping and shouldn't be using any computer resources.

07-05-2009, 11:02 PM	#401
Stingo Fanatic Posts: 582 Karma: 1334691 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Miami Device: KH2O, KPW2, KDXG, KPW1, K3, S505	New problem (to me). When I try to drop a PRC unto beta 10 or to import it I get an error with the following explanation: XMLSyntaxError:None Traceback (most recent call last): File "calibre/gui2/add.pyo", line 128, in update File "calibre/ebooks/metadata/opf2.pyo", line 457, in __init__ File "lxml.etree.pyx", line 2435, in lxml.etree.fromstring (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:24170) File "parser.pxi", line 1511, in lxml.etree._parseMemoryDocument (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:64170) File "parser.pxi", line 1383, in lxml.etree._parseDoc (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:63041) File "parser.pxi", line 892, in lxml.etree._BaseParser._parseUnicodeDoc (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:59878) File "parser.pxi", line 538, in lxml.etree._ParserContext._handleParseResultDoc (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:56751) File "parser.pxi", line 624, in lxml.etree._handleParseResult (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:57595) File "parser.pxi", line 575, in lxml.etree._raiseParseError (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:57140) XMLSyntaxError: None

07-06-2009, 12:14 AM	#402
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,417 Karma: 27757236 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I fixed one problem that could cause that error, so try beta 11 in a few days and let me know if it fixes it.

07-06-2009, 10:16 AM	#405
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,417 Karma: 27757236 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	They will only be swapped out if the OS needs the memory. Otherwise they won't be. As for the number increasing, that should not be happening. AT best there should be temporary increases in the number which should then fall back to the idle value once calibre is finished doing whatever it was doing. Definitely open a ticket. And if you could identify some repeatable set of steps that cause an increase in the number, that would be very helpful