Frequently Asked Questions - Page 15

HEC · 10-21-2009, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

use the arrow keys to navigate and press the space bar to type

OK - I've just found one MAJOR problem with the space bar option - it will ERASE all the text in that box I'm trying to edit which is NOT always required - in the contrary most of the times I'm just EDITING already present text in there

Any way in current version to open the edit function via keyboard and keep the original text there so it could be only amended (like Shift Space or something similar)? Or maybe the option in the setting to choose if the box should be cleared or not when using the space bar?

Also - what about amending the Tooltip when you with the mouse at the editable box to mention apart of the "Double click to edit" to also say "or Space bar to enter text"?

kovidgoyal · 10-21-2009, 05:00 PM

Press ctrl+Z after pressing spacebar

HEC · 10-21-2009, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Press ctrl+Z after pressing spacebar

I SWEAR I've tried that as a first thing when text was deleted and it didn't work for me and now it does - well wonky fingers I guess - you seem to have an answer for everything (so far)

Unfortunatelly - I've just found out that you can't bulk edit on device or mem card directly - only in Library itself. And yes - do do it a "wrong" way around but I prefer to simply load some books directly to the device or mem card and then just edit titles or tags.

EDIT:
Also found out that despite being able to move columns in the Library view (to have let's say Tags next to Title for an easy "keyboard only" editing this will NOT affect the columns order in the device / mem card views

Oh well - one can't have everything

callwing · 10-28-2009, 02:16 PM

Also found out that despite being able to move columns in the Library view (to have let's say Tags next to Title for an easy "keyboard only" editing this will NOT affect the columns order in the device / mem card views

Oh well - one can't have everything

[/QUOTE]

Really? How? - no doubt I'm being very stupid..

Rootman · 10-31-2009, 12:21 PM

Thanks for Calibre! It is superb. I afraid am stuck reading on the laptop until I get my eBook device. I have a couple of questions I didn't see addressed in this FAQ.

Is there a way to launch an eBook directly to the eBook viewer without having to open the main library application? I know the reader app is calibre-parallel.exe but by trying to open it from the command line or shortcut specifying calibre-parallel.exe as the opening program fails. I would just like to have a shortcut on my Windows desktop to open my current book.

Where does Calibre store it's bookmarks? I'd like to sync them between my work laptop and home laptop.

Is it possible to import RSS feeds from a OPML file?

kovidgoyal · 10-31-2009, 12:45 PM

the viewer app is ebook-viewer.exe

bookmarks are stored in the epub file itself or in the calibre settings if the viewed file is not epub

no

Rootman · 10-31-2009, 01:51 PM

DoH! How did I miss that! I guess I was looking at task manager to try and determine the executable. Works fine specifying ebook-viewer.exe as the opening app.

Thanks!

bdnewman · 11-11-2009, 06:28 PM

hi I wanted to duplicate Calibre on my Mac that uses bootcamp. I copied the library over to the win7 side and installed 0.6.21 on the win7 machine. I pointed it to the database and it showed up. Following your advice in the FAQ I ran a integretity check. I gett he follow error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\dialogs\config\__init__.py", line 760, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 1764, in check_integrity
File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 386, in fget
File "site-packages\calibre\library\sqlite.py", line 162, in run
DatabaseException: Connection closed
Remote

Any ideas as to the issue?

kovidgoyal · 11-11-2009, 07:05 PM

Odd, do normal operations like adding/deleting/editing metadata etc work?

vrf3 · 11-13-2009, 02:03 AM

When I convert rtf to lrf any images contained in the rtf becomes very small thumbsize even though they were full pagesize and the jpegs are 800x600. Anything I should do before converting? thanks!

kovidgoyal · 11-13-2009, 10:33 AM

does that happen only when converting to LRF or epub as well?

DoctorOhh · 11-13-2009, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vrf3

When I convert rtf to lrf any images contained in the rtf becomes very small thumbsize even though they were full pagesize and the jpegs are 800x600. Anything I should do before converting? thanks!

I ran into this a few weeks back with one book converting to epub. I didn't think much of it and don't recall the book, but it did take too large pictures and convert them to thumbnail size.

What book were you converting?

vrf3 · 11-17-2009, 04:03 AM

Thanks for the quick reply kovidgoyal and sorry for my late one. Yes it's the same when I convert to epub as well. All rtfs I've converted so far had the same results - thumbnail size images for imbeded jpegs.

kovidgoyal · 11-17-2009, 09:14 AM

OK open a ticket and attach one of these RTFs and I'll have a look.

vrf3 · 11-18-2009, 01:47 AM

again, sorry for my late reply. I use 2 PCs (1 Vista, 1 Win 7) and 1 laptop (WinXP). In case you don't remember me I was the one with the Vista problem of Calibre not "appearing" in Vista, when run, it seems to be running normally but it's not there! It's there in the Task Manager but seems to be in the background only.
Anyway this is the reason for my late replies. My work PC is the Vista so I am on it 90% of the time.
So sorry again, I this is a noob question but how do I open a ticket?

11-11-2009, 06:28 PM	#218
bdnewman Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: kindle, sony 700	transfering files from osx to win7 hi I wanted to duplicate Calibre on my Mac that uses bootcamp. I copied the library over to the win7 side and installed 0.6.21 on the win7 machine. I pointed it to the database and it showed up. Following your advice in the FAQ I ran a integretity check. I gett he follow error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\dialogs\config\__init__.py", line 760, in run File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 1764, in check_integrity File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 386, in fget File "site-packages\calibre\library\sqlite.py", line 162, in run DatabaseException: Connection closed Remote Any ideas as to the issue?

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10-21-2009, 05:00 PM	#212
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,384 Karma: 27756918 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Press ctrl+Z after pressing spacebar

10-28-2009, 02:16 PM	#214
callwing Member Posts: 12 Karma: 22 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-505	Also found out that despite being able to move columns in the Library view (to have let's say Tags next to Title for an easy "keyboard only" editing this will NOT affect the columns order in the device / mem card views Oh well - one can't have everything [/QUOTE] Really? How? - no doubt I'm being very stupid..

10-31-2009, 12:21 PM	#215
Rootman Groupie Posts: 181 Karma: 478 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Android & FBReader	Thanks for Calibre! It is superb. I afraid am stuck reading on the laptop until I get my eBook device. I have a couple of questions I didn't see addressed in this FAQ. Is there a way to launch an eBook directly to the eBook viewer without having to open the main library application? I know the reader app is calibre-parallel.exe but by trying to open it from the command line or shortcut specifying calibre-parallel.exe as the opening program fails. I would just like to have a shortcut on my Windows desktop to open my current book. Where does Calibre store it's bookmarks? I'd like to sync them between my work laptop and home laptop. Is it possible to import RSS feeds from a OPML file?

10-31-2009, 12:45 PM	#216
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,384 Karma: 27756918 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	the viewer app is ebook-viewer.exe bookmarks are stored in the epub file itself or in the calibre settings if the viewed file is not epub no

10-31-2009, 01:51 PM	#217
Rootman Groupie Posts: 181 Karma: 478 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Android & FBReader	DoH! How did I miss that! I guess I was looking at task manager to try and determine the executable. Works fine specifying ebook-viewer.exe as the opening app. Thanks!

11-11-2009, 07:05 PM	#219
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,384 Karma: 27756918 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Odd, do normal operations like adding/deleting/editing metadata etc work?

11-13-2009, 02:03 AM	#220
vrf3 Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	When I convert rtf to lrf any images contained in the rtf becomes very small thumbsize even though they were full pagesize and the jpegs are 800x600. Anything I should do before converting? thanks!

11-13-2009, 10:33 AM	#221
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,384 Karma: 27756918 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	does that happen only when converting to LRF or epub as well?

11-17-2009, 04:03 AM	#223
vrf3 Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	Thanks for the quick reply kovidgoyal and sorry for my late one. Yes it's the same when I convert to epub as well. All rtfs I've converted so far had the same results - thumbnail size images for imbeded jpegs.

11-17-2009, 09:14 AM	#224
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,384 Karma: 27756918 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	OK open a ticket and attach one of these RTFs and I'll have a look.

11-18-2009, 01:47 AM	#225
vrf3 Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	again, sorry for my late reply. I use 2 PCs (1 Vista, 1 Win 7) and 1 laptop (WinXP). In case you don't remember me I was the one with the Vista problem of Calibre not "appearing" in Vista, when run, it seems to be running normally but it's not there! It's there in the Task Manager but seems to be in the background only. Anyway this is the reason for my late replies. My work PC is the Vista so I am on it 90% of the time. So sorry again, I this is a noob question but how do I open a ticket?