Cybook support in calibre - Page 11

ate · 02-02-2009, 01:50 PM

Now (Calibre 4.132) it works with my Vista32. Thank you.

But, I have a question about the import string (?P<title>.+) - (?P<author>[^_]+).

My e-book-directory is sorted in my own way:

<author's name>
<bookname1>
bookname.pdf
bookname.rtf
<bookname2>
bookname2.pdf
bookname2.rtf
<author's name 2>
<bookname1>
.....

Sorry, I'm a "Regular Expression Syntax" novice.

What would be the correct syntax to import the right author's name and booknames (without metadata - they are mostly not correct in my books) from the given filestructure?

user_none · 02-02-2009, 07:24 PM

@poetbil, Try uninstalling first than install it again.

@ate, Hm... I'm not sure if the import filter can use the path in the regex or if it only looks at the filename.

kovidgoyal · 02-02-2009, 07:38 PM

The import regex only looks at the filename not the full path. And you can disable reading of metadata from inside the files by disabling the corresponding plugins from the calibre config dialog

ate · 02-03-2009, 01:07 PM

Thx for the quick answer.

What a pitty ... I disabled the reading of metadata and use (?P<title>.+) for the title.

Unfortunately I have to write the author's name manually in calibre. It's a lot of stupid work.

Any chance for using the full path in future versions? I think, I'm not the only one who sorted the e-books by directories.

kovidgoyal · 02-03-2009, 01:41 PM

More general input/output masks are on my (very long) TODO list

user_none · 03-01-2009, 06:37 PM

Over in the Calibre forum Emmanuel, had an interesting idea.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emmanuel

- use the already existing directory structure from calibre, ie:

Author
Title
Book Files

and News files might then go into a dedicated News/ directory to regroup
them

Basically instead of defaulting to putting ebooks into the root of eBooks, put them on as eBooks/Author/Title/ebook.ext. Just like Calibre keeps them in on the computer. It would help with the whole sorting issue and cut down on the need for using the / path tag as much.

What does everyone think about this suggestion? Would you like to see it? Would you hate to see it? Would you like all items tagged as news put into a news directory as well?

bwaldron · 03-01-2009, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by user_none

What does everyone think about this suggestion? Would you like to see it? Would you hate to see it? Would you like all items tagged as news put into a news directory as well?

Seems reasonable to me. On the Cybook, I currently use Calibre's "save to disk" function (along with a batch file that strips out the non-mobi files) and sort my library by path -- to get a proper author sort on the device.

I don't do "news" on the device -- but if I did, I would want it in a separate directory (and would probably want that directory to use a special character so that the news "books" would show up first when sorting by path).

pdurrant · 03-02-2009, 04:14 AM

ebooks/Author/Series/Series# Title.mobi

So that when sorting by path all books by a particular author in a particular series appear together and in the right order.

It no series, ebooks should be loose in the author folder.

Having ebooks in sub-folders is a good idea for another reaosn. The CyBook checks ALL top-level books for dictionaries every time a dictionary lookup is done. With lots of books in the top level, a dictionary lookup can take tens of seconds.

Quote:

Originally Posted by user_none

Over in the Calibre forum Emmanuel, had an interesting idea.

Basically instead of defaulting to putting ebooks into the root of eBooks, put them on as eBooks/Author/Title/ebook.ext. Just like Calibre keeps them in on the computer. It would help with the whole sorting issue and cut down on the need for using the / path tag as much.

What does everyone think about this suggestion? Would you like to see it? Would you hate to see it? Would you like all items tagged as news put into a news directory as well?

pthwaite · 03-02-2009, 05:02 AM

I like Emmanual's suggestion.
Forming the structure as Calibre itself does in the Cybook would help a lot. Likewise a longer list of I/O filters may help as the metadata transfer does leave a lot of tidying up sometimes.

ie if in Calibre I change the title in the Library, it isn't transferred to the Cybook, I have to re-do it on the Cybook. It then gives an error, but changes it anyway.

Justy · 03-02-2009, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

ebooks/Author/Series/Series# Title.mobi

This is fairly similar to how I have my eBooks sorted now, except I make use of Genre. I may not always know the name of the Author I want to read next, but I will always know what Genre I want to read, it is a huge help to me to have all my SciFi sorted together, separate from my Fantasy and Romance eBooks. My ideal folder layout would be:
eBooks/Genre/Author/Series # Title.mobi

02-02-2009, 01:50 PM	#151
ate Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Device: CyBook Gen3	Now (Calibre 4.132) it works with my Vista32. Thank you. But, I have a question about the import string (?P<title>.+) - (?P<author>[^_]+). My e-book-directory is sorted in my own way: <author's name> <bookname1> bookname.pdf bookname.rtf <bookname2> bookname2.pdf bookname2.rtf <author's name 2> <bookname1> ..... Sorry, I'm a "Regular Expression Syntax" novice. What would be the correct syntax to import the right author's name and booknames (without metadata - they are mostly not correct in my books) from the given filestructure? Last edited by ate; 02-02-2009 at 01:57 PM.

02-03-2009, 01:07 PM	#154
ate Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Device: CyBook Gen3	Thx for the quick answer. What a pitty ... I disabled the reading of metadata and use (?P<title>.+) for the title. Unfortunately I have to write the author's name manually in calibre. It's a lot of stupid work. Any chance for using the full path in future versions? I think, I'm not the only one who sorted the e-books by directories. Last edited by ate; 02-03-2009 at 01:11 PM.

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02-02-2009, 07:24 PM	#152
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,487 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	@poetbil, Try uninstalling first than install it again. @ate, Hm... I'm not sure if the import filter can use the path in the regex or if it only looks at the filename.

02-02-2009, 07:38 PM	#153
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,396 Karma: 27756918 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The import regex only looks at the filename not the full path. And you can disable reading of metadata from inside the files by disabling the corresponding plugins from the calibre config dialog

02-03-2009, 01:41 PM	#155
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,396 Karma: 27756918 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	More general input/output masks are on my (very long) TODO list

03-02-2009, 05:02 AM	#159
pthwaite Fanatic Posts: 597 Karma: 430 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ellesmere Port, UK Device: DR1000S Sony PRS505 iPad iPhone	I like Emmanual's suggestion. Forming the structure as Calibre itself does in the Cybook would help a lot. Likewise a longer list of I/O filters may help as the metadata transfer does leave a lot of tidying up sometimes. ie if in Calibre I change the title in the Library, it isn't transferred to the Cybook, I have to re-do it on the Cybook. It then gives an error, but changes it anyway.

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