New "Mark Read" feature: question about how it should work

[Purple Lady]

Originally Posted by chaley

You can probably use the template in your composite column:

{#mybool:switch(yes,read,no,unread,)}

instead of this one that you are probably using now:

{#read}

Originally Posted by kaufman

No problem, its was just an idea. I'm not invested in it that much. I just thought it might be easier for everyone.

By the way, you can do a lot with Calibre and custom columns using tags. I used to use separate columns for a lot of things because I didn't know how to do it with a tag. Some helpful person on Mobileread showed me how to do it with a small program block. If you are interested, take a look at:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2761871

I'm using a template function - I copied something Chaley did for someone for the sub collections for Sony PRS+ to start with and changed it to suit me. I have categories that I want as a top level collection, and genres that I want to combine with the #read column. I used to have series and author collections as well, but CC takes care of those.

def evaluate(self, formatter, kwargs, mi, locals, cats, genre):

    categories = set([v.strip() for v in cats.split(',') if v.strip()])
    genres = set([v.strip() for v in genre.split(',') if v.strip()])
    res = []

    tags = [v.strip() for v in kwargs.get('tags') if v.strip()]
    isread = kwargs.get('#read')
	
	for v in tags:
		if v in categories:
			res.append(v)
		elif v in genres:
			if isread:
				res.append('Genre ' + isread+ '|' + v)
			else:
				res.append('Genre|'  + v)
		elif isread:
			res.append(isread + '|' + v)
		else:
			res.append('stuff|'  + v)

    if isread:
		res.append(isread) 
            
    return ', '.join(res)

I end up with these groupings:
Borrowed, Genre unread|Non Fiction, unread
read|-bought, Genre read|Mystery - Thriller, read
unread|-free, Genre unread|Science Fiction, unread

[chaley]

Thanks everyone for the comments. I don't seem to be too far off. We will see when I get the beta out.

[chaley]

Originally Posted by Purple Lady

I'm using a template function - I copied something Chaley did for someone for the sub collections for Sony PRS+ to start with and changed it to suit me. I have categories that I want as a top level collection, and genres that I want to combine with the #read column. I used to have series and author collections as well, but CC takes care of those.

Spoiler:

def evaluate(self, formatter, kwargs, mi, locals, cats, genre):
    categories = set([v.strip() for v in cats.split(',') if v.strip()])
    genres = set([v.strip() for v in genre.split(',') if v.strip()])
    res = []

    tags = [v.strip() for v in kwargs.get('tags') if v.strip()]
    isread = kwargs.get('#read')
	
	for v in tags:
		if v in categories:
			res.append(v)
		elif v in genres:
			if isread:
				res.append('Genre ' + isread+ '|' + v)
			else:
				res.append('Genre|'  + v)
		elif isread:
			res.append(isread + '|' + v)
		else:
			res.append('stuff|'  + v)

    if isread:
		res.append(isread) 
            
    return ', '.join(res)

I end up with these groupings:
Borrowed, Genre unread|Non Fiction, unread
read|-bought, Genre read|Mystery - Thriller, read
unread|-free, Genre unread|Science Fiction, unread

You can use a yes/no column (lets call it #read_yesno) by changing the line

isread = kwargs.get('#read')

to be

isread = kwargs.get('#read_yesno')
if isread == 'Yes': isread = 'read'
elif isread == 'No': isread = 'unread'
else: isread = ''

[Purple Lady]

Originally Posted by chaley

You can use a yes/no column (lets call it #read_yesno) by changing the line

isread = kwargs.get('#read')

to be

isread = kwargs.get('#read_yesno')
if isread == 'Yes': isread = 'read'
elif isread == 'No': isread = 'unread'
else: isread = ''

Thanks. I knew it should be easy, but my brain has not been cooperating lately.