Export One Book Metadata to ODT

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by chaley

Assuming you use a composite column (column built from other columns) that behaves like tags, they are clickable without using the PI. Are you seeing something different?

And just for fun I made a composite column that lets you switch VLs by clicking the links in book details. The GPM template is:

program:
	res = '';
	for vl in virtual_libraries():
		if res then res = res & '<br>' fi;
		res = res & '<a href="calibre://search/_?encoded_virtual_library=' & to_hex(vl) & '">' & vl & '</a>'
	rof;
	res

The column definition is:
Attachment 197304

What you see is:
Attachment 197303

And for more fun, here is the template using python template mode (PTM), which will be much faster than the GPM template above:

python:
def evaluate(book, ctx):
	db = ctx.db.new_api
	return ('<br>'.join(
		[f'<a href="calibre://search/_?encoded_virtual_library={vl.encode().hex()}">{vl}</a>' 
		 for vl in db.virtual_libraries_for_books((book.id,))[book.id]
		]))

EDIT: corrections to the column setup and the python template

I don't know what I was expecting to happen when I left the 'show in tag browser' option enabled, lol.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by chaley

I haven't done exhaustive tests but I think that the "Show as HTML" must be unchecked to get clickable links. I don't think "Show in Tag browser matters. Reasoning: the column doesn't contain HTML so it shouldn't be shown as if it does. Book details doesn't care if the column is in the tag browser.

You're right, if I check "Show as HTML" I get plain vanilla non-clickable text, which is 'sort of' counter-intuitive.

Many people assume all clickable text coloured blue involves HTTP links within HTML. Even though I know that's not the case, I prefer to give non HTTP links a different colour e.g. FILE:// links are beige, CALIBRE:// links are red, ONENOTE:// links are purple etc.

Maybe links in Book Details that do a search should be coloured something other than Blue.

BR

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

You're right, if I check "Show as HTML" I get plain vanilla non-clickable text, which is 'sort of' counter-intuitive.

Many people assume all clickable text coloured blue involves HTML. Even though I know that's not the case, I give non http links a different colour e.g. file:// links are beige, calibre:// links are red, onenote:// links are purple etc.

Maybe links in Book Details that do a search should be coloured something other than Blue.

BR

In theory, you could use the HTML itself to turn the links another colour. I haven't tested this though.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

In theory, you could use the HTML itself to turn the links another colour. I haven't tested this though.

That's what I do, but using the tools provided in Normal view - I never look at the generated HTML, it could just as well be Postscript, CHML, XML… etc.

BR

[ownedbycats]

Oops, I think I misunderstood your post

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Oops, I think I misunderstood your post

My fault, I should have been more explicit that my preference is to have different colours for different protocol link types - then I know what to expect when I click on them. I changed my post accordingly.

AFAIK: apart from long text columns, the only column where the type of 'protocol link' can vary is the Authors column, because of its Link field.

BR

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

My fault, I should have been more explicit that my preference is to have different colours for different protocol link types - then I know what to expect when I click on them. I changed my post accordingly.

AFAIK: apart from long text columns, the only column where the type of 'protocol link' can vary is the Authors column, because of its Link field.

BR

I once requested an option to keep the in-Calibre search as default while still having the author link available via context menu -- I would've personally used that. Unfortunately it was rejected.