[GUI Plugin] RSS Reader

[Cyprus5522]

restarting calibre also seems not to help

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by Cyprus5522

restarting calibre also seems not to help

Restart in debug mode and post the log. It sounds as if an error occurs during the plugin initialization which prevents the plugin from working.

[Comfy.n]

Originally Posted by PeterT

Restart in debug mode and post the log. It sounds as if an error occurs during the plugin initialization which prevents the plugin from working.

Yep. A debug log usually helps.

Originally Posted by Cyprus5522

The updated plugin went missing from the toolbar and was not configurable in plugin preferences. Tried removing and reinstalling the plugin, that didn't seem to work at all.

Hmm, what do you mean not configurable? Means you don't see the RSS Reader item neither on the left or the right side of the Toolbars and Menus preferences dialog, for all toolbar placement options (main, second, context menu, menu bar...) ?

[Cyprus5522]

my screen record

[Cyprus5522]

ApplicationPaletteChange event ignored

Spoiler:

Using calibre Qt style: True
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre\gui2\ui.py", line 134, in __init__
File "calibre\gui2\ui.py", line 152, in init_iaction
File "calibre\customize\__init__.py", line 678, in load_actual_plugin
File "importlib\__init__.py", line 88, in import_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1398, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1371, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1342, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 938, in _load_unlocked
File "calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 219, in exec_module
File "calibre_plugins.annotations.action", line 11, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'imp'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre\gui2\ui.py", line 134, in __init__
File "calibre\gui2\ui.py", line 152, in init_iaction
File "calibre\customize\__init__.py", line 678, in load_actual_plugin
File "importlib\__init__.py", line 88, in import_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1398, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1371, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1342, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 938, in _load_unlocked
File "calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 219, in exec_module
File "calibre_plugins.rss_reader.action", line 35, in <module>
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1371, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1342, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 938, in _load_unlocked
File "calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 219, in exec_module
File "calibre_plugins.rss_reader.config", line 14, in <module>
File "calibre\utils\config.py", line 320, in __init__
File "calibre\utils\config.py", line 349, in refresh
File "calibre\utils\config_base.py", line 377, in read_data
File "calibre\utils\config_base.py", line 360, in retry_on_fail
File "calibre\utils\config_base.py", line 375, in r
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\Calibre Portable 9.5\\Calibre Settings\\plugins\\rss_reader\\rss_reader.json'
calibre Debug log
calibre 9.5 Portable embedded-python: True
Windows-10-10.0.19044-SP0 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', '10', '10.0.19044')
Python 3.14.2
Windows: ('10', '10.0.19044', 'SP0', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: None
EXE path: C:\Calibre Portable 9.5\Calibre\calibre-debug.exe
NoTrans: db hooked
NoTrans: usb hooked
NoTrans: app hooked
NoTrans: mtp hooked
NoTrans: save_to_disk hooked
Successfully initialized third party plugins: Annotations (1, 17, 13) && Ask AI Plugin (1, 4, 3) && Backup Configuration Folder (1, 1, 2) && Calibre Config Reports (4, 1, 0) && NoTrans (3, 1, 0) && RSS Reader (2, 0, 1) && Toolbars Button (1, 1, 0)
calibre 9.5 Portable embedded-python: True
Windows-10-10.0.19044-SP0 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', '10', '10.0.19044')
Python 3.14.2
Windows: ('10', '10.0.19044', 'SP0', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: None
EXE path: C:\Calibre Portable 9.5\Calibre\calibre-debug.exe
Successfully initialized third party plugins: Annotations (1, 17, 13) && Ask AI Plugin (1, 4, 3) && Backup Configuration Folder (1, 1, 2) && Calibre Config Reports (4, 1, 0) && NoTrans (3, 1, 0) && RSS Reader (2, 0, 1) && Toolbars Button (1, 1, 0)
QPA platform: windows
devicePixelRatio: 1.5
logicalDpi: 96.0 x 96.0
physicalDpi: 126.04011627906975 x 126.05488372093023
[0.00] Starting up...
[0.00] Showing splash screen...
[1.15] splash screen shown
[1.15] Initializing db...
[1.17] db initialized
[1.17] Constructing main UI...
Using proxies: {'http': '127.0.0.1:7897', 'https': '127.0.0.1:7897', 'ftp': 'http://127.0.0.1:7897'}
[2.20] GUI main window shown
[2.65] main UI initialized...
[2.65] Hiding splash screen
[2.65] splash screen hidden
[2.65] Started up in 2.65 seconds with 49 books
[2.71] Starting the smartdevice driver
Using proxies: {'http': '127.0.0.1:7897', 'https': '127.0.0.1:7897', 'ftp': 'http://127.0.0.1:7897'}
SMART_DEV ( 0.00: 0.000) _attach_to_port try ip address "" on port 9090
SMART_DEV ( 2.08: 1.611) _startup_on_demand listening on port 9090
SMART_DEV ( 2.10: 0.000) _attach_to_port try ip address "" on port 54982
SMART_DEV ( 2.12: 0.000) _startup_on_demand broadcast socket listening on port 54982
[4.84] Finished starting smartdevice
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre\db\cache.py", line 3046, in close
File "calibre_plugins.BackupConfigOnCalibreClose.__init __", line 39, in run
File "calibre_plugins.BackupConfigOnCalibreClose.ma in", line 237, in run
File "shutil.py", line 1238, in make_archive
File "shutil.py", line 1113, in _make_zipfile
File "zipfile\__init__.py", line 1968, in write
File "zipfile\__init__.py", line 647, in from_file
File "zipfile\__init__.py", line 461, in __init__
ValueError: ZIP does not support timestamps before 1980

[BetterRed]

Probably this:

PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\Calibre Portable 9.5\\Calibre Settings\\plugins\\rss_reader\\rss_reader.json'

BR

[Comfy.n]

hmm, I've had that happen in the past a few times with other plugins under circumstances which I can't quite pinpoint. My hunch is: install calibre preview.

That permission error can often occur if there are stuck calibre processes in your OS.

https://download.calibre-ebook.com/preview/

[Cyprus5522]

managed to get the plugin to work by removing the rss_reader.json file manually

[Cyprus5522]

Originally Posted by Comfy.n

Added. See if it works fine for you.

works well

[Cyprus5522]

Originally Posted by Comfy.n

Fixed. See version 2.0.1!

Fixed as well, thank you.