Frequently Asked Questions - Page 34

theducks · 11-23-2010, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by manicmoon

My new update of calibre wont let me select more than one book at a time to convert or add to library do i have a glitch or was this set up this way?

As Itimpi said. It could be a glitch caused by your setup or overall.

Always Tell us more:
OS type and version (if is 32 or 64bit),
Computer (mother board) info: Processor, RAM... We don't know if you are running on a Cray or a HP

Did it happen only when the reader is attached (or not). Brand and Model if this is relevant

Calibre runs on so many different platforms, that a odd interaction or two will happen. Kovid still has not gotten the Psychic plug-in to work yet, so we have to tell him about these issues and how to replicate them.

manicmoon · 11-23-2010, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

As Itimpi said. It could be a glitch caused by your setup or overall.

Always Tell us more:
OS type and version (if is 32 or 64bit),
Computer (mother board) info: Processor, RAM... We don't know if you are running on a Cray or a HP

Did it happen only when the reader is attached (or not). Brand and Model if this is relevant

Calibre runs on so many different platforms, that a odd interaction or two will happen. Kovid still has not gotten the Psychic plug-in to work yet, so we have to tell him about these issues and how to replicate them.

Ok here is more information I am running a 32 bit install which I just reinstalled hence the new problems. I downloaded the newest version of calibre. Added books to convert. Went to select all the books (for bulk conversion) by highlighting them with the cursor it would only allow me to highlight one book. At a time to convert. Same thing when I went to remove them from calibre I had to delete them one at a time. Reinstalled new version from website and same thing happened.

Manichean · 11-23-2010, 03:22 PM

Did you hold down Ctrl or Shift while trying to select multiple books?

manicmoon · 11-23-2010, 03:35 PM

Sometimes the obvious is not so obvious thank you this works highlight one shift down : )

Manichean · 11-23-2010, 03:36 PM

Try Ctrl as well, if you haven't already. That can be useful as well, if you're not selecting large chunks of books at once.

DoctorOhh · 11-23-2010, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by manicmoon

Went to select all the books (for bulk conversion) by highlighting them with the cursor it would only allow me to highlight one book.

Aside from holding down the shift and ctrl keys you can still just slide down the page and grab a bunch by ensuring you are doing the slide in the book number column.

lila55 · 11-23-2010, 11:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dwanthny

Aside from holding down the shift and ctrl keys you can still just slide down the page and grab a bunch by ensuring you are doing the slide in the book number column.

Thank you, I did not know about that.

ThePage · 11-24-2010, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Starson17

You can't get Calibre to show you the formats in that column. You can get Calibre to show you a list of formats that you populate yourself, but it won't get updated when you add books, add formats or delete formats. You'll have to maintain the list yourself.

There are automated ways to do this, but why bother? Why don't you just make a search for whatever formats you are interested in and save the search?

Once I figured out what I was looking at in the template/column listings of the tutorials, I had no trouble doing this - just typed {format} in and it now shows each book's format in my new Format column, so that I don't have to click on each book to see what it is.

Starson17 · 11-24-2010, 11:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThePage

Once I figured out what I was looking at in the template/column listings of the tutorials, I had no trouble doing this - just typed {format} in and it now shows each book's format in my new Format column, so that I don't have to click on each book to see what it is.

Oops

. Sorry about that. Calibre changes right along. I hate it when I recall older information that no longer applies.

DoctorOhh · 11-24-2010, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThePage

Once I figured out what I was looking at in the template/column listings of the tutorials, I had no trouble doing this - just typed {format} in and it now shows each book's format in my new Format column, so that I don't have to click on each book to see what it is.

Its amazing how flexible calibre is now.

Canorka · 11-25-2010, 03:05 PM

The newest Calibre version (OSX) won't display the pre-loaded book on my Kobo, as the previous version I had had done. Is there a way to fix this or should I just wait for the (hopefully) next update?

Thanks!

WT Sharpe · 11-26-2010, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Canorka

The newest Calibre version (OSX) won't display the pre-loaded book on my Kobo, as the previous version I had had done. Is there a way to fix this or should I just wait for the (hopefully) next update?

Thanks!

I couldn't successfully install 0.7.3.0 on my computer (running Vista). Every time I tried to open the program after installation, I got a Python-script fail message. I tried repairing the installation to no avail; then I deleted Calibre, did a disk cleanup, restarted my system, and tried a fresh install. Still got the message. I finally deleted 0.7.3.0 and went back to the previous version.

Is there a bug in 0.7.3.0? Has anyone else encountered this problem?

DoctorOhh · 11-27-2010, 12:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

I tried repairing the installation to no avail; then I deleted Calibre, did a disk cleanup, restarted my system, and tried a fresh install. Still got the message. I finally deleted 0.7.3.0 and went back to the previous version.

@Kovid I'm unsure why but it may be that since this version changes to Python 2.7 when we go to update our Windows XP version we get the option to Change - Repair - Remove calibre. This is not a normal option we see when upgrading calibre. WT Sharpe chose repair and had problems. I chose remove then ran calibre-0.7.30.msi a second time and the install went fine.

I just thought some guidance to the masses might be required.

kovidgoyal · 11-27-2010, 12:39 AM

The best thing to do when you have problems is

uninstall

delete c:\program files\calibre2

re-install

That will ensure you have a clean install and will hopefully fix your problems.

DoctorOhh · 11-27-2010, 12:51 AM

I was just noticing when running calibre-0.7.30.msi I see an option screen that popped up that I never saw before when previously upgrading any program with the options of:

Change

Repair

Remove

Is everyone seeing this screen and if so what are they choosing.

As I stated I had no problem choosing Remove then running the MSI again.

11-25-2010, 03:05 PM	#506
Canorka Connoisseur Posts: 90 Karma: 4254 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Norway Device: Kobo Touch	The newest Calibre version (OSX) won't display the pre-loaded book on my Kobo, as the previous version I had had done. Is there a way to fix this or should I just wait for the (hopefully) next update? Thanks! Last edited by Canorka; 11-25-2010 at 04:53 PM.

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11-23-2010, 03:22 PM	#498
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	Did you hold down Ctrl or Shift while trying to select multiple books?

11-23-2010, 03:35 PM	#499
manicmoon Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: mobi pocket	Sometimes the obvious is not so obvious thank you this works highlight one shift down : )

11-23-2010, 03:36 PM	#500
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	Try Ctrl as well, if you haven't already. That can be useful as well, if you're not selecting large chunks of books at once.

11-27-2010, 12:39 AM	#509
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,378 Karma: 27230406 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The best thing to do when you have problems is uninstall delete c:\program files\calibre2 re-install That will ensure you have a clean install and will hopefully fix your problems.

11-27-2010, 12:51 AM	#510
DoctorOhh US Navy, Retired Posts: 9,897 Karma: 13806776 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North Carolina Device: Icarus Illumina XL HD, Kindle PaperWhite SE 11th Gen	I was just noticing when running calibre-0.7.30.msi I see an option screen that popped up that I never saw before when previously upgrading any program with the options of: Change Repair Remove Is everyone seeing this screen and if so what are they choosing. As I stated I had no problem choosing Remove then running the MSI again.

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