[Closed] Please help beta test calibre 7

[kovidgoyal]

Released 6.99.2 with the following fixes:

1) Fix the performance problem with the Manage X dialogs in very large libraries
2) Fix editing comments in the content server broken
3) Fix editing notes via the raw HTML view not having the changes saved until you switch back to the normal view
4) Fix updating metadata in some badly made PDF files with lots of garbage very slow.
5) Fix an issue with errors while using the Manage X dialogs and metadata for books being backed up in the background at the same time

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

[kovidgoyal]

@BR: calibre:// and file:// links in the browser both have the same problem. They can only work if the browser security policy allows it. And calibre:// links will in addition only work on a computer that has calibre installed. As such they are not a robust way to link things on the server. As nqk said you can use a relative link that should work.

[Comfy.n]

Just installed version 6.99.2. All fast and smooth, thanks!

[nqk]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

@BR: calibre:// and file:// links in the browser both have the same problem. They can only work if the browser security policy allows it. And calibre:// links will in addition only work on a computer that has calibre installed. As such they are not a robust way to link things on the server. As nqk said you can use a relative link that should work.

However it only works if it opens in another tab. The problem is I (on windows) installed the calibre content server link as "an app", and on Android I use Fully Kiosk Browser (or Chrome, also as "an app"), to remove all the unnecessary address bar (fullscreen by default). It works well. However, the relative links in the "current tab" only result in error:

The link I inserted is "#panel=book_list&search=authors:"some author". I expected it would return the search page in current tab.

Failed to communicate with "/interface-data/init?1698989102665", network error. Is the server running and accessible?

And there is one issue, maybe inherited from Version 6: On the Book Details page (Content Server), I once could select and copy the texts, which now I can't because the system action bar does not pop up to tap on "copy" (Android), or doesnot popup on a right click (Windows)

[kovidgoyal]

@nqk: all links in comments are opened in a new tab regardless of the link destination/type. I suppose I can change that to not open links that start with # in a new tab, since these are relative links.

As for the context menu not working no clue about that, probably something to do with the comments being rendered in a sandboxed secure iframe. Pressing ctrl+c to copy still works for me. Of course this doesnt work on android.

[kovidgoyal]

Actually this should take care of the context menu issue:
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...15537b9facdbe9

[nqk]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

@nqk: all links in comments are opened in a new tab regardless of the link destination/type. I suppose I can change that to not open links that start with # in a new tab, since these are relative links.

Oh yes, relative links make up 99% of my use case: cross references, and mostly "search" links, rather than to specific books (as books maybe deleted/readded)

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Actually this should take care of the context menu issue:
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...15537b9facdbe9

[kovidgoyal]

Originally Posted by nqk

Oh yes, relative links make up 99% of my use case: cross references, and mostly "search" links, rather than to specific books (as books maybe deleted/readded)

well i ended up changing it so that all links are opened in the same tab. Its confusing to have different behaviors and now that the popup menu is restored one can force opening in a new tab when needed.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

@BR: calibre:// and file:// links in the browser both have the same problem. They can only work if the browser security policy allows it. And calibre:// links will in addition only work on a computer that has calibre installed. As such they are not a robust way to link things on the server. As nqk said you can use a relative link that should work.

I had more or less reached that conclusion, but its good to have it confirmed. But because I don't use the server, for me at least, it's moot anyway.

But, in the GUI: Where should I click to activate links that are embedded in a category note. I see a finger cursor in the Category Note Viewer (see Post # 45), indicating the links are 'clickable', but they're not. I know the generated HTML is fine because I can copy the code into a book's Comments and click on the embedded links in its Book Details panel, i.e.:



BR

[chaley]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

But, in the GUI: Where should I click to activate links that are embedded in a category note. I see a finger cursor in the Category Note Viewer (see Post # 45), indicating the links are 'clickable', but they're not. I know the generated HTML is fine because I can copy the code into a book's Comments and click on the embedded links in its Book Details panel, i.e.:

BR

If all else fails you can create an HTML composite containing the HTML, shown only in book details. There is a new template function for getting either the HTML or the plain text of a note, IIRC named get_note().

[BetterRed]

@chaley - That would mean for every column that can have a category note I would have to create another column in order to have the means to click on links embedded with the category note link tool. Sorry… but that sounds as useful as a Torygraph chocolate teapot

I cannot believe that the inability to click on links in the desktop UI, which can be clicked in the server based browser UI, was by design. It has to be a bug… or an oversight.

BR

[chaley]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@chaley - That would mean for every column that can have a category note I would have to create another column in order to have the means to click on links embedded with the category note link tool. Sorry… but that sounds as useful as a Torygraph chocolate teapot

That function and ability was added because sometimes one wants to see the notes along with the book without clicking on anything. Assuming one wants that, as a side benefit it makes the notes clickable. If you don't want that then you wait until if and when clicking links in the notes viewer does something.

[kovidgoyal]

@BR: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...223f84b00b6df6

[theducks]

My has the size of Calibre grown.

2.84 was 66MB
3.47.1 was 68.4MB
4.23 was 120.8MB

and this beta of 7 a whopping 170.1MB

[kovidgoyal]

yup that will be from Qt WebEngine, aka chromium, aka google chrome