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dpierron · 01-31-2010, 04:29 AM

Itimpi, I just saw your message and I quickly added the XSL link to the 1.0.9 release...

itimpi · 01-31-2010, 02:46 PM

Thanks for including the xsl stylesheet link.

However, what is missing in the release is empty versions of these stylesheet files to be added to the generated catalog. If they are missing then stanza will give an "empty catalog" error. If they are present (but they can be empty files) then stanza is happy.

I'll also raise this as a bug via launchpad for visibility/tracking purposes.

dpierron · 02-04-2010, 04:06 PM

Hi folks,

I followed Jane's example and created a small survey that I'd like you to fill... It'll take 4 minutes tops, and it'll help me make calibre2opds better, so please do it !

All best,
David.

ki5ck · 02-05-2010, 11:39 AM

Feature Request: Make the alphabetical listing ignore common works like "A" or "The"; making books like "The Audacity of Hope" end up under A and not T.

dpierron · 02-06-2010, 02:24 AM

ki5ck: duly noted, excellent idea !
I'll have to think about it a bit, as it is described it will only work for english books...

itimpi · 02-06-2010, 03:54 AM

It might bwe worth looking at how the new Catalog feature in Calibre is being handled from a sorting perspective. I would ahve thought similar sorting would make sense?

dpierron · 02-09-2010, 08:08 AM

I found out that there is a "sort" field in the book table, although I have no idea how it gets populated ; there sure is no GUI for editing this field in Calibre (author_sort has a GUI), so it must be that there is an algorithm... But I'm pretty sure this algorithm would mess up non-english titles - or won't it ?

On a totally different subject, only 3 people have answered my poll (thanks to them)... Come on guys, 3 people ? Surely there are more that 3 users of calibre2opds ? I hope so...

iandix · 02-09-2010, 08:58 AM

I would fill in the survey, But you have already added just about everything I have already asked for.. I am very happy with it as it stands now...

dpierron · 02-09-2010, 09:22 AM

Thanks Ian

Although I'd still appreciate that all the calibre2opds users would fill the survey, even if they only have to say "man how happy I am"

astrodad · 02-10-2010, 12:05 PM

This is a really nice tool. I am going to take this and try to incorporate this into a J2EE app using Apache Click. I have a web server running on my Ubuntu system that has my calibre catalogs. The web application will read the database in real-time and generate the pages (authors, tags, etc.) in real-time. I think that will improve the performance a bit as well.

Very nice work!

dpierron · 02-10-2010, 12:23 PM

Thanks !
If you need help with your project, please do contact me.
I think that the real-time idea is not necessarily good : the database does not change often, thus reading it on every page access is way too much IMHO ; also, the generation of the catalog is a whole process, by which I mean that it has to be generated in blocks (subcatalog by subcatalog) and that, inside a block, the subcatalogs and entries are dependent : so you cannot generate a single page at a time.
Cheers,
David.

astrodad · 02-10-2010, 03:30 PM

It looks like I will only be able to use snippets of your code anyway. I'm implementing a lazy load scheme to make sure the catalog is only read when it's updated and I'll be creating actions to read only certain portions of the database as needed, depending on the action of the user.

dpierron · 02-10-2010, 04:31 PM

All right, it's your call

Anyway, please keep me informed of your progress, I'm interested !
And again, feel free to contact me at my private email address if you need help or advices...

dpierron · 02-14-2010, 12:58 PM

Hi folks,
Apparently, the archive I set up for 1.0.9 had some problems on Macs. I made a new one...
I found out this in the comments of the very nice tutorial that da_jane has written on her wonderful Dear Author website (thanks Jane !).
I also found there a nice tutorial (with a video!) about setting up calibre2opds on a Mac.
All best,
David.

spynotebook · 02-14-2010, 08:03 PM

is anyone else having trouble lately with java? This is happening on my Mac and my Ubuntu box:

Zatanna:bin chip$ calibre2opds --lang en /Users/chip/Dropbox/Public/calibre/
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Main
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Main
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java: 200)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.j ava:188)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:3 15)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launche r.java:330)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:2 50)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoade r.java:398)

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01-31-2010, 04:29 AM	#76
dpierron calibre2opds guru Posts: 533 Karma: 8792 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Metz, France Device: iPhone, iPad, PRS-650	Itimpi, I just saw your message and I quickly added the XSL link to the 1.0.9 release...

01-31-2010, 02:46 PM	#77
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	Thanks for including the xsl stylesheet link. However, what is missing in the release is empty versions of these stylesheet files to be added to the generated catalog. If they are missing then stanza will give an "empty catalog" error. If they are present (but they can be empty files) then stanza is happy. I'll also raise this as a bug via launchpad for visibility/tracking purposes.

02-04-2010, 04:06 PM	#78
dpierron calibre2opds guru Posts: 533 Karma: 8792 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Metz, France Device: iPhone, iPad, PRS-650	Hi folks, I followed Jane's example and created a small survey that I'd like you to fill... It'll take 4 minutes tops, and it'll help me make calibre2opds better, so please do it ! All best, David.

02-05-2010, 11:39 AM	#79
ki5ck Connoisseur Posts: 72 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: iPhone, Note3	Feature Request: Make the alphabetical listing ignore common works like "A" or "The"; making books like "The Audacity of Hope" end up under A and not T.

02-06-2010, 02:24 AM	#80
dpierron calibre2opds guru Posts: 533 Karma: 8792 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Metz, France Device: iPhone, iPad, PRS-650	ki5ck: duly noted, excellent idea ! I'll have to think about it a bit, as it is described it will only work for english books...

02-06-2010, 03:54 AM	#81
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	It might bwe worth looking at how the new Catalog feature in Calibre is being handled from a sorting perspective. I would ahve thought similar sorting would make sense?

02-09-2010, 08:08 AM	#82
dpierron calibre2opds guru Posts: 533 Karma: 8792 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Metz, France Device: iPhone, iPad, PRS-650	I found out that there is a "sort" field in the book table, although I have no idea how it gets populated ; there sure is no GUI for editing this field in Calibre (author_sort has a GUI), so it must be that there is an algorithm... But I'm pretty sure this algorithm would mess up non-english titles - or won't it ? On a totally different subject, only 3 people have answered my poll (thanks to them)... Come on guys, 3 people ? Surely there are more that 3 users of calibre2opds ? I hope so...

02-09-2010, 08:58 AM	#83
iandix Addict Posts: 295 Karma: 109308 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: NSW Australia Device: nook touch a Nook 3g (rooted) and a nookcolor (rooted)	I would fill in the survey, But you have already added just about everything I have already asked for.. I am very happy with it as it stands now...

02-09-2010, 09:22 AM	#84
dpierron calibre2opds guru Posts: 533 Karma: 8792 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Metz, France Device: iPhone, iPad, PRS-650	Thanks Ian Although I'd still appreciate that all the calibre2opds users would fill the survey, even if they only have to say "man how happy I am"

02-10-2010, 12:05 PM	#85
astrodad Guru Posts: 962 Karma: 568242 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Oasis 3, Kindle Paperwhite 1, iPad, iPhone	This is a really nice tool. I am going to take this and try to incorporate this into a J2EE app using Apache Click. I have a web server running on my Ubuntu system that has my calibre catalogs. The web application will read the database in real-time and generate the pages (authors, tags, etc.) in real-time. I think that will improve the performance a bit as well. Very nice work!

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02-10-2010, 12:23 PM	#86
dpierron calibre2opds guru Posts: 533 Karma: 8792 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Metz, France Device: iPhone, iPad, PRS-650	Thanks ! If you need help with your project, please do contact me. I think that the real-time idea is not necessarily good : the database does not change often, thus reading it on every page access is way too much IMHO ; also, the generation of the catalog is a whole process, by which I mean that it has to be generated in blocks (subcatalog by subcatalog) and that, inside a block, the subcatalogs and entries are dependent : so you cannot generate a single page at a time. Cheers, David.

02-10-2010, 03:30 PM	#87
astrodad Guru Posts: 962 Karma: 568242 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Oasis 3, Kindle Paperwhite 1, iPad, iPhone	It looks like I will only be able to use snippets of your code anyway. I'm implementing a lazy load scheme to make sure the catalog is only read when it's updated and I'll be creating actions to read only certain portions of the database as needed, depending on the action of the user.

02-10-2010, 04:31 PM	#88
dpierron calibre2opds guru Posts: 533 Karma: 8792 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Metz, France Device: iPhone, iPad, PRS-650	All right, it's your call Anyway, please keep me informed of your progress, I'm interested ! And again, feel free to contact me at my private email address if you need help or advices...

02-14-2010, 12:58 PM	#89
dpierron calibre2opds guru Posts: 533 Karma: 8792 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Metz, France Device: iPhone, iPad, PRS-650	Hi folks, Apparently, the archive I set up for 1.0.9 had some problems on Macs. I made a new one... I found out this in the comments of the very nice tutorial that da_jane has written on her wonderful Dear Author website (thanks Jane !). I also found there a nice tutorial (with a video!) about setting up calibre2opds on a Mac. All best, David.

02-14-2010, 08:03 PM	#90
spynotebook Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: Apple iPhone	is anyone else having trouble lately with java? This is happening on my Mac and my Ubuntu box: Zatanna:bin chip$ calibre2opds --lang en /Users/chip/Dropbox/Public/calibre/ Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Main Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Main at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java: 200) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.j ava:188) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:3 15) at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launche r.java:330) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:2 50) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoade r.java:398)