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Old 03-16-2017, 12:31 PM   #1
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how to automatize routine modifications to epubs?
I'm always performing the same fixes to my epubs before reading them, and I was wondering if there's a way to automatize all the work (or at least part of it).

The operations I normally do manually within calibre's editor are:
— "beautify" all the files (this is needed mainly for the searches&replaces to work properly)
— fix the ellipsis in all text files
— remove line-height and text-alignment: justify in all the css
— set all non-zero values for text-indent to 1em
— some other stuff very similar to the previous points


I already have a bunch of saved searches, but given that all these operations don't require discretion, is there a plugin or a smarter way to manage all this?

Thanks
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Old 03-16-2017, 01:47 PM   #2
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I changed the modifyEpub plugin for similar things. If you know a little bit of python, this is quite easy.
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I changed the modifyEpub plugin for similar things. If you know a little bit of python, this is quite easy.
Nope, I don't speak python

I was hoping for something similar to the "polish book" plugin, But I haven't been able to find it.
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Nope, I don't speak python

I was hoping for something similar to the "polish book" plugin, But I haven't been able to find it.
The Modify ePub plugin is probably the closest thing. You might be able to convince someone to update it and add these.

Something you can do is to put all the searches a group and run the group. That still means you need to open the book in the editor, but it reduces the steps involved.

A thought would be to find someone to write a plugin that can execute saved searches on a set of books without opening the books in the editor. I have no idea if there is support in the calibre framework to do this, so I don't know how possible it is. If you are lucky, just this suggestion will prompt someone to do it. I'm just hoping I can resist the urge.
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I'm always performing the same fixes to my epubs before reading them, and I was wondering if there's a way to automatize all the work (or at least part of it).

The operations I normally do manually within calibre's editor are:
— "beautify" all the files (this is needed mainly for the searches&replaces to work properly)
— fix the ellipsis in all text files
— remove line-height and text-alignment: justify in all the css
— set all non-zero values for text-indent to 1em
— some other stuff very similar to the previous points


I already have a bunch of saved searches, but given that all these operations don't require discretion, is there a plugin or a smarter way to manage all this?

Thanks
I have no idea how to answer your question, but I just wanted to say, "OMG, there's someone out there besides me who fixes ellipses!" (I also remove line-heights and set non-zero text-indents to 1em unless it's a hanging indent with a negative value), but it was your comment on ellipses that got me. Poorly formatted and inconsistent ellipses drive me crazy, and now I feel better because I'm not the only person in the world who fixes them.
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Old 03-17-2017, 02:33 AM   #6
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You can use the Look & Feel->Transform styles tool to accomplish the CSS changes automatically during a conversion. And the Search & Replace tool to do the ellipses also in the conversion dialog.

The transform Styles tool is also available in the editor.
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You can use the Look & Feel->Transform styles tool to accomplish the CSS changes automatically during a conversion. And the Search & Replace tool to do the ellipses also in the conversion dialog.

The transform Styles tool is also available in the editor.
I hadn't thought about doing a conversion from epub to epub. It doesn't automatize everything but it can fix a good amount of issues beforehand. Thank you Kovid
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Along similar lines, is it possible for a user to modify/replace the code that Calibre uses to generate the titlepage.xhtml file when converting a Kindle book to EPUB?

I'm currently handling this by storing my preferred code in a snippet so I can replace the stock XHTML with relative ease, but that still means opening every book in the editor, one by one by one. I'm looking for a way to automate the process.
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Along similar lines, is it possible for a user to modify/replace the code that Calibre uses to generate the titlepage.xhtml file when converting a Kindle book to EPUB?

I'm currently handling this by storing my preferred code in a snippet so I can replace the stock XHTML with relative ease, but that still means opening every book in the editor, one by one by one. I'm looking for a way to automate the process.
Any standard Calibre 'template' or code (py) can have a Modified version in the Configuration Folder (same relative placement as IN Calibre2).
those take precedence
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BTW those (titlepage and jacket) will also be used when 'sending to device', so no pressing need to convert/edit
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BTW those (titlepage and jacket) will also be used when 'sending to device', so no pressing need to convert/edit
Some of us don't use Calibre for that function. Personally, I only use the metadata lookup, format conversion, and editing features.
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Some of us don't use Calibre for that function. Personally, I only use the metadata lookup, format conversion, and editing features.
Then Polish. That will use some of the same features.
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Then Polish. That will use some of the same features.
The Polish feature, by the look of it, has nothing to do with what I'm after. I don't know why this is such a hard concept to communicate.

I don't want to make a new cover image - based on metadata or anything else.
I don't want to add a new HTML page or jacket to the book.
I don't want to have to repeat some process for every book, one at a time, as a manual step.

I simply want to replace the standard XHTML code that Calibre uses in the first place when it generates a cover page. I want to change that default page's formula so that whenever I convert a Kindle book to EPUB, Calibre will use my HTML instead of whatever it's using now. By definition, that page has to be stored somewhere in Calibre. I just want to know where.

This shouldn't involve using a plugin - just learning the location of an existing file or script. Unless, that is, the XHTML in question is hardcoded into a combiled binary, such that changing it would require recompiling the software... which would be a weird choice.
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By definition, that page has to be stored somewhere in Calibre. I just want to know where.
I think the code you're after is stored in the CoverManager class in calibre.ebooks.oeb.transforms.cover if you're running from source.
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I think the code you're after is stored in the CoverManager class in calibre.ebooks.oeb.transforms.cover if you're running from source.
I am unfortunately not running from source; depending on the machine, I'm running either a Portable build or the Win64 compile. Any idea what file that module ends up in?
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