[GUI Plugin] Action Chains

[ownedbycats]

Question: Is it possible for more than one level of submenuing? Menu/Submenu and Menu.Submenu just created a separate menu.

[capink]

Yes. But you have to use ::: as a separator.

Menu:::submenu

[zaroz]

Is it possible to execute other chains from within a different one? I have a bunch of chains for parsing tags to add specific values to custom columns. It would be nice to be able to chain them sequentially on a single keypress, rather than taking up a dozen keys.

Also, is it possible to export chain configs? It would be nice to be able to backup/share my builds?

[capink]

Originally Posted by zaroz

Is it possible to execute other chains from within a different one? I have a bunch of chains for parsing tags to add specific values to custom columns. It would be nice to be able to chain them sequentially on a single keypress, rather than taking up a dozen keys.

Yes, it is possible. Check this post.

Originally Posted by zaroz

Also, is it possible to export chain configs? It would be nice to be able to backup/share my builds?

Action Chains > Add/Modify Chains > Select the chain(s) you want to export > right click > export.

[Hortensia]

Using the Event Manager, is it possible to execute a chain after running the FanFicFare plugin?

I checked my Jobs list after running FanFicFare and it produces a download and a convert action. I think that if it could be checked that these two actions are executed, then it could trigger the chain execution.

I am trying to use capink's post on the module editor:

Here is an example of how to add extra events using the plugin's module editor, you do it by returning the signal associated with the event.

Code:

from calibre_plugins.action_chains.events import ChainEvent

class SearchChanged(ChainEvent):

# replace with the name of your event
name = 'Search Changed'

def get_event_signal(self):
return self.gui.search.changed

Where can I find the events "book downloaded" and "book converted"? And should both events simply be listed one after the other instead of

return self.gui.search.changed

or is something need to say "and"?

Thank you!

EDIT:
The "Books Added" event works for this purpose. I had seen there was a wait time but I had not realised how long it was and I did not waited long enough for the action to be triggered.

[capink]

Originally Posted by Hortensia

Using the Event Manager, is it possible to execute a chain after running the FanFicFare plugin?

I checked my Jobs list after running FanFicFare and it produces a download and a convert action. I think that if it could be checked that these two actions are executed, then it could trigger the chain execution.

I am trying to use capink's post on the module editor:


Where can I find the events "book downloaded" and "book converted"?

There are no "book downloaded" and "book converted" events. You will have to write these yourself. Events in Action Chains are based on pyqt signals, so unless FanFicFare plugin provides signals for these events (I don't think it does), you cannot write your event.

Originally Posted by Hortensia

And should both events simply be listed one after the other instead of

return self.gui.search.changed

or is something need to say "and"?

you should return only one signal per event. If you want the same event to be triggered in response to more than one signal, you have to create your own signal that is triggered by all the other signals, and return that signal in the get_event_signal() method.

[ownedbycats]

Quick question: Making a quick keyboard-shortcut chain to show a saved search (using a selection modifier) and sort by a certain column (Calibre action for sort by). But if I run it more than once it errors:

Menu entry: Last Read (plugin_name: Sort By) cannot be found

I'm not sure why this happens. Would this be better served by a module?

(I considered View Manager, but there's no option to just apply the sort and leave the columns alone.)

EDIT: This might be because the sort action changes to "Sort By > ColumnName [reverse current sort]" after you run it once. Seeing as I'd prefer to always have it sort descending, would this still be better with a module?

[Hortensia]

Thanks capink for your previous answer.

I have a chain relying on the Chain caller which does the following:

1. Select all my books
2. Call a chain to clean my library from the books I already read
3. Call a chain to prepare the new books to be sent to the Kindle
4. Call a chain to send the books to the Kindle
5. Call a chain to eject the device

The chain caller does not wait for the action 2 to be completed before starting action 3, nor does it wait for action 4 to be completed before starting action 5. However, it always wait for action 3 to be completed before starting action 4.

Does anyone know why this might be?

As a workaround, I added "Confirm" actions between the problematic actions to "manually wait". In the first case, I wait for the progress bar of action 2 to be completed (Action Chains progress bar) and in the second case, I wait for the Calibre Jobs to be completed.

[capink]

• In chain no. (2): Go to the action that removes books, and tick the option: "Wait until any progress bar shown by action finishes".
• In chain no. (4): Go to the action that sends books, and tick the option: "Wait until any jobs started by selected action finishes".

[Hortensia]

Thank you!

It solves the problem for the chain no. (2) but not for the no. (4). I will leave my confirmation check then.

EDIT: When sending books to the device (chain no. 4), the option "Wait until any jobs started by selected action finishes" does wait for the books to be sent to the device but not for the subsequent action of "Sending metadata to device".

[ownedbycats]

Question: Can Selection Modifier be used to re-do the currently existing search, regardless of what it is? Mostly to remove now-invalid entries from the search after changing metadata - resorting doesn't do this.

[capink]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Question: Can Selection Modifier be used to re-do the currently existing search, regardless of what it is? Mostly to remove now-invalid entries from the search after changing metadata - resorting doesn't do this.

from calibre_plugins.action_chains.actions.base import ChainAction

class RefreshSearch(ChainAction):

    name = 'Refresh Current Search'

    def run(self, gui, settings, chain):
        gui.search.do_search()

[ownedbycats]

Thank you.

[wiso]

Impressive plugin, it has been very useful to me

[capink]

Originally Posted by wiso

Impressive plugin, it has been very useful to me

Thanks. Glad it helped you.