using plugboard to customize comments

Katja_hbg · 10-11-2017, 05:27 AM

I am using plugboard to customize the title and author. Works very well for my kobo. Also changes afterwards are easy possible with kobo utility and feature update metadata.
Later I use to send specific comments i.e. some dynamic data followed by given comments. Also that works well but of course only after the books are on the reader.

So far so good.

Is there any chance for adding comments in the plugboard target field list like for title etc to avoid the initial extra work (unplug, plug, update comments)?

davidfor · 10-11-2017, 06:39 AM

This is really a question for the calibre forum. I have looked at this but don't know why comments are not one of the fields that can be changed. The only thing I can think of it that it might not work for some devices. Adding it is fairly easy, and I have done it in my development environment and it works with the Kobo devices.

But, as I said, you should be asking this in the calibre forum.

Terisa de morgan · 10-11-2017, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by davidfor

This is really a question for the calibre forum. I have looked at this but don't know why comments are not one of the fields that can be changed. The only thing I can think of it that it might not work for some devices. Adding it is fairly easy, and I have done it in my development environment and it works with the Kobo devices.

But, as I said, you should be asking this in the calibre forum.

I think that kovid answered at some moment about this, and the problem was the possibility of wrong html.

davidfor · 10-11-2017, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

I think that kovid answered at some moment about this, and the problem was the possibility of wrong html.

I don't remember seeing that, but it's reasonable. The Kobo firmware seems to have no real problems with errors in the synopsis.

I had a very quick look to see if the list of fields could be device specific, but it would need a reasonable rewrite.

Terisa de morgan · 10-11-2017, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by davidfor

I don't remember seeing that, but it's reasonable. The Kobo firmware seems to have no real problems with errors in the synopsis.

I had a very quick look to see if the list of fields could be device specific, but it would need a reasonable rewrite.

At this moment I have a "customized calibre" with that field and some modifications for catalogs.

And no, I can say for sure that Kobo has no problems with a bad-formatted html

Katja_hbg · 11-11-2018, 05:35 AM

Calibre 3.34 provide the comment Feature.

As this thread is a duplicate see more here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=291138

davidfor · 11-11-2018, 06:16 PM

Yeah, I meant to hunt down a thread about this and post it. Having a plugboard that can update the comments will reduce the need to run the Kobo Utilities plugins metadata update.

But, I am also adding a more complete metadata update to the driver. This will allow automatic update of the device database whenever you connect the device. It doesn't have as many options as the Kobo Utilities plugin, but will use the plugboard in the same way as is used when sending a book. This should be in the next calibre release.

10-11-2017, 05:27 AM	#1
Katja_hbg Groupie Posts: 167 Karma: 158116 Join Date: Oct 2015 Device: Kobo Glo HD (landscape), Kobo Aura One	using plugboard to customize comments (stopped here as new in calibre forum) I am using plugboard to customize the title and author. Works very well for my kobo. Also changes afterwards are easy possible with kobo utility and feature update metadata. Later I use to send specific comments i.e. some dynamic data followed by given comments. Also that works well but of course only after the books are on the reader. So far so good. Is there any chance for adding comments in the plugboard target field list like for title etc to avoid the initial extra work (unplug, plug, update comments)? Last edited by Katja_hbg; 10-11-2017 at 07:25 AM.

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10-11-2017, 06:39 AM	#2
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,907 Karma: 47303748 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	This is really a question for the calibre forum. I have looked at this but don't know why comments are not one of the fields that can be changed. The only thing I can think of it that it might not work for some devices. Adding it is fairly easy, and I have done it in my development environment and it works with the Kobo devices. But, as I said, you should be asking this in the calibre forum.

11-11-2018, 05:35 AM	#6
Katja_hbg Groupie Posts: 167 Karma: 158116 Join Date: Oct 2015 Device: Kobo Glo HD (landscape), Kobo Aura One	Calibre 3.34 provide the comment Feature. As this thread is a duplicate see more here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=291138

11-11-2018, 06:16 PM	#7
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,907 Karma: 47303748 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	Yeah, I meant to hunt down a thread about this and post it. Having a plugboard that can update the comments will reduce the need to run the Kobo Utilities plugins metadata update. But, I am also adding a more complete metadata update to the driver. This will allow automatic update of the device database whenever you connect the device. It doesn't have as many options as the Kobo Utilities plugin, but will use the plugboard in the same way as is used when sending a book. This should be in the next calibre release.