05-08-2010, 01:41 AM | #1 |
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Modifying column display
I'm on my 2nd day with Calibre, and am really impressed with all the thought put into it (not to mention the hard work by everyone involved)
Is it possible to modify how Calibre displays the series column? I'm partial to "Series Name 01" instead of "Series Name [1]". I'm also wondering if the Published column can be adjusted to just display the year. Thanks! |
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You can also change the template on the save to disk option or send to device. The following template would create... {author_sort}/{series}/{series_index:0>2s}-{title} /Author_directory/Series_directory/book_file /Last Name, First Name/Series/01-title.epub /Last Name, First Name/Series/02-title.epub /Last Name, First Name/Series/03-title.epub The extension would be whatever book format you use. Also changing the number from 0>2s to 0>3s will get you 2 preceding zeros. This might be needed for series that go over 100 books. The only problem is if you have a 01.5 Calibre doesn't allow for extra zeroes to the right of the decimal point on save. In those situations manual editing might be needed. Again the Calibre Library sorts fine on large collections, including decimal places. Quote:
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I was just hoping there was some way to get rid of the brackets [] is the Series column. Quote:
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A 'tweak' has been added to the beta to control the format of the publication date field. Once the change has been incorporated, you can control the format by editing the file tweaks.py. The folder containing the file can be opened by going to preferences/advanced and clicking 'open calibre configuration directory'.
Documentation is in {Calibre install directory}/resources.default_tweaks.py What it says: Code:
# Format to be used for publication date # A string controlling how the publication date is displayed in the GUI # d the day as number without a leading zero (1 to 31) # dd the day as number with a leading zero (01 to 31) # ddd the abbreviated localized day name (e.g. 'Mon' to 'Sun'). # dddd the long localized day name (e.g. 'Monday' to 'Qt::Sunday'). # M the month as number without a leading zero (1-12) # MM the month as number with a leading zero (01-12) # MMM the abbreviated localized month name (e.g. 'Jan' to 'Dec'). # MMMM the long localized month name (e.g. 'January' to 'December'). # yy the year as two digit number (00-99) # yyyy the year as four digit number # For example, given the date of 9 Jan 2010, the following formats show # MMM yyyy ==> Jan 2010 yyyy ==> 2010 dd MMM yyyy ==> 09 Jan 2010 # MM/yyyy ==> 01/2010 d/M/yy ==> 9/1/10 yy ==> 10 # default if not set: MMM yyyy gui_pubdate_display_format = 'MMM yyyy' |
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I'm jumping on the latest beta now to try the new 'tweak'. By any chance, is there an existing way to have a column show the book format? |
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I see that you have a jetbook. Could you try the new 'Book On Device' feature? I had to change the Jetbook driver, but I have no way to test it. Test it by plugging in the device. Even better would be to re-copy the books so that the id is added to the name.
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Out of curiosity, what would you do with such a column? And how should it behave if a book has multiple formats? |
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OK, Calibre's back and running. I connected the Jetbook, and after 4 min, 18 sec, it finished getting the list of 373 books from the device. Actually, it failed a few times until I increased the Sleep option of the Jetbook from 3 minutes to 10 minutes. The entire time it was reading the list of books on the Jetbook, the progress indicator in the Jobs window was constantly running from 0 to 100 percent, over and over.
Both the books in internal memory, as well as the books on the SD card listed correctly; some showing in the Library column, others (the ones that came with the Jetbook) not. I sent a "new" book to the Jetbook and allowed Calibre to automatically convert it to epub format, and the Library field listed it correctly. Unfortunately, the Jetbook didn't like the epub file at all. I then used "Save To Disk" to dump the book in epub format to the SD card directly, which the Jetbook had no problems viewing. The original file was a LIT; the single file created during the first transfer came out in the format "author name#title_of_book.epub(170)" The "save-to-disk" option created "Author Name - Series Series Index - Title" .epub, .jpg, and .opf files. (I changed the output naming scheme in the preferences) If there's anything else you'd like me to try, please let me know. Is there a way to import the books that came with the Jetbook to the Library? (Short of "saving-to-disk", then re-importing them?) Thanks! Last edited by ccayer; 05-11-2010 at 12:55 AM. |
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The easiest way is import them directly from the 'drive' for the jetbook. Thank you again for taking the time to help! |
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