10-11-2013, 09:35 PM | #31 | |
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When one is dealing with text books and academic texts, long titles and names are more prevalent than in popular fiction, biographies and such, hence one needs/wants to pay closer attention to detail. I always open the book folder after I add a new book, or change title. If I change an author name I open all their book folders - it that circumstance it would be handy to hover on the format to 'eyeball' check the format file name. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 10-11-2013 at 09:45 PM. |
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10-12-2013, 12:15 AM | #32 |
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So exactly which OS can handle long names for folders but not long names for filesystems?
And why isn't' this extra compatibility an option for those who need it and why do the rest of us have to suffer because some small percentage of Calibre users might be users of it? I'm genuinely curious because grep-ing the Calibre folder is super-useful since Calibre's search is so lacking. |
10-12-2013, 12:33 AM | #33 |
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@MelBr: Sigh^2
Windows and this restriction is only imposed by calibre on windows. And there is absolutely no information you can get from grepping the filesystem (as opposed to file contents) that you cannot get from doing a search in calibre. If you believe otherwise, you are sadly, and not surprisingly, ill-informed. However, given your attitude, I have zero interest in educating you. @BR: A good idea, will be in the next release. I am done with this thread. Last edited by kovidgoyal; 10-12-2013 at 12:37 AM. |
10-12-2013, 07:01 PM | #34 | |
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Generate random ID's for foldernames and filenames. iTunes does this. (Or at least, did the last time I used it.) Maybe that will dissuade people from messing with Calibre's folder. The windows limit of 256 characters for a path+filename are because of the need of compatibility with very old software. Windows has a very good backward compatibility, but it comes with quirks such as this. |
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09-23-2018, 12:50 AM | #35 |
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Okay. This is my first post ever on this forum. First of all I'm really grateful to Mr. Kovid for developing this amazing freeware that helps greately in converting ebook files to different formats and also serves as an awesome reader for such files.
I'm running windows 10- 64 bit. I'm using Calibre version 3.31. I'm still facing the issue of truncated file names. I convert MS Word .docx files and pdf files to epub and I'm facing this issue of output epub file names getting truncated. What should I do to solve this issue? I transfer epub files to my smartphone for reading while commuting in buses and trains. |
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You can't do anything except the already given tips. It can't be change as long as Microsoft not change the limitation within the OS and file system.
For Windows 10 there is a way to use longer constructs but they are also not common, in other words - not applicable for calibre. Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/win...a-file#maxpath |
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11-03-2018, 03:22 AM | #38 | |
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11-03-2018, 06:54 AM | #39 |
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You write a script with a loop. For instance to convert all files in a folder. Or all files with docx type.
I don't use windows, so I cant give details. But try to search for "powershell loop". Also please note that if you do the conversion in the calibre GUI and embed metadata in the epubs with unhelpful filenames, you can use most e-reader software to search/browse the books on your phone based on the metadata. I believe it is possible, using a plugin, to even add the original filename to the metadata. Last edited by Adoby; 11-03-2018 at 06:59 AM. |
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