Starting Edit Book Plugin. Need idea

[ulotrix]

Hi everyone.

I want to develop edit book plugin to Calibre. I know Python as well and I read calibre plugin developing page and plugin API page.

This is my plugin idea: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=631

And I want to make this.


I have some epub and their clippings.txt files.

1) In edit book I will upload the clippings.txt own epub
2) I will pick highlighted word and their location information from clippings.txt
3) I will change those words background or change to bold those word in book edit section.

So I have some question.
1) Is there any chance to find location with built-in Calibre API function?
2) If no how can I find those words? (Regex or built-in find/replace function)
3) Is possible to chance words background or something like this?

Any other idea is appriciated.

[kovidgoyal]

There is no builtin calibre function for decoding a clippings.txt file. Not to mention that a clippings.txt file's location will be with reference to a MOBI file not an EPUB. You will need to use search and replace.

[ulotrix]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

There is no builtin calibre function for decoding a clippings.txt file. Not to mention that a clippings.txt file's location will be with reference to a MOBI file not an EPUB. You will need to use search and replace.

Thank you for quick response. Yes, you are right. Not epub. It was mobi.

I can decode clippings.txt not problem but how can I find and replace? With Regex or builtin Python functions? Which one is the best way to do?

[kovidgoyal]

Not sure what you're asking, regex is a builtin python function.