[GUI Plugin] Kobo Utilities - Page 73

Jade Aislin · 04-02-2016, 02:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

No it is not possible. The related books displayed in the detail view come from the database. When you press "View all", the device tries to get the list from the Kobo store. And this will only work for books bought from Kobo.

Yes and no. At the moment, the related books is set purely based on info on the device. Only the author and series makes sense for doing this. It would be possible to do this based on the calibre library. Or multiple columns. But, I can't say I'm interested in extending this. Part of it is that I'm not sure what extra combinations of metadata makes sense. The other problem is that when I added this function, the firmware listed about 10 books at a time for the related books. And it might have scrolled the list. But now there are only four books shown and no way to see more for sideloaded books. I think you are a lot better to create collections that hold the related books.

Ah well. I was hoping to cut down on collections. I loaded a bunch of stories to test how well my kobo did with a lot of stories. I usually search for stories based on fandom, character, pairings, series, and genre. Even when I cut out the tags I'm not interested in, like a character I don't like, there was nearly 400 collections. That's why I'd prefer something that created nested tags, so that I am not sorting through 400+ collections.

Quote:

That's an error in the code that I will fix. The workaround is to start the tempate with one of "jacket:", "template:" or "plugboard:" (not quotes but the colon is important). The difference is in what can be use in the template.

The alternative is to use a "plugboard" or "template". These use the same template code as for metadata plugboards and custom columns. And this is the style you are using above.

I'm still confused as to why I'm getting the error. My code page starts with "template:". I literally took your code pasted it onto the page and then input my own custom columns. Would using "plugboard" be better? What is the difference between "plugboard" and "template"?

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No, it isn't possible. Bot tabs are built by the firmware reading from columns in the internal database. The firmware decides which goes were. All I can do is add extra information that can be displayed in one of these places. And the only practical place to put this is in the comments/synopsis.

Ok. At least there is plenty of space on the synopsis page. The information on the details page is useless to me (at least for my downloaded fanfiction) which is why I was interested in putting more information there.

Syana344 · 04-03-2016, 11:42 AM

Hi Davidfor

First of all, thanks a lot for you work and your big effort. I just wanted to give you a feedback. I installed the second beta version (from 01.04) with the template format, and it works really perfectly for me (Calibre last version + Kobo GloHD).
I even managed a "personal font" and all the customized columns I have in Calibre.

Thank you soooooo much
Have a nice Sunday

anacreon · 04-04-2016, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jade Aislin

I've been trying to use this plugin and have a few questions. First, I like that can create a related books list based on author or series. However, I can only see four books. Many of the authors have more than that. When I hit the view all button, my kobo tries to connect to wifi. Is there a way to see all the related books that are on my kobo? Also can I have related books by more than one thing (ie author, series, other columns I have)?

Perhaps it is related to the kobo F/W you use? I reverted to 3.15.0 once I realized it was the last one enabling me to access French dictionaries comfortably. It still has in-book reading statistics, which I appreciate.

As regards related books, I always set first Authors, and second Series, which gives me in an instance 3 pages (20 books), that is all books by that author when called from a non-series book, only the books in the specific serie when called from a series book - hope I'm understandable.

I always run the latest version of Calibre and the plugins: many thanks to davidfor who improves reading on kobos so much.

chiara.sc · 04-06-2016, 05:23 AM

Hi !
I used since time the Kobo Uilities Plugin and I created the Perc Read column to update the calibre reading status with my Kobo AUra HD. Then since I had a too heavy library I divided it by kind of books different libraries, by creating the new libraries using the model of the existing. Now when I connect to Kobo and get the new reading status it appears the popup indicating it but it does not write in the proper column the new value.

Any Help?
Thank you
Chiara

davidfor · 04-06-2016, 06:34 AM

The plugins configuration for the custom columns is library dependent. Have you done this for the new library?

Otherwise, I would need a debug log to look at. Restart calibre in debug mode, connect the device and let the jobs run. When finished, close calibre and it will display the log. Post all of it.

DNSB · 04-07-2016, 01:30 AM

I recently started getting an error message when I remove a ebook from my Kobo, copy an edited version to the Kobo, let it process the new ebook and then attempt to use KoboUtilities to update the series data.

Not sure if it something I've managed to screw up or if it is caused by a Calibre update or ????.

If I do an update cached metadata before running KoboUtilities, I don't get the error message.

Code:

calibre, version 2.54.0
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>AttributeError</b>:Metadata object has no attribute named: 'series_index_string'

calibre 2.54 [64bit]  embedded-python: True is64bit: True
Windows-8-6.2.9200 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', '8', '6.2.9200')
Python 2.7.9
Windows: ('8', '6.2.9200', '', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Successfully initialized third party plugins: Barnes & Noble && Kobo Utilities && Fantastic Fiction && Goodreads && SmartEject && Extract ISBN && Webscription && Obok DeDRM && FictionDB && Quality Check && Open With && Find Duplicates && Modify ePub
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "calibre_plugins.koboutilities.action", line 863, in update_metadata
  File "calibre_plugins.koboutilities.action", line 3630, in _update_metadata
  File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\metadata\book\base.py", line 149, in __getattribute__
AttributeError: Metadata object has no attribute named: 'series_index_string'

davidfor · 04-07-2016, 03:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

I recently started getting an error message when I remove a ebook from my Kobo, copy an edited version to the Kobo, let it process the new ebook and then attempt to use KoboUtilities to update the series data.

Not sure if it something I've managed to screw up or if it is caused by a Calibre update or ????.

If I do an update cached metadata before running KoboUtilities, I don't get the error message.

Code:

calibre, version 2.54.0
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>AttributeError</b>:Metadata object has no attribute named: 'series_index_string'

calibre 2.54 [64bit]  embedded-python: True is64bit: True
Windows-8-6.2.9200 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', '8', '6.2.9200')
Python 2.7.9
Windows: ('8', '6.2.9200', '', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Successfully initialized third party plugins: Barnes & Noble && Kobo Utilities && Fantastic Fiction && Goodreads && SmartEject && Extract ISBN && Webscription && Obok DeDRM && FictionDB && Quality Check && Open With && Find Duplicates && Modify ePub
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "calibre_plugins.koboutilities.action", line 863, in update_metadata
  File "calibre_plugins.koboutilities.action", line 3630, in _update_metadata
  File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\metadata\book\base.py", line 149, in __getattribute__
AttributeError: Metadata object has no attribute named: 'series_index_string'

OK, I think I can see what is happening. I rearranged some code for these beta's and I missed a code path. I'm a bit surprised that no-one has seen it before, so it might have been "activated" by a calibre change. But, no matter what, it's unsafe code in the plugin. I'll fix it tonight.

DNSB · 04-07-2016, 10:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

OK, I think I can see what is happening. I rearranged some code for these beta's and I missed a code path. I'm a bit surprised that no-one has seen it before, so it might have been "activated" by a calibre change. But, no matter what, it's unsafe code in the plugin. I'll fix it tonight.

Thanks!

oren64 · 04-08-2016, 09:21 AM

Hi David,

I have a problem with KoboUtilities-beta when I use "Change Reading Status in device library" to mark books as finished, in KoboUtilities it's works okay.

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Code:

calibre, version 2.40.0
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>AttributeError</b>:'KoboUtilitiesAction' object has no attribute 'pb'

calibre 2.40  isfrozen: True is64bit: False
Windows-7-6.1.7601-SP1 Windows ('32bit', 'WindowsPE')
32bit process running on 64bit windows
('Windows', '7', '6.1.7601')
Python 2.7.9
Windows: ('7', '6.1.7601', 'SP1', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Successfully initialized third party plugins: Kobo Utilities && KoboTouchExtended
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "calibre_plugins.koboutilities.action", line 1315, in change_reading_status
  File "calibre_plugins.koboutilities.action", line 3433, in _update_metadata
AttributeError: 'KoboUtilitiesAction' object has no attribute 'pb'

davidfor · 04-08-2016, 11:05 AM

OK. That's a function I rarely use and apparently I haven't tested for a while. Anyway, your timing is good as I'm in the midst of cleaning up for a release over the weekend. I've fixed it, plus the next error that would have happened.

davidfor · 04-09-2016, 02:43 AM

I have just released version 2.2.0, something I should have done a long time ago. There are a lot of changes in this:

New: Option to show Goodreads Sync "Update reading progress" dialog
Update: After storing book status, select them in the library view
New: Metadata uppdate - Update comments using a "jacket" or plugboard style template.
New: Metadata uppdate - Option to update downloaded kepubs as well sideloaded books.
New: Metadata uppdate - Option to set or clear the subtitle on the device.
Update: Display progress dialog when getting book list for updating metadata.
New: Submenu for driver configuration
New: Menu option to swap between main and extended driver.
New: Menu option to open driver configuration. If a device is connected, will open its configuration. Otherwise, it opens whichever is enable of the main and extended drivers.
New: Display device name, firmware version and the driver name in tooltip of button.

The one thing I haven't done is to update the help. I'll do that sometime.

For the comments/synopsis updates as part of the metadata updating, I decided to allow both the "jacket" and "plugboard" styles. I personally prefer the plugboard style, but this give a choice. Until I write up the help for this properly, the beta posts https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...41#post3222341, https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...53#post3234653 and surrounding posts will have to do.

As well as this change for the Update Metadata, I have also added an option for the subtitle. This can either clear the current value, or set it to a value from a custom column. If the selected column is tag-like column, the tags will be added as a comma separated list. I have considered allowing other types of columns, but I'm not sure.

As usual, calibre will start announcing the updated plugin in the next hour or so. Or, you can download it from the first post of the thread. And if you see any problems, please report them here.

DNSB · 04-09-2016, 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

OK, I think I can see what is happening. I rearranged some code for these beta's and I missed a code path. I'm a bit surprised that no-one has seen it before, so it might have been "activated" by a calibre change. But, no matter what, it's unsafe code in the plugin. I'll fix it tonight.

V2.2.0 seems to be working fine so far.

compurandom · 04-11-2016, 08:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

As well as this change for the Update Metadata, I have also added an option for the subtitle. This can either clear the current value, or set it to a value from a custom column. If the selected column is tag-like column, the tags will be added as a comma separated list. I have considered allowing other types of columns, but I'm not sure.

Does it have to be a custom column? Why not any column?
For instance, I'd like to try the (not custom) tags column.

This option only offers me one column currently, and it isn't one I particularly care about.

As to other types to allow, how about "column built from other columns" type...
I'm also thinking word count (float) might be an interesting subtitle.

compurandom · 04-11-2016, 08:46 AM

By the way, I can see I'm really going to enjoy using the information I can make available with the comments template. That's a nice feature and it fixes some issues I have with the kobo.

While playing with the other new features, I realized that while the kobo touch driver's configure dialog looks fine and has all the options shown with room to spare, the extended driver's dialog comes up really small and I have to scroll it to see most of the options.

compurandom · 04-11-2016, 08:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

While Kobo has been good to us and display the series info, there is still plenty of metadata they don't display. Ideally, this would be displayed by the device in the Details page of the device. But, they don't do this and it isn't likely to happen any time soon.

Don't know if you can suggest this to kobo successfully, but...

It would be really nice if kobo could add these features:

From the main screen, add view details to the long press menu so I don't have to go to a library view to get it

Similarly, from within a book, add view details to the menu.

On the view details page, add the tags list for a book, and let me click on one to jump to that category view.

At least, with your changes, I can now view the list of categories a book is in.

04-06-2016, 05:23 AM	#1084
chiara.sc Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2015 Device: kobo	Hi. I have an issue with Perc Read column . Id does not record perc value Hi ! I used since time the Kobo Uilities Plugin and I created the Perc Read column to update the calibre reading status with my Kobo AUra HD. Then since I had a too heavy library I divided it by kind of books different libraries, by creating the new libraries using the model of the existing. Now when I connect to Kobo and get the new reading status it appears the popup indicating it but it does not write in the proper column the new value. Any Help? Thank you Chiara

04-09-2016, 02:43 AM	#1091
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	Update to version 2.2.0 I have just released version 2.2.0, something I should have done a long time ago. There are a lot of changes in this: New: Option to show Goodreads Sync "Update reading progress" dialog Update: After storing book status, select them in the library view New: Metadata uppdate - Update comments using a "jacket" or plugboard style template. New: Metadata uppdate - Option to update downloaded kepubs as well sideloaded books. New: Metadata uppdate - Option to set or clear the subtitle on the device. Update: Display progress dialog when getting book list for updating metadata. New: Submenu for driver configuration New: Menu option to swap between main and extended driver. New: Menu option to open driver configuration. If a device is connected, will open its configuration. Otherwise, it opens whichever is enable of the main and extended drivers. New: Display device name, firmware version and the driver name in tooltip of button. The one thing I haven't done is to update the help. I'll do that sometime. For the comments/synopsis updates as part of the metadata updating, I decided to allow both the "jacket" and "plugboard" styles. I personally prefer the plugboard style, but this give a choice. Until I write up the help for this properly, the beta posts https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...41#post3222341, https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...53#post3234653 and surrounding posts will have to do. As well as this change for the Update Metadata, I have also added an option for the subtitle. This can either clear the current value, or set it to a value from a custom column. If the selected column is tag-like column, the tags will be added as a comma separated list. I have considered allowing other types of columns, but I'm not sure. As usual, calibre will start announcing the updated plugin in the next hour or so. Or, you can download it from the first post of the thread. And if you see any problems, please report them here.

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04-03-2016, 11:42 AM	#1082
Syana344 Member Posts: 22 Karma: 546 Join Date: Dec 2015 Device: Kobo Glo, Aura, AuraHD, H2O, GloHD, Clara	Hi Davidfor First of all, thanks a lot for you work and your big effort. I just wanted to give you a feedback. I installed the second beta version (from 01.04) with the template format, and it works really perfectly for me (Calibre last version + Kobo GloHD). I even managed a "personal font" and all the customized columns I have in Calibre. Thank you soooooo much Have a nice Sunday

04-06-2016, 06:34 AM	#1085
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	The plugins configuration for the custom columns is library dependent. Have you done this for the new library? Otherwise, I would need a debug log to look at. Restart calibre in debug mode, connect the device and let the jobs run. When finished, close calibre and it will display the log. Post all of it.

04-08-2016, 11:05 AM	#1090
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	OK. That's a function I rarely use and apparently I haven't tested for a while. Anyway, your timing is good as I'm in the midst of cleaning up for a release over the weekend. I've fixed it, plus the next error that would have happened.

04-11-2016, 08:46 AM	#1094
compurandom Guru Posts: 918 Karma: 417282 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: kobo aura h2o, kobo forma	By the way, I can see I'm really going to enjoy using the information I can make available with the comments template. That's a nice feature and it fixes some issues I have with the kobo. While playing with the other new features, I realized that while the kobo touch driver's configure dialog looks fine and has all the options shown with room to spare, the extended driver's dialog comes up really small and I have to scroll it to see most of the options.