Oh for goodness sake.

jamiepullman · 10-06-2008, 06:27 AM

Calibre is great, and I love the news feeds thing. My only problem is, that I can't work out for love nor money, how to do one for The Guardian's news, sport and comment sections.
Does anyone have one they've already made?
Cheers, Jamie.

Seabound · 10-07-2008, 08:24 PM

Here you go:

Quote:

class Guardian(BasicNewsRecipe):

title = u'The Guardian'
oldest_article = 7
max_articles_per_feed = 100

timefmt = ' [%a, %d %b %Y]'

remove_tags_before = dict(id='main-article-info')
remove_tags_after = dict(id='article-wrapper')
remove_tags_after = dict(id='content')
no_stylesheets = True
extra_css = 'h2 {font-size: medium;} \n h1 {text-align: left;}'

feeds = [

('Front Page', 'http://www.guardian.co.uk/rss'),
('Sport', 'http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/rss'),
('Comment','http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/rss')
]

You can add or delete sections by adding or deleting rss feeds. Go to the Guardian web site to get the rss feed addresses. As usual, it is best to upload the news file to the Sony Reader using the Sony eBook Library software, especially since the Guardian tends to have many photos, and the files are therefore big.

kovidgoyal · 10-07-2008, 08:48 PM

Thanks, I've added the recipe to Calibre.

Seabound · 10-07-2008, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Thanks, I've added the recipe to Calibre.

Thanks, Kovid!

jamiepullman · 10-08-2008, 02:19 AM

You sir, are a scholar and a gentleman.
Jamie.

kesey · 10-08-2008, 08:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamiepullman

You sir, are a scholar and a gentleman.
Jamie.

"And a good judge of whiskey!":-)

mikeywilliams25 · 10-08-2008, 08:58 AM

I modified the script to load the technology pages and calibre created an epub.
Most of it reads fine on teh reader, but some of the links towards the end of the technology TOC cause the reader to format and then reboot. This happens whether i transfer directly from calibre or using the book library.

The epub also crashes in the book library preview but not in the AdobeDE reader - but the pages which would have the offending links on them are clearly in error as everything including the item descriptions are shown in blue as links. Could be a Guardian messup or a bug in calibre (surely not).

kovidgoyal · 10-08-2008, 01:22 PM

Post your modified recipe.

mikeywilliams25 · 10-08-2008, 02:19 PM

class Guardian(BasicNewsRecipe):

title = u'The Guardian'
oldest_article = 7
max_articles_per_feed = 100

timefmt = ' [%a, %d %b %Y]'

remove_tags_before = dict(id='main-article-info')
remove_tags_after = dict(id='article-wrapper')
remove_tags_after = dict(id='content')
no_stylesheets = True
extra_css = 'h2 {font-size: medium;} \n h1 {text-align: left;}'

feeds = [

('Front Page', 'http://www.guardian.co.uk/rss'),
('Comment','http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/rss'),
('Media', 'http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/rss'),
('Technology', 'http://www.guardianfeeds.co.uk/technology/rss')

]

The epub creation has problems with the last of the technology links and also some in the Media section.
The LRF version has no such problems (but the epub has better picture handling)

kovidgoyal · 10-08-2008, 03:04 PM

Hmm the guardian servers are apparently down.

mikeywilliams25 · 10-09-2008, 07:38 AM

thursday morning the servers were working OK.
The LRF is fine but the epub again has problems with some of the links causing a reboot. The epub version is also slower responding to links whereas the lrf has only the usual inter page delay.
I do like the epub layout though, more elegant layout than the lrf.

Another comment - when the reader was plugged in downloading the news went straight to the reader, but even the lrf would then crash after lengthy formatting. I had to reload the news without the reader plugged in so that I could use the eBook library to do the moving. No point in having calibre transferring to the reader if the reader cannot cope with the formatting. No doubt we need a new version of AdobeDe to cope with formatting better.
Thanks again Kovid for all your work.

kovidgoyal · 10-09-2008, 02:26 PM

I have informed Peter Sorotkin (from Adobe) about the crashing bugs with EPUB files, so hopefully, they will be able to fix them and SONY will release a firmware update soon.

EPUB is slower responding to links because it doesn't pre-render all the content, so at each link it has to render the section the link points to.

10-06-2008, 06:27 AM	#1
jamiepullman Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Sony Reader	Oh for goodness sake. Calibre is great, and I love the news feeds thing. My only problem is, that I can't work out for love nor money, how to do one for The Guardian's news, sport and comment sections. Does anyone have one they've already made? Cheers, Jamie.

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10-07-2008, 08:48 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,844 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Thanks, I've added the recipe to Calibre.

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10-08-2008, 08:58 AM	#7
mikeywilliams25 Enthusiast Posts: 48 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: London Device: Kobo GloHD and Aura h2O	I modified the script to load the technology pages and calibre created an epub. Most of it reads fine on teh reader, but some of the links towards the end of the technology TOC cause the reader to format and then reboot. This happens whether i transfer directly from calibre or using the book library. The epub also crashes in the book library preview but not in the AdobeDE reader - but the pages which would have the offending links on them are clearly in error as everything including the item descriptions are shown in blue as links. Could be a Guardian messup or a bug in calibre (surely not).

10-08-2008, 01:22 PM	#8
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,844 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Post your modified recipe.

10-08-2008, 02:19 PM	#9
mikeywilliams25 Enthusiast Posts: 48 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: London Device: Kobo GloHD and Aura h2O	class Guardian(BasicNewsRecipe): title = u'The Guardian' oldest_article = 7 max_articles_per_feed = 100 timefmt = ' [%a, %d %b %Y]' remove_tags_before = dict(id='main-article-info') remove_tags_after = dict(id='article-wrapper') remove_tags_after = dict(id='content') no_stylesheets = True extra_css = 'h2 {font-size: medium;} \n h1 {text-align: left;}' feeds = [ ('Front Page', 'http://www.guardian.co.uk/rss'), ('Comment','http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/rss'), ('Media', 'http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/rss'), ('Technology', 'http://www.guardianfeeds.co.uk/technology/rss') ] The epub creation has problems with the last of the technology links and also some in the Media section. The LRF version has no such problems (but the epub has better picture handling)

10-08-2008, 03:04 PM	#10
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,844 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Hmm the guardian servers are apparently down.

10-09-2008, 07:38 AM	#11
mikeywilliams25 Enthusiast Posts: 48 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: London Device: Kobo GloHD and Aura h2O	thursday morning the servers were working OK. The LRF is fine but the epub again has problems with some of the links causing a reboot. The epub version is also slower responding to links whereas the lrf has only the usual inter page delay. I do like the epub layout though, more elegant layout than the lrf. Another comment - when the reader was plugged in downloading the news went straight to the reader, but even the lrf would then crash after lengthy formatting. I had to reload the news without the reader plugged in so that I could use the eBook library to do the moving. No point in having calibre transferring to the reader if the reader cannot cope with the formatting. No doubt we need a new version of AdobeDe to cope with formatting better. Thanks again Kovid for all your work.

10-09-2008, 02:26 PM	#12
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,844 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I have informed Peter Sorotkin (from Adobe) about the crashing bugs with EPUB files, so hopefully, they will be able to fix them and SONY will release a firmware update soon. EPUB is slower responding to links because it doesn't pre-render all the content, so at each link it has to render the section the link points to.

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