03-17-2011, 02:38 PM | #1 |
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[GUI Plugin] Plugin Updater **Deprecated**
As of Calibre 0.8.6 this plugin has now been directly integrated into Calibre and the version on this thread is now deprecated. The zip file will be kept below for users with earlier Calibre versions for a short period of time, however there will be no ongoing support for issues that may arise or a guarantee for how long it may continue to work.
This plugin offers a GUI to make it easier for Calibre users to download and install new plugins or updates for any of the user-developed plugins that are found within this subforum. One to rule them all, so to speak... Currently all end-user developed plugins are found as zip files attached to forum threads like this one. A sticky index thread summarises all the plugins available, their latest versions and links to the threads. As plugin developers we update the zip file attached to the first post when we issue a new version, and ensure the index thread is updated by notifying either myself or Kovid. This plugin removes the need for users to continually visit this subforum just to find plugin updates with the manual download and install steps required. Instead a GUI dialog displays visually for you the current state of the plugins you have installed, with a simple button click to download an update or a new plugin and install it for you. Main Features of v1.2.5:
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Last edited by kiwidude; 06-17-2011 at 04:53 PM. Reason: Note about deprecation |
03-17-2011, 03:01 PM | #2 |
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This looks great!
Did a quick test - installation and un-installation of plugins and it worked perfectly. |
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03-17-2011, 03:15 PM | #3 |
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Excellent, thanks meme for jumping on it so quickly. I figured as a fellow plugin developer you would be keen for any way to make it easier for users to keep updated. It can be a bit frustrating to know that a significant % of our users are either battling with long-since fixed bugs or missing out on loads of new features just because of the faffing or fear involved of installing/updating.
I've added a few notes to the plugins sticky index page too about how it needs to be updated. |
03-17-2011, 03:19 PM | #4 |
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This is fantastic.
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03-17-2011, 03:51 PM | #5 |
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You guys are TERRIFIC!!!!!!!!!! This just keep getting better and better. I love this site, specifically all the very hard work done by all the people who continue to make Calibre the best thing out there.
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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03-17-2011, 04:04 PM | #6 |
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Very nice. Thanks.
I'm just starting to use Calibre plugins and this will be helpful. |
03-17-2011, 04:56 PM | #7 |
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Very useful, I found one plugin that needed updating and added 2 more.
I installed on the tool bar and one thing I noticed that when you press the Close button it does not leave the Icon on the tool bar, it does reappear next time Calibre is started. I am running on Windows 7 64 bit |
03-17-2011, 05:25 PM | #8 |
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Restarting Calibre is mandatory after installing any of the GUI plugins, be it a new one or updating an existing one. So long as everything works and appears as it should after that restart that is the important thing.
If that is not the case then if you can give me some step by step details of what you did to replicate it I can take a look. |
03-17-2011, 06:11 PM | #9 |
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Oooh, very nice.
I even found that a few of the plugins I had were out of date. Thanks a lot for this. |
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Is there some way of knowing if plugin updates are available without you having to press the Icon? |
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03-18-2011, 10:23 AM | #11 |
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Thanks so much for this. Found a couple of updates I had missed.
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03-18-2011, 11:28 AM | #13 |
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@kiwidude,
The current and only version of my GUI plugin, "Copy book cover...", is v1.1.1. In your new Plugin Update plugin, it is displaying as Installed: 1.1.1 Available: 1.1.0 These two numbers should be the same. How do I get this done? |
03-18-2011, 11:38 AM | #14 |
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@jackie_w. I have just updated the index thread to make it 1.1.1. When I first put it on there I couldn't see any version numbers in your post so I just took the value from the filename rather than looking inside the code.
In future, just drop a PM to either myself or Kovid to update the sticky index - if you take a look at it now you will see the instructions I posted in there yesterday. |
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