09-23-2018, 10:26 AM | #1 |
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As I'm moving from reading on an e-ink device to my phone, I've just installed Calibre Companion. Everything seems to be working fine, except plugboards. In my book title, I wish to have the number of pages displayed, so I use the following plugboard: Code:
{title}{#pages:| (|)} It works for my old Kindle KPW (AZW3/Any Device), and KA1 (epub/Any device). I expected it to work for Android/CC as well, because I selected "any device." I've also tried epub/ANDROID, I alsotried the field "title" and "title_sort", but still no go: Calibre Companion keeps displaying only the title. How can I get Calibre Companion to display the number of pages in the title? Thanks |
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Another option is to display your #pages values in the CC list view using CC Settings - Customize the book list - Extra information on the book list. Plus, there's the option to show any columns you like in the Book Details. |
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09-23-2018, 01:26 PM | #3 |
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I've tested this plugboard which I was using for my KA1:
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{series:|| }{series_index:0>2s|| - }{title}{#pages:| (|)} For Calibre Companion it doesn't work, so I think Calibre sends the original metadata directly to Calibre Companion. It doesn't matter though; I have found the options to adjust the book list in Calibre Companion. The "Pages" line in the details view shows {0; though. I haven't found an option to select a field for this line. I do have a #pages column, so maybe it's conflicting? |
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To display the contents of #pages in Book Details you just need to open any book's details page, then select 'Choose items to display' from the 3-dots menu and make sure you check & position the Pages item (or whatever the #pages label is). If there is no #pages number displayed perhaps you need to close CC then re-open it and reconnect to calibre to get the metadata updated. It's so long since I did my CC initial setup & config I'm a bit hazy on some of the original details. |
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CC ignores plugboards, just as it ignores metadata inside books. Neither make sense in a CC context.
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Thanks, that's clear enough when CC gets its metadata from calibre (either pulling it from there, of having it sent). What about this, from the previous post?
"When I select Pages (#pages) for display in the book list, the actual number that is in that field will be displayed. If I select Pages (the #pages column again) in the book details, the displayed value is {0;" |
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What is the exact column definition in calibre for #pages? |
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I just removed the number formatting, and the display in calibre didn't change. In the details screen, the #pages column now works as well. (I still wonder why it worked in the book list, though.) Thanks for the help. Last edited by Katsunami; 09-25-2018 at 04:37 PM. |
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