05-18-2015, 03:47 PM | #1 |
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How can you open a book in Calibre by a link?
I am trying to create links to Pandoc, similarly as you can open Spotify with a specific song by `spotify:[song-id]` but with Calibre like
`calibre:[doi/isbn].p=[page].c=[chapter]` The ultimate goal is to have links which contains the specific locations in a book such that the link directs you also to the appropriate location. You can assume that the filetype of all books is CHM. Please, comment if this is not the optimal selection for the opening of a book in a particular page. I am open to consider other formats supported by Calibre. At this point, I am evaluating how this could be possible. My thread about automating note presentation about tables in this thread here where you see that I try to use LaTeX's Pandoc tables to include Files in filesystem and Books in Calibre. The motivation for this project comes from the fact that I am often given 5-10 books to read at specific pages; and repeat that some weeks - sometimes all of the sudden. How can you open a book by a link etc in PDF in Calibre? How can you open a specific page/section in a book by a link in Calibre? |
05-18-2015, 04:57 PM | #2 |
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calibre does I believe use some url scheme internally, but it isn't exported to the OS. At least in theory that feature could be added; I don't know how much interest Kovid Goyal has in doing so, I guess we will see when he responds.
I don't know that it's possible (currently) to open at a specified location. For one thing, ebooks have no page numbers, so what reference scheme do you use instead? P.S. The Development subforum is not meant for feature requests or asking how to use features -- it is for discussion about how to code for calibre, e.g. someone wants to implement a feature. Last edited by eschwartz; 05-18-2015 at 05:01 PM. |
05-18-2015, 05:47 PM | #3 |
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Moderator Notice Masi - I moved this to main forum. If you indicate that you are prepared to develop the external link feature, then it can be moved back to the Development subforum FWIW - I link Author Notes I keep in Evernote to calibre server Authors pages via commands such as this Code:
chrome.exe http://my-computer:8083/browse/matches/authors/187 Code:
http://my-computer:8083/browse/book/1179 BR Last edited by BetterRed; 05-18-2015 at 05:56 PM. |
05-18-2015, 11:16 PM | #4 |
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I have no idea what you are asking for. Open a book by a link from where? If you mean over the internet, then you can do so using the calibre server, which generates specific URLs for every book.
As for opening at a specific location, you will need to wait for the content server to support in browser reading, which is on my todo list. But it will never by by chapter/page. It will be by CFI. |
05-18-2015, 11:28 PM | #5 |
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Speaking of which, Kovid, I noticed a few interesting commits in the past ~days. Looks like preliminary work for the long-awaited Content Server rewrite.
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05-18-2015, 11:31 PM | #6 |
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Indeed, I am now working on that, it's going to be a long road though. And there is likely going to be a hiatus in calibre releases while I focus on it, since this is not the sort of thing that can be done in a week
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05-18-2015, 11:38 PM | #7 |
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True enough. We can wait.
There is after all a very worthwhile thing to wait for. |
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