Keeping annotations/bookmarks in file -- save upon command/close instead of at once?

graatch · 06-21-2021, 02:19 PM

If it were possible to write changes to the file at a select time, this would get around some of the locked-file problems I seem to encounter from annotating, which usually results in any recent annotations, bookmarks, and highlights being wiped out. Might it be possible to have this as an option? Something like a save hotkey to write the changes, perhaps.

kovidgoyal · 06-21-2021, 10:29 PM

They are written automatically at viewer close. What locked file problems?

graatch · 07-04-2021, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

They are written automatically at viewer close. What locked file problems?

Hmm, I might be misdiagnosing things, but it's this error message:

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This often happens after I try to add an annotation to an existing highlight. Causes a whole bunch of things to just be lost forever. Sometimes it seems to happen connected to nothing at all, and I'll open a file back up to find all the highlights and annotations gone. Fortunately I exported to markdown before this last one happened.

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kovidgoyal · 07-04-2021, 01:36 AM

That's certainly unusual. Open a bug report and attach a book that reporduces the issue.

06-21-2021, 02:19 PM	#1
graatch Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2018 Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab S2, iPad 2 (Bluefire Reader); fire hd 10, Windows	Keeping annotations/bookmarks in file -- save upon command/close instead of at once? If it were possible to write changes to the file at a select time, this would get around some of the locked-file problems I seem to encounter from annotating, which usually results in any recent annotations, bookmarks, and highlights being wiped out. Might it be possible to have this as an option? Something like a save hotkey to write the changes, perhaps.

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06-21-2021, 10:29 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,020 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	They are written automatically at viewer close. What locked file problems?

07-04-2021, 01:36 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,020 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	That's certainly unusual. Open a bug report and attach a book that reporduces the issue.

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