[GUI Plugin] SmartEject

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by foosion

Would it be possible and would you be willing to modify SmartEject so that it does what I want - update the Calibre list to match what's on the device?

I didn't remember much about how "Auto populated from books on device" lists work, I had to go read the RL code for a bit.

SmartEject's current paradigm is to check for the count of books on lists needing to be sync'ed and if >0 then offer to call RL's "Sync Now" instead of continuing to eject.

RL's "Sync Now" option can be called to update 'auto pop' lists. And RL can tell me if there are any 'auto pop' lists. But that includes any 'auto pop from search' lists, too.

Unlike an 'Add/Overwrite to device' list, there isn't a book count to indicate whether the 'auto pop' list(s) need to be updated.

So I could add an option to look for "Is any 'auto pop' list sync-able?" and call "sync now" But any 'auto pop from search' lists would also trigger it.

All the other pre-eject checks ask the user whether to stop to address the issue or continue to eject. This would either need to not ask or reverse the yes/no to be 'yes, continue to eject' instead of 'no, continue to eject'.

Is this a one user issue? Or something that other users would also find valuable?

[DNSB]

Looking at my use case, I would find little to no value in the suggested change.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Looking at my use case, I would find little to no value in the suggested change.

Your one up on me. I'd find no value at all.

My use case as posted earlier handles this situation perfectly for me.

[Terisa de morgan]

My use case won't be affected, either, as I don't link Reading List with SmartEject, but sync the list of books on device when I connect it.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

My use case won't be affected, either, as I don't link Reading List with SmartEject, but sync the list of books on device when I connect it.

That works best (IMHO). I have any books I want on my device synced at connect and I have all updated reading positions synced at connect. Ever since the latest Kobo Utilities and the the latest calibre, syncing of reading positions on connect has started working for me.

[DNSB]

So three for three on the sync on connect.

[foosion]

No objection to sync on connect.

The issue is whether it should sync on disconnect. If you add a book should it cause Calibre to reflect that fact automatically, rather having to click Sync Now in RL or having to go through NickleMenu or just wait until the next connection. The idea is to know what's on your device at all times.

Ideally Calibre could update an onkobo column when it adds (or removes) a book from the device. Is there some other way to do that?

[DNSB]

I do use a custom column to keep track of whether a book is not on any device, on my wife's device, on my device or on both. Given that only my Clara HD with it's 128GB µSD card is capable of holding our entire ebook collection, I don't worry about having every ebook synced to every device.

[JimmXinu]

This (having a column always showing device content) seems to me like something that would have been asked for before, but I don't know where or when.

Looking at the Reading List & Calibre code, Calibre has signals fired when a device is connected or disconnected, but disconnected is triggered after the disconnect; ie, too late to update a Reading List.

Attached is an experimental version of SmartEject that will ask if it should Sync if there's a list that could be sync'ed. Unfortunately, it can't exclude lists for other devices or lists from searches.

If this works for you, I will consider making it a silent option.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by foosion

No objection to sync on connect.

The issue is whether it should sync on disconnect. If you add a book should it cause Calibre to reflect that fact automatically, rather having to click Sync Now in RL or having to go through NickleMenu or just wait until the next connection. The idea is to know what's on your device at all times.

Ideally Calibre could update an onkobo column when it adds (or removes) a book from the device. Is there some other way to do that?

Reading List does it and does it well. You don't need to sync on disconnect because you would already have done the sync on connect. And with a Kobo, after you eject, you use NickelMenu to reconnect to the USB (without the need to unplug the USB cable) and Reading List will then update your onkobo column and you'll get the metadata fully updated from the Kobo driver.

This is a non-problem as far as I can see.

[JimmXinu]

Over here in the open source end of the software pool, I feel like we should try to accept people wanting to do things their own way. We're not in the Apple end of the pool, for example, where customization is minimal.

[foosion]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

This (having a column always showing device content) seems to me like something that would have been asked for before, but I don't know where or when.

Looking at the Reading List & Calibre code, Calibre has signals fired when a device is connected or disconnected, but disconnected is triggered after the disconnect; ie, too late to update a Reading List.

Attached is an experimental version of SmartEject that will ask if it should Sync if there's a list that could be sync'ed. Unfortunately, it can't exclude lists for other devices or lists from searches.

If this works for you, I will consider making it a silent option.

On initial check, it works perfectly. Looking forward to the silent option version.

[JimmXinu]

New Test Version Attached

2024-08-14
- Add RL Sync FROM device lists options

Note that the existence of an "Auto-populate from search" type list will also prompt 'FROM device' sync'ing. The list RL gives us contains both.

[foosion]

Originally Posted by JimmXinu

New Test Version Attached

2024-08-14
- Add RL Sync FROM device lists options

Note that the existence of an "Auto-populate from search" type list will also prompt 'FROM device' sync'ing. The list RL gives us contains both.

That makes it very clear.



EDIT: I didn't see the checkbox to sync silently until I scrolled over. It was not visible otherwise because the "window" is too small, at least on my machine.

[JimmXinu]

Originally Posted by foosion

EDIT: I didn't see the checkbox to sync silently until I scrolled over. It was not visible otherwise because the "window" is too small, at least on my machine.

The dialog window should be resizable and scrollable when there's content out of view port.