Plugboard limitations.

DavidTC · 03-29-2012, 06:55 PM

Am I correct in thinking there is no way to change the Series via the plugboard? Why is this?

Is the assumption that nothing besides calibre uses those? Because fbreader does.

I actually think it would be very nice if Calibre let us set _randomly_ named fields, using the meta tag output. But at the very least there should be the option to rewrite the built-in fields.

chaley · 03-30-2012, 05:26 AM

You are correct, plugboards cannot change series or a host of other fields. Rationale: Plugboards exist to work around limits in readers that don't use the rest of the metadata, putting data into fields that the readers do use. For readers that are able to use more of the metadata, those fields should already be correct. I am an FBreader user, and that is certainly my experience. I have seen reports that other android readers use calibre's metadata to good advantage, e.g., moon+ IIRC.

I see no advantage in complicating plugboards more than they already are to add changing fields that in the vast majority of cases contain correct data, so I won't make this change. If you wish to make these changes, then make sure that Kovid will accept them before you spend much time on it.

03-29-2012, 06:55 PM	#1
DavidTC Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Nook, Boox C67ML	Plugboard limitations. Am I correct in thinking there is no way to change the Series via the plugboard? Why is this? Is the assumption that nothing besides calibre uses those? Because fbreader does. I actually think it would be very nice if Calibre let us set _randomly_ named fields, using the meta tag output. But at the very least there should be the option to rewrite the built-in fields.

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03-30-2012, 05:26 AM	#2
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,741 Karma: 6997045 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	You are correct, plugboards cannot change series or a host of other fields. Rationale: Plugboards exist to work around limits in readers that don't use the rest of the metadata, putting data into fields that the readers do use. For readers that are able to use more of the metadata, those fields should already be correct. I am an FBreader user, and that is certainly my experience. I have seen reports that other android readers use calibre's metadata to good advantage, e.g., moon+ IIRC. I see no advantage in complicating plugboards more than they already are to add changing fields that in the vast majority of cases contain correct data, so I won't make this change. If you wish to make these changes, then make sure that Kovid will accept them before you spend much time on it.

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