[GUI Plugin] Open With

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by Sam Sahara

It is known that the plugin does not work in some cases where an incompatibility occurs between some components and the operating system. You must use the "Open With" feature that has been added to calibre base. It is much easier to use.

The problem with that is that you cannot pass in options to the command. It would probably work if wrap in a batch file.

[Sam Sahara]

Originally Posted by davidfor

The problem with that is that you cannot pass in options to the command. It would probably work if wrap in a batch file.

I pass a lot of options to the command and it works.

[7dau253mrwry4spf]

Originally Posted by davidfor

Can you run calibre in debug mode and try again and post the log? To do that, right-click the preferences button and choose the option there. Calibre will restart and display a message. Then try running kepubify. Afterwards, close calibre and the log will be displayed. Post the log or PM it to me and I'll have a look.

You have a PM.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by Sam Sahara

I pass a lot of options to the command and it works.

How? I haven't needed to use the built-in Open With and it took me a little bit to find it (right-click the format in the details panel rather than the book in the list). But, I don't see any way to provide parameters to the selected program. Is there a configuration for it somewhere else?

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by 7dau253mrwry4spf

You have a PM.

The problem is actually covered in the help:

Optional command line arguments that are to be passed along with the filename to the application. Multiple arguments should be comma separated. E.g. an application requiring command line switches of “-foo 100 –bar” on the command line should have “–foo 100,-bar” specified in this column (without quotes). Args specified here will be insert before the filename i.e. {Path to application} [args] {Path to book format or cover}

You need to put a comma in between each parameter, so it needs to look like:

--inplace,--hyphenate,--calibre

[ownedbycats]

Is there any option in Open With to open the book path with an external program?

[theducks]

'o' opens the books FOLDER
from there, you can use the OS context menu on any item

[capink]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Is there any option in Open With to open the book path with an external program?

If you mean by that you want to open the parent folder with a file manager other than the default one, you have two possible solutions:

• Write a script (shell or python) that gets the dir path from the file path, and then opens the directory with your preferred program. In the plugin config window, add the path to this script to the Application path field.
• Use the template function added by davidfor in the plugin. It allows you to define a template, and pass its output in place of the book path to whatever external program you want. Here is an example of a template that gets the parent directory path:
  
  

  program: paths = formats_paths();
  fmt_path = re(paths, ',[A-Z0-9_]+:.*', '');
  path = list_item(fmt_path, 1, ':');
  dir_path = re(path, '(.+)[/\\].*', '\1')

  This is the best I can come up with. Maybe someone can come up with a simpler template.
  

Note that both approaches will not work for books with no formats. You must have at least one format.

The template approach has another problem, because the plugin passes an extra empty string, which will make your file manager open another instance (pointing to you home directory). I think this is a bug in the template feature.


@davidfor: As I understand, the purpose of the template feature is to pass the template output in place of the file path. If so, I think lines 178,179 in the file action.py should be modified to prevent the behavior described above:

from:

            app_args = SafeFormat().safe_format(app_args, mi, 'Open With template error', mi)
            self.launch_app(external_app_path, app_args, '', wrap_args=False)

to:

            path_to_file = SafeFormat().safe_format(app_args, mi, 'Open With template error', mi)
            self.launch_app(external_app_path, '', path_to_file, wrap_args=False)

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Is there any option in Open With to open the book path with an external program?

Perhaps you could use the built in Open With, right click a format in Book Details, select Open XXXX with, and follow your nose.

Easiest way to use is a) via right click a format in Book Details, b) the View Specific format tool, or c) a shortcut, e.g. I have assigned Shift+S to EPUB Open with Sigil, Shift+W to DOCX Open with Word, Shift+Q to EPUB Open with Quicklook… etc.

BR

[kovidgoyal]

Note that the next release of calibre is no longer bundling pywin32 so you cant use win32com/win32process in the plugin anymore. To add to recent documents simply use

from calibre.gui2 import add_to_recent_docs
add_to_recent_docs(path_fo_file)

as for running subprocesses, there is no longer any issue with unicode paths and the python subprocess module, so just use that.

[ownedbycats]

If anyone is maintaining this:

This plugin stopped working entirely in the beta - see Kovid's post above. An Open With plugin that errors when trying to open a file isn't very useful Here's the error log:

calibre 5.3 [64bit]  embedded-python: True is64bit: True
Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', '10', '10.0.19041')
Python 3.8.5
Windows: ('10', '10.0.19041', 'SP0', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: None
Successfully initialized third party plugins: Barnes & Noble (1, 2, 16) && Calibre Power Search Plugin (1, 6, 0) && Clean Comments (0, 1, 0) && Comments Cleaner (1, 2, 1) && Count Pages (1, 10, 0) && Drop Search Results (1, 0, 10) && Embed Comic Metadata (1, 5, 0) && EpubCheck (0, 2, 3) && EpubMerge (2, 11, 0) && Extract ISBN (1, 5, 0) && FanFicFare (3, 24, 5) && Fantastic Fiction (1, 4, 0) && Favourites Menu (1, 0, 5) && Find Duplicates (1, 8, 3) && Generate Cover (1, 5, 25) && Goodreads (1, 5, 1) && Import List (1, 5, 1) && Job Spy (1, 0, 187) && Kindle hi-res covers (0, 5, 0) && Kobo Books (1, 8, 0) && Kobo Utilities (2, 11, 8) && KoboTouchExtended (3, 4, 1) && Library Codes (1, 0, 47) && Manage Series (1, 2, 11) && Modify ePub (1, 6, 1) && MultiColumnSearch (1, 0, 85) && Open With (1, 5, 12) && Quality Check (1, 10, 1) && Reading List (1, 6, 17) && Save To Format (0, 0, 6) && SmartEject (2, 3, 0) && View Manager (1, 5, 8)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "calibre_plugins.open_with.action", line 198, in open_with
  File "calibre_plugins.open_with.action", line 223, in launch_app
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'win32com

Will be glad to to test any new versions.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

If anyone is maintaining this:

This plugin stopped working entirely in the beta - see Kovid's post above. An Open With plugin that errors when trying to open a file isn't very useful Here's the error log:

calibre 5.3 [64bit]  embedded-python: True is64bit: True
Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', '10', '10.0.19041')
Python 3.8.5
Windows: ('10', '10.0.19041', 'SP0', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: None
Successfully initialized third party plugins: Barnes & Noble (1, 2, 16) && Calibre Power Search Plugin (1, 6, 0) && Clean Comments (0, 1, 0) && Comments Cleaner (1, 2, 1) && Count Pages (1, 10, 0) && Drop Search Results (1, 0, 10) && Embed Comic Metadata (1, 5, 0) && EpubCheck (0, 2, 3) && EpubMerge (2, 11, 0) && Extract ISBN (1, 5, 0) && FanFicFare (3, 24, 5) && Fantastic Fiction (1, 4, 0) && Favourites Menu (1, 0, 5) && Find Duplicates (1, 8, 3) && Generate Cover (1, 5, 25) && Goodreads (1, 5, 1) && Import List (1, 5, 1) && Job Spy (1, 0, 187) && Kindle hi-res covers (0, 5, 0) && Kobo Books (1, 8, 0) && Kobo Utilities (2, 11, 8) && KoboTouchExtended (3, 4, 1) && Library Codes (1, 0, 47) && Manage Series (1, 2, 11) && Modify ePub (1, 6, 1) && MultiColumnSearch (1, 0, 85) && Open With (1, 5, 12) && Quality Check (1, 10, 1) && Reading List (1, 6, 17) && Save To Format (0, 0, 6) && SmartEject (2, 3, 0) && View Manager (1, 5, 8)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "calibre_plugins.open_with.action", line 198, in open_with
  File "calibre_plugins.open_with.action", line 223, in launch_app
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'win32com

Will be glad to to test any new versions.

Yes, that is to be expected based on Kovid's earlier post. I'll look at it, but, I'm not sure when. If someone else wants to...

[ownedbycats]

I managed to get Calibre's built-in open-with set up with all my programs for the time being (sadly the icon_data garbage problem still exists in the beta, but I fixed the json). Though I keep pressing C to open the full-size cover in Honeyview and having that error pop up.

[jaad34]

Plugin does not work on Caliber 5.4.1 64bits

The following error message appears: "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'Win32com' "

Thanks in advance.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by jaad34

Plugin does not work on Caliber 5.4.1 64bits

The following error message appears: "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'Win32com' "

I intend to fix this. But, I've been busy with other things and haven't had a chance to do so. I hope to have time in the next week.

If someone else wants to do it...