Some news issues

schizoiddonkey · 11-08-2010, 12:46 PM

Hey, I've been setting up calibre to download some daily newspapers and I've come across a couple of issues

In the content server, on the "mobile" page it only lists the month and year for the date so all of a month's newspapers look the same. I tried to edit it manually but it appears that the python that generates the page is compiled.

I have a kindle 2. I'd like to be able to leave it on USB overnght and have calibre auto-sync incoming news straight to the kindle but there doesn't seem to be an option for this. Amazon charge me 99c per meg if I email it to myself over whispernet.

Any thoughts or ideas?

schizoiddonkey · 11-10-2010, 06:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by schizoiddonkey

I have a kindle 2. I'd like to be able to leave it on USB overnght and have calibre auto-sync incoming news straight to the kindle but there doesn't seem to be an option for this. Amazon charge me 99c per meg if I email it to myself over whispernet.

Okay, looks like I was wrong about this, they sync properly when the USB is left connected. Not sure what was happening before.

I assume that the date format on the web page isn't user editable anywhere then?

As an aside, where does calibre store its last page read information? Are there any devices that this is synced to/from?

Manichean · 11-10-2010, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by schizoiddonkey

As an aside, where does calibre store its last page read information? Are there any devices that this is synced to/from?

No.

As a comment to your original problem: I've read several cases of users implementing the automated sending of news via email through whatever scripting and scheduling facilities their OSes provide. If you want to take that approach, the forum search should yield several threads.

kovidgoyal · 11-10-2010, 09:23 AM

No, it isn't, unless you're willing to run calibre from source.

schizoiddonkey · 11-10-2010, 11:47 AM

Well, when you put it like that it's embarrassing that I asked!

If anybody else wants the same then download the attachment and unzip the file to Lib\site-packages\calibre\library\server in whatever directory you installed calibre to. It should then take preference to the pre-existing pyo file. Original source was from 0.7.27. You may have to manually delete it if it causes problems with a later release (?).

I'm new to open source so if this isn't okay then I'll delete it.

kovidgoyal · 11-10-2010, 02:00 PM

posting code is fine, in fact since you took the trouble of tracking down the fix (something I was insufficiently motivated to do), I'll even include it in the next calibre release.

But I would discourage people from putting the .py file into the calibre installation directory. The reason is that has the potential of breaking upgrades, since an upgrade wont touch that file and it will take precedence over the .pyo file from the upgrade.

11-08-2010, 12:46 PM	#1
schizoiddonkey Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: kindle	Some news issues Hey, I've been setting up calibre to download some daily newspapers and I've come across a couple of issues In the content server, on the "mobile" page it only lists the month and year for the date so all of a month's newspapers look the same. I tried to edit it manually but it appears that the python that generates the page is compiled. I have a kindle 2. I'd like to be able to leave it on USB overnght and have calibre auto-sync incoming news straight to the kindle but there doesn't seem to be an option for this. Amazon charge me 99c per meg if I email it to myself over whispernet. Any thoughts or ideas?

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,195 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No, it isn't, unless you're willing to run calibre from source.

11-10-2010, 02:00 PM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,195 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	posting code is fine, in fact since you took the trouble of tracking down the fix (something I was insufficiently motivated to do), I'll even include it in the next calibre release. But I would discourage people from putting the .py file into the calibre installation directory. The reason is that has the potential of breaking upgrades, since an upgrade wont touch that file and it will take precedence over the .pyo file from the upgrade.

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