Scheduled Custom News Recipes Disappear When Switching Libraries

[Tegan]

I just started to use the multiple libraries feature, and when I switched to a new library I discovered that all my scheduled news downloads were no longer there. The custom recipes are still there, but they are no longer scheduled.

Did I screw something up somehow? Help?

[kovidgoyal]

custom recipes are stored per library.

[Tegan]

Yes, but the scheduled ones vanish.

So I start in the library I have the news scheduled to download in. Then I switch to another library to do some work. When I switch back to the first library, the schedules are all gone. The recipes are still there, but they are no longer scheduled.

[kovidgoyal]

I know that's a limitation that stems from the fact that custom recipes are stored per library.

[Tegan]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

I know that's a limitation that stems from the fact that custom recipes are stored per library.

So I can't switch libraries without losing the scheduling information? That's... rather limiting. I understand the schedules not running if I'm in another library, but to actually lose the schedule seems fairly extreme. Is there a way to save the schedule so I don't lose it every time I switch?

[kovidgoyal]

No there isn't.

[Starson17]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

No there isn't.

Wow. I never realized this. I don't use additional libraries, but I occasionally run tests to help others or for development, to make testing faster. I never realized that was why my custom recipes occasionally seemed to unschedule themselves. Can I work around this by pointing to another config directory at the same time I point to another library (with a batch file and startup switches or environment variables) and never using "Switch Library" from inside the program?

[kovidgoyal]

Yeah, using different config directories will work.

[itimpi]

In fact if you use a batch file (probably modelled on the Calibre Portable.bat file in the calibre resources folder) then if you explicitly specify the config folder then Library switching is disabled so that you cannot do it by accident.

Note that have been updates to the Calibre Portable.bat file in recent weeks to slightly improve it so if you have your own batch file based on an older version it might be worth having a look at the most recent version.

[Tegan]

Eh. I thought it was a bug. Didn't realize it had to do with the configs for each library. Fixing it with a batch file is beyond me for now (just started to really study Python for my recipe making, I've got a lot to learn) so I'll just live with it.

[itimpi]

Originally Posted by Tegan

Eh. I thought it was a bug. Didn't realize it had to do with the configs for each library. Fixing it with a batch file is beyond me for now (just started to really study Python for my recipe making, I've got a lot to learn) so I'll just live with it.

The whole idea of providing the Calibre Portable.bat batch file is that most of the hard work has been done for you. Before giving up on the idea of a batch file you might want to try opening it in a text editor and reading the embedded comments. There is also a section in the User Guide on using this batch file written for non-technical users.

[Tegan]

Originally Posted by itimpi

The whole idea of providing the Calibre Portable.bat batch file is that most of the hard work has been done for you. Before giving up on the idea of a batch file you might want to try opening it in a text editor and reading the embedded comments. There is also a section in the User Guide on using this batch file written for non-technical users.

Ah, you've shamed me into trying again. I just feel like my head is so full of Python stuff I can't learn any more at the moment! Once more into the breach...

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by itimpi

In fact if you use a batch file (probably modelled on the Calibre Portable.bat file in the calibre resources folder) then if you explicitly specify the config folder then Library switching is disabled so that you cannot do it by accident.

Specifying a config folder does not disable library switching specifying a metadata.db file disables library switching. I know this because I start-up with a specified config folder in my bat and switch libraries all the time.

[itimpi]

Originally Posted by dwanthny

Specifying a config folder does not disable library switching specifying a metadata.db file disables library switching. I know this because I start-up with a specified config folder in my bat and switch libraries all the time.

Yes - you are correct. It is just my memory playing me false. I knew something disabled Library switching and falsely thought it was specifying the config file.


All this reading of e-books must be bad for my memory