v2.85 Open With missing on format right click

[anacreon]

Since upgrading to F/W 2.85, I've lost the easy way to open an epub with Sigil. There used to be an "open with" line in the drop down menu when right-clicking on the epub format in the details, which disappeared, and I didn't see an alternative other than using the folder link. Is there a short cut somewhere else?

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by anacreon

Since upgrading to F/W 2.85, I've lost the easy way to open an epub with Sigil. There used to be an "open with" line in the drop down menu when right-clicking on the epub format in the details, which disappeared, and I didn't see an alternative other than using the folder link. Is there a short cut somewhere else?

Confirmed

It's also available via View Specific Format (Alt+V), button bottom right left.

Suggestion: give it a keyboard shortcut, I use Shift+S

BR

[kovidgoyal]

Sorry an unanticipated side effect of the other changes to Book details -- will be fixed in the next release.

[anacreon]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Confirmed

It's also available via View Specific Format (Alt+V), button bottom right.

Suggestion: give it a keyboard shortcut, I use Shift+S

BR

Thank you very much. Alt+V works - but I don't see the button you mention. The keyboard shortcut is good, though I had to make it CTRL+S since the Shift+S was already taken according to calibre.

[anacreon]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Sorry an unanticipated side effect of the other changes to Book details -- will be fixed in the next release.

Thank you. It allowed me to learn about creating shortcuts in Calibre from BetterRed - very useful.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by anacreon

Thank you very much. Alt+V works - but I don't see the button you mention. The keyboard shortcut is good, though I had to make it CTRL+S since the Shift+S was already taken according to calibre.

That's because I can't tell my right from my left, which is why I prefer posting pictures, viz:



BR

[JustinThought]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Sorry an unanticipated side effect of the other changes to Book details -- will be fixed in the next release.

Thank you. You know, I've done a (very) unofficial "survey" of e-books provided by commercial publishers, and it appears that about 97.632% of them are created by Calibre. (Remember, of course, that 87.5% of all statistics are made up on the spot.) In a just world, that means that if Kovid were given 1 cent for each e-book sold that was created by his free program, he'd be able to buy that island in the Caribbean he has always wanted. Or whatever it is that he has always wanted.

Unfortunately, though, I came here to whine a little bit. I create e-books (more like e-articles, actually) in epub-2 format which I use in my classes, and have always included an MP3 file as part of the article. Yeah, I know, audio and video are not supported in epub-2; but I'm not publishing them, I'm just using them for myself. These MP3 files have always played from within Calibre.

Well, I've discovered that somewhere between versions 2.71 and 2.79, that play functionality has disappeared. I just did a little experimentation, and I installed 2.82, 2.83, and 2.84, as well as the aforementioned 2.79, and none of them will play the audio.

If that is intentional, so be it; I'll just stick with the 2.71. But I thought I'd mention it in case it was what's euphemistically known as "an unintended side-effect."

Thanks for your great program!

[anacreon]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

That's because I can't tell my right from my left, which is why I prefer posting pictures, viz:

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BR

I'm sorry, but I never saw that "choose the format" menu. How do you call it up? I've been using always the latest version of the portable Calibre.

[kovidgoyal]

@JustinThought: The calibre viewer has never officially supported audio, it tends to work some of the time on some platforms, but never reliably.

[milady133]

Originally Posted by JustinThought

Thank you. You know, I've done a (very) unofficial "survey" of e-books provided by commercial publishers, and it appears that about 97.632% of them are created by Calibre. (Remember, of course, that 87.5% of all statistics are made up on the spot.)

This comment caught my attention. My very unofficial survey shows that around 80% of commercial publishers use Adobe InDesign, I buy USA and Spanish books mostly.

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by anacreon

I'm sorry, but I never saw that "choose the format" menu. How do you call it up? I've been using always the latest version of the portable Calibre.

Select a book then use the shortcut BetterRed indicated Alt-V. Of course when I used it my book didn't open in Sigil. But unlike the built in Open With function the Open With plugin is still working fine for me. I have no problem using it to open my books in Sigil.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by anacreon

I'm sorry, but I never saw that "choose the format" menu. How do you call it up? I've been using always the latest version of the portable Calibre.

Originally Posted by BetterRed

It's also available via View Specific Format (Alt+V), button bottom right left.

View specific Format, is an option in the View Books toolbar button's drop down menu, viz:



BR

[JustinThought]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

@JustinThought: The calibre viewer has never officially supported audio, it tends to work some of the time on some platforms, but never reliably.

No problem, I've rolled back to a version that works, I'll just refrain from updating. Appreciate all your work!

[jlynton]

Possibly related:
I cannot now (2.85) right click on a book cover and choose 'open with...', I sorely miss this feature.

[kovidgoyal]

Update to 2.85.1