Best practice for storing example code that comes with programming ebooks

gusk · 11-08-2019, 07:55 PM

I'm not sure what the correct approach to storing example files for programming books is. I'd guess just dropping them into the book's directory is fine, but I'm concerned that Calibre might later on reorder things and not move the files along with the book.

kovidgoyal · 11-08-2019, 08:00 PM

You can add ass many different files to a book record as youwant. Do so by selecting the book right clicking the add books button and choosing add files to book record. The only limitation is you can have only one book of file of each type, so you might need to zip up the files into a single zip file first.

gusk · 11-08-2019, 08:24 PM

Wow, much easier than I thought it would be. Thanks for the help and the great software.

11-08-2019, 07:55 PM	#1
gusk Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2019 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Best practice for storing example code that comes with programming ebooks I'm not sure what the correct approach to storing example files for programming books is. I'd guess just dropping them into the book's directory is fine, but I'm concerned that Calibre might later on reorder things and not move the files along with the book.

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11-08-2019, 08:00 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,349 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You can add ass many different files to a book record as youwant. Do so by selecting the book right clicking the add books button and choosing add files to book record. The only limitation is you can have only one book of file of each type, so you might need to zip up the files into a single zip file first.

11-08-2019, 08:24 PM	#3
gusk Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2019 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Wow, much easier than I thought it would be. Thanks for the help and the great software.

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