[GUI Plugin] Action Chains

[chaley]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I'd like to make a chain that does arithmetic on a floating-point column and then adds the results from all selected books together. How would I go about this?

program: format_number($$#purchasecost - format_number($$#purchasecost/1.15, '.2f'), '.2f')

For context, was just curious how much of the value of my library is in sales tax.

You can use this sample chain as an example.

The attached chain is another example that uses a different technique.

[correoparaappzz]

is there a way to add the entire series of the selected book? I'm using 'Reading Goal' and it doesn't have that option

[capink]

Originally Posted by correoparaappzz

is there a way to add the entire series of the selected book? I'm using 'Reading Goal' and it doesn't have that option

If the 'Reading Goal' has a menu option to add the series, you can choose that from Calibre Actions.

If the 'Reading Goal' has no such option, you will have to make the Action Chains select all the books in the series. You can do this by adding the following template to "Search Using Templates" action:

program:
	initial_ids = from_selection('id');
	set_globals(initial_ids=initial_ids);
	all_series_ids = '';
	for book_id in initial_ids:
		series = book_field(book_id, 'series');
		series_ids = from_search('id', 'series:"=' & series & '"');
		all_series_ids = list_union(all_series_ids, series_ids, ',')
	rof;
	all_series_ids

Note: In the "Search Using Templates" action, make sure to tick the option: "Template output is a list of book ids"

If you want to revert to the original selections after adding all the books in the series, you can use another "Search Using Templates" action with the following template:

program:
    globals(initial_ids)

Note: In the "Search Using Templates" action, make sure to tick the option: "Template output is a list of book ids"

[correoparaappzz]

Originally Posted by capink

If the 'Reading Goal' has a menu option to add the series, you can choose that from Calibre Actions.

If the 'Reading Goal' has no such option, you will have to make the Action Chains select all the books in the series. You can do this by adding the following template to "Search Using Templates" action:

program:
	initial_ids = from_selection('id');
	set_globals(initial_ids=initial_ids);
	all_series_ids = '';
	for book_id in initial_ids:
		series = book_field(book_id, 'series');
		series_ids = from_search('id', 'series:"=' & series & '"');
		all_series_ids = list_union(all_series_ids, series_ids, ',')
	rof;
	all_series_ids

Note: In the "Search Using Templates" action, make sure to tick the option: "Template output is a list of book ids"

If you want to revert to the original selections after adding all the books in the series, you can use another "Search Using Templates" action with the following template:

program:
    globals(initial_ids)

Note: In the "Search Using Templates" action, make sure to tick the option: "Template output is a list of book ids"

[Wiggo]

Why not using the Calibre built-in function similar series?

[capink]

Originally Posted by Wiggo

Why not using the Calibre built-in function similar series?

That works only for one book. If you have multiple books selected and you use the calibre builtin function, it will only show the books in the series for the active selected book.

[Comfy.n]

Not a big issue but I found that some icons in the Chains dialogue can't be themed:

• arrow-up
• arrow-down
• edit-copy
• minus
• plus

I was able to override them using the resources/images folder. However, from looking at 'def get_icon_6_2_plus' in common_utils.py, it looks to me that the icon theme should be prioritized, though it isn't currently being acknowledged, for some reason.

I wanted mainly to theme the 'plus' and 'edit-copy' icons because they look to me a bit faint in dark mode.

The other icons, notably the ones called by Qpushbutton, will change in accordance to the theme images.

I'm running 7.20.101 with the latest plugin version 1.20.7.