[GUI Plugin] Action Chains - Page 92

capink · 06-06-2024, 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zillion_

Hello,

since recently I'm getting the following error when running Chains from the main Calibre window, which call Editor change which include other Editor chains (worked fine before).
Any idea what's wrong please ? I've tried editing the chains and removing actions one by one but it doesn't help...

Spoiler:

Try version attached and report whether it solves the issue.

Zillion_ · 06-10-2024, 03:53 AM

Yes indeed, that fixes it !
Many thanks, capink

noahkiss · 06-27-2024, 10:09 AM

hey all, sorry for the silly question. I've tried searching here and reviewing the template page, but I'm still stuck.

All I'm trying to do is find any $title which contains a colon or a hyphen, and move the second half to a custom #subtitle field.

Right now I have the find & replace working fine - the regex I use is two-stage (I don't know how to do it in one stage with the search and replace action) where I search for .+ ?[:-] (.+) and put the first match into the #subtitle field, then do a second search for (.+) ?[:-] .+ and replace the $title field with the first match, to remove the subtitle.

I'm trying to move these two saved searches into an action chain, though, and therefore I'd like to be able to just run it on any selection in my library. With the way I have it configured, though, this causes issues on books which don't have a [:-] in the title, due to how search & replace seems to work (if no capture groups exist, \1 just matches the whole search, so the full title will be transferred into #subtitle).

Anyway, what I'm trying to do now is to use a template scope to filter the action to only run on titles which contain [:-].

The problem I'm having is that I guess I'm just dumb and I can't figure out how exactly to just use a template to limit to a subset of my current scope. There's a contains(), but that seems to just give back text. I've tried downloading and reviewing a few chains posted here that have scopes, but it doesn't make much sense to me. I guess I haven't wrapped my brain around exactly how calibre templates work.

I'm sure this can all be done in one step, the main thing I have difficulty understanding is how incoming and outgoing variables are handled, or basically the 'state' of everything that I'm acting on.

Thanks for reading!

capink · 06-27-2024, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by noahkiss

Anyway, what I'm trying to do now is to use a template scope to filter the action to only run on titles which contain [:-].

You don't need to use templates for this. You can use Basic scope with the following search:

Code:

title:~.+:.+

tkshorty · Yesterday, 06:24 PM

Hi all,

I am pretty sure that there is a really simple way to do this if you know Python and the calibre classes. Sadly I don't
So here is what I want to do:
1. display a message after a chain is completed and user has to press ok to close the message
2. display a message after a chain is completed and user has to press ok to close the message or message closes automatically after X seconds
3. query the user with a yes / no question and call a chain depending on answer (without using a new custom field to do that)

capink · Yesterday, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tkshorty

Hi all,

I am pretty sure that there is a really simple way to do this if you know Python and the calibre classes. Sadly I don't
So here is what I want to do:
1. display a message after a chain is completed and user has to press ok to close the message
2. display a message after a chain is completed and user has to press ok to close the message or message closes automatically after X seconds
3. query the user with a yes / no question and call a chain depending on answer (without using a new custom field to do that)

You can do no.1 and no.3 with this custom module. To add the module, go to Action Chains > Manage Modules > add > copy/paste. After which a new custom action called "Confirm" will be added, and can be used to splash a yes/no message with a customized message.

As for no.2 you simply add another "Run Python Code" action, with the following code:

Code:

import time

def run(gui, settings, chain):
    time.sleep(5)

Replace the digit in red with how many seconds you want.

06-10-2024, 03:53 AM	#1367
Zillion_ Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2023 Device: KindleOasis10thGen	Thanks ! Yes indeed, that fixes it ! Many thanks, capink

06-27-2024, 10:09 AM	#1368
noahkiss Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2024 Device: Kobo Clara Colour, Kindle Oasis	hey all, sorry for the silly question. I've tried searching here and reviewing the template page, but I'm still stuck. All I'm trying to do is find any $title which contains a colon or a hyphen, and move the second half to a custom #subtitle field. Right now I have the find & replace working fine - the regex I use is two-stage (I don't know how to do it in one stage with the search and replace action) where I search for .+ ?[:-] (.+) and put the first match into the #subtitle field, then do a second search for (.+) ?[:-] .+ and replace the $title field with the first match, to remove the subtitle. I'm trying to move these two saved searches into an action chain, though, and therefore I'd like to be able to just run it on any selection in my library. With the way I have it configured, though, this causes issues on books which don't have a [:-] in the title, due to how search & replace seems to work (if no capture groups exist, \1 just matches the whole search, so the full title will be transferred into #subtitle). Anyway, what I'm trying to do now is to use a template scope to filter the action to only run on titles which contain [:-]. The problem I'm having is that I guess I'm just dumb and I can't figure out how exactly to just use a template to limit to a subset of my current scope. There's a contains(), but that seems to just give back text. I've tried downloading and reviewing a few chains posted here that have scopes, but it doesn't make much sense to me. I guess I haven't wrapped my brain around exactly how calibre templates work. I'm sure this can all be done in one step, the main thing I have difficulty understanding is how incoming and outgoing variables are handled, or basically the 'state' of everything that I'm acting on. Thanks for reading! Last edited by noahkiss; 06-27-2024 at 10:13 AM. Reason: trying to fix formatting

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Yesterday, 06:24 PM	#1370
tkshorty Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2024 Device: Koba Aura	Hi all, I am pretty sure that there is a really simple way to do this if you know Python and the calibre classes. Sadly I don't So here is what I want to do: 1. display a message after a chain is completed and user has to press ok to close the message 2. display a message after a chain is completed and user has to press ok to close the message or message closes automatically after X seconds 3. query the user with a yes / no question and call a chain depending on answer (without using a new custom field to do that)