[GUI Plugin] Kobo Utilities

[123kajote]

OK, thanks..
I do understand it more and more.. good sugestions.. so I used this in subtitle field: {pubdate:format_date(yyyy)}

works ok,

Cry Baby
2020
Tom Thorne - 17
Mark Bilingham

also I do have many books on my reader, before Time that I used proper procedure (get metadata), then everything else...

this books now are display the message: BAD DATE

Cry Baby
BAD DATE
Tom Thorne - 17
Mark Bilingham

is there a option to not display this message but leave it blank if non existing?

I am enjoying Calibre and my ereader every Day more and more..

thanks, mate from down under..!
(I was corrected by my Kid - sorry for error before - mate! )

Joze, Slovenia

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by 123kajote

OK, thanks..
I do understand it more and more.. good sugestions.. so I used this in subtitle field: {pubdate:format_date(yyyy)}

works ok,

Cry Baby
2020
Tom Thorne - 17
Mark Bilingham

also I do have many books on my reader, before Time that I used proper procedure (get metadata), then everything else...

this books now are display the message: BAD DATE

Cry Baby
BAD DATE
Tom Thorne - 17
Mark Bilingham

is there a option to not display this message but leave it blank if non existing?

I am enjoying Calibre and my ereader every Day more and more..

What does the published date show for books with that error? I don't know how you can get the published date to something invalid. And without knowing, I would have to guess on how to fix the template.

But, rather than fiddling with the template, I would suggest fixing the date. The best way would be to put the correct date in. But, as that would take time, the simplest way is to clear the date where it is wrong. In calibre, select all the books with a bad publishing date. Then click the metadata editor button. This will open the bulk metadata editor. On the right side of the "Published" field, there is a recycle button. Press that. When you save the changes the published date will be cleared for all these books.

[NLT]

Hello,

First of all thanks for the work on this plugin.

The ebook-reader-dict has the great idea of providing dictionaries based on the data from Wiktionaries.
These dictionaries are automatically updated via a Github bot as soon as a new wiktionary dump is available.

Would it be possible to automate the update of the Kobo dictionaries via the plugin when the e-reader is connected ?

Installing the dictionary is relatively simple: copy the file as is into the .kobo/custom-dict folder of the eReader (or .kobo/dict if you are using firmware <4.24).

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by NLT

Hello,

First of all thanks for the work on this plugin.

The ebook-reader-dict has the great idea of providing dictionaries based on the data from Wiktionaries.
These dictionaries are automatically updated via a Github bot as soon as a new wiktionary dump is available.

Would it be possible to automate the update of the Kobo dictionaries via the plugin when the e-reader is connected ?

Installing the dictionary is relatively simple: copy the file as is into the .kobo/custom-dict folder of the eReader (or .kobo/dict if you are using firmware <4.24).

Sorry, that is something I am completely uninterested in doing. If someone wants to do it, I will consider adding it to the plugin, but, I have no need to do this myself. The current dictionaries work extremely well for me.

[ownedbycats]

I'm not sure whether to post this here or in the Kobo forums, but:

After updating multiple fanfics and restoring the bookmarks, is there any faster way to re-generate all the now-incorrect read percentages and absent "time left to read" without opening and closing each book individually? thank you.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I'm not sure whether to post this here or in the Kobo forums, but:

After updating multiple fanfics and restoring the bookmarks, is there any faster way to re-generate all the now-incorrect read percentages and absent "time left to read" without opening and closing each book individually? thank you.

Not that I know of. It would probably need something to hook into the open book process on the device to do all the calculations without actually opening the book fully.

And I have been working on the code to update the ToC for kepubs. Unfortunately, I think I have discovered a problem related to the percent read that will make it impractical. Or, at the very best, either not possible to do in one pass, or very slow. And it is already pretty slow.

[ownedbycats]

Honestly, I'll just be glad if it means I don't have to keep unplugging my device only to immediately plug it back in.

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Honestly, I'll just be glad if it means I don't have to keep unplugging my device only to immediately plug it back in.

If you look at NickelMenu, you will find that it's possible to add an option to reconnect the ereader with unpplugging and plugging it. Now, my steps are:

1. SmartEject
2. Menu -> Connect USB (in device)

And it's not necessary to touch the cord.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

If you look at NickelMenu, you will find that it's possible to add an option to reconnect the ereader with unpplugging and plugging it. Now, my steps are:

1. SmartEject
2. Menu -> Connect USB (in device)

And it's not necessary to touch the cord.

It's one of the best features of NickelMenu.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Honestly, I'll just be glad if it means I don't have to keep unplugging my device only to immediately plug it back in.

I worked out how to handle the problem I have. I am still validating this against what Kobo does, but, I'm pretty sure it matches.

For the others, this is code to update the ToC entries in the database after sending a changed book. I have had this working for epubs for a while, but, have been writing the code for kepubs in the last few days. This will allow books with modified ToC and internal files to be sent and then update the ToC without disconnecting the device. For cases like @ownedbycats has been talking about, books downloaded using FFF where extra chapters are being added, this will allow the book to be updated without losing the reading position and any annotations.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

If you look at NickelMenu, you will find that it's possible to add an option to reconnect the ereader with unpplugging and plugging it. Now, my steps are:

1. SmartEject
2. Menu -> Connect USB (in device)

And it's not necessary to touch the cord.

I tried installing NickelMenu for that, but I couldn't work out how to actually get the option to appear on the menu.

[Terisa de morgan]

Do you have the menu in the ereader? My configuration for that is:

menu_item:main:Conectar USB:nickel_misc:force_usb_connection

[davidfor]

I have just released version 2.12.0 of the plugin. This is collection of fixes to problems found since the last releases, some performance changes and one new function.

The changes are:

• Fix: Not updating series info properly if the series number in the database is null.
• Fix: Error in Manage Series on device if the book selected had a series, but no series index.
• Fix: Add some more logging in reading status fetch.
• Fix: Handle when percent read column doesn't exist when storing the bookmark.
• Fix: Update code in store bookmark when not run in background.
• Fix: Python 3 error slipped through when updating the foreground store bookmark.
• Fix: Fix handling when location is null on device but not in library.
• New: Add function to set the time on the device.
• Fix: Disable "Clear if unread" if "Not if finished in library" is selected.
• Fix: Another change to the handling when book is finished.

All of these changes are in the beta's I have released since the last actual release.

Calibre will announce the update in the next hour or so. If there are any problems, please report them here.

[Sonofrobot]

Originally Posted by davidfor

I have just released version 2.12.0 of the plugin. This is collection of fixes to problems found since the last releases, some performance changes and one new function.

The changes are:

• Fix: Not updating series info properly if the series number in the database is null.
• Fix: Error in Manage Series on device if the book selected had a series, but no series index.
• Fix: Add some more logging in reading status fetch.
• Fix: Handle when percent read column doesn't exist when storing the bookmark.
• Fix: Update code in store bookmark when not run in background.
• Fix: Python 3 error slipped through when updating the foreground store bookmark.
• Fix: Fix handling when location is null on device but not in library.
• New: Add function to set the time on the device.
• Fix: Disable "Clear if unread" if "Not if finished in library" is selected.
• Fix: Another change to the handling when book is finished.

All of these changes are in the beta's I have released since the last actual release.

Calibre will announce the update in the next hour or so. If there are any problems, please report them here.

I'm getting the following error when trying to store reading progress from device after updating to latest version:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre_plugins.koboutilities.action", line 986, in handle_bookmarks
File "calibre_plugins.koboutilities.action", line 1213, in store_current_bookmark
File "calibre_plugins.koboutilities.action", line 4129, in _store_current_bookmark
KeyError: ''

On connect and prompt to store new reading progress I get a slightly different error:

calibre, version 5.8.1
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>TypeError</b>:'NoneType' object is not subscriptable

calibre 5.8.1 embedded-python: True is64bit: False
Windows-10-10.0.17763 Windows ('32bit', 'WindowsPE')
32bit process running on 64bit windows
('Windows', '10', '10.0.17763')
Python 3.8.5
Windows: ('10', '10.0.17763', '', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: None
Successfully initialized third party plugins: Count Pages (1, 11, 0) && Find Duplicates (1, 8, 3) && Goodreads Sync (1, 15, 0) && Set KFX metadata (from KFX Output) (1, 47, 0) && KFX Output (1, 47, 0) && KOReader Sync (0, 1, 2) && KePub Metadata Reader (3, 2, 9) && KePub Metadata Writer (3, 2, 12) && Kobo Utilities (2, 12, 0) && KoboTouchExtended (3, 4, 2) && Quality Check (1, 11, 0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre\gui2\__init__.py", line 497, in dispatch
File "calibre_plugins.koboutilities.action", line 2264, in _store_completed
File "calibre_plugins.koboutilities.action", line 2558, in _update_database_columns
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable

[jwilker]

I get the same error (below in case anything is different)

calibre, version 5.8.1
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>TypeError</b>:'NoneType' object is not subscriptable

calibre 5.8.1 embedded-python: True is64bit: True
macOS-10.16-x86_64-i386-64bit Darwin ('64bit', '')
('Darwin', '20.2.0', 'Darwin Kernel Version 20.2.0: Wed Dec 2 20:39:59 PST 2020; root:xnu-7195.60.75~1/RELEASE_X86_64')
Python 3.8.5
OSX: ('10.16', ('', '', ''), 'x86_64')
Interface language: None
Successfully initialized third party plugins: DeDRM (7, 0, 0) && Goodreads Sync (1, 15, 0) && KePub Output (3, 4, 2) && Kobo Books (1, 8, 0) && Kobo Utilities (2, 12, 0) && KoboTouchExtended (3, 4, 2) && Prettify Cover (1, 5, 0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre/gui2/__init__.py", line 497, in dispatch
File "calibre_plugins.koboutilities.action", line 2264, in _store_completed
self._update_database_columns(modified_epubs_map)
File "calibre_plugins.koboutilities.action", line 2585, in _update_database_columns
debug_print("_update_database_columns - chapterIdBookmark - in library=", book.get_user_metadata(kobo_chapteridbookmarked_co lumn_name, True)['#value#'])
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable