[GUI Plugin] Reading Goal

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by Comfy.n

Maybe request @kovidgoyal for a specific marker in Ebook Viewer: "Reading Break"

edit: maybe "Reading Pause" sounds better

If it was available from the GUI, then the plugin could read it.

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by Wiggo

Not entirely right. My history books with the different eras and subdivisions are grouped quite well by this.
Bonus would be a chart similar to StoryGraph.

I meant to have the tags in a column and use it to sort (clicking on the header) in the 'Edit reading goal' dialog.
Also, I'm planning to add some custom views, using your idea of a tag view, and @Lys' idea to create custom challenges.
About the Genre chart... it would be nice, indeed. I'll take a look.

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

Thank you for the plugin, I'm using it and, at this moment (I change my mind a lot), I find it very useful.

You're welcome. I'm glad you liked it.

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

I've got a doubt, however. I reread a lot, and based on the reread, I change in my main library the number of readings and the reading date. If I have a book included, for example, in my 2022 goal, and I reread at 2023 and include it in my 2023 goal, will it disappear from my 2022 goal?

No, each year is treated separately. The book would be on both years, and taken into account in each year's statistics.

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by thiago.eec

No, each year is treated separately. The book would be on both years, and taken into account in each year's statistics.

Thank you very much!

[Wiggo]

Originally Posted by thiago.eec

I meant to have the tags in a column and use it to sort (clicking on the header) in the 'Edit reading goal' dialog.
Also, I'm planning to add some custom views, using your idea of a tag view, and @Lys' idea to create custom challenges.
About the Genre chart... it would be nice, indeed. I'll take a look.

Whatever you decide, I like your PI already, even if I can't use it yet.

Edit: but sorting by tags would still be useful, at least for me

[Springbok]

I like it - nice tool. Since I already had all the required columns I could start using the plug-in straight away.

Somehow I never end up reading the same list of books as planned in January. And I guess this tool will help me to maintain the list.

I have one suggestion to make though. I don't know how hard is to implement it but I would like to see a second view in the statistics - based on read genres instead of months.
The graphical view of months statistics is very nice and helpful. Previously I tried to do the same thing in excell outside of calibre but that required quite a bit of manual work.

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by Springbok

I like it - nice tool.

Originally Posted by Springbok

I have one suggestion to make though. I don't know how hard is to implement it but I would like to see a second view in the statistics - based on read genres instead of months.

This was already suggested by @Wiggo and I plan to add it soon.
For now, I've already add a Genre view for the Edit Metadata Dialog. I'll post it in a few minutes.

[thiago.eec]

Version 1.0.4 - 27 Aug 2023

- Added a 'Genre view' option for the 'Edit reading goal' dialog
- Added a 'Year' dropdown menu for the 'Edit reading goal' dialog, so you can view details of your past goals
- Added a 'Rereading' shelf: books already read in past goals will be displayed here, with a counter for rereadings - e.g.: 'Lord of the flies (2x)'
- Added a Schema Version property to the database, so we can manage breaking changes
- Bug fixes

[thiago.eec]

Next features to be implemented in the next few days:

- Genre statistics graphic: the ones with most readings, since the space is limited, and group the rest
- Custom challenges, beside the Annual Reading Goal

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by thiago.eec

Well, it would be fairly easy to add the option to check only a yes/no column, instead of your reading progress.

After looking into it... I'm sorry but the reading progress is used in too many places, and changing this would be a lot of work, risking to break many things.

[Terisa de morgan]

First of all, thank you for the changes, I like them!

I've installed the last version (1.0.5) and I'm getting this error both for Edit Goal and Statistics:

Spoiler:

calibre, version 6.25.0
ERROR: Excepción no considerada: <b>TypeError</b>:'NoneType' object is not subscriptable

calibre 6.25 embedded-python: True
Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', '10', '10.0.19041')
Python 3.10.1
Windows: ('10', '10.0.19041', 'SP0', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: es
Successfully initialized third party plugins: DeACSM (0, 0, 16) && Gather KFX-ZIP (from KFX Input) (2, 3, 0) && DeDRM (10, 0, 3) && Package KFX (from KFX Input) (2, 3, 0) && Action Chains (1, 18, 12) && Annotations (1, 17, 13) && Barnes & Noble (1, 5, 2) && Clean Comments (0, 2, 1) && Comments Cleaner (1, 10, 0) && Count Pages (2, 11, 2) && Diaps Editing Toolbag (0, 4, 0) && Edit Columns (0, 1, 0) && Editor Chains (0, 8, 8) && EpubMerge (2, 16, 0) && EpubSplit (3, 6, 0) && Ex Libris (1, 1, 20) && Extract ISBN (1, 6, 0) && Extract ToCs (1, 0, 0) && Fantastic Fiction (1, 6, 4) && Favourites Menu (1, 3, 0) && Find Duplicates (1, 10, 8) && Generate Cover (2, 3, 2) && GetFileName (0, 2, 0) && Goodreads (1, 7, 9) && Goodreads Sync (1, 16, 3) && GoodreadsAuthor (0, 0, 2) && Hyphenate This! (0, 1, 3) && Import List (1, 9, 1) && KFX metadata reader (from KFX Input) (2, 3, 0) && KFX Input (2, 3, 0) && KindleUnpack - The Plugin (0, 83, 1) && Kobo Books (1, 9, 2) && Kobo Utilities (2, 16, 10) && KoboTouchExtended (3, 6, 5) && Last Modified (0, 8, 4) && Modify ePub (1, 8, 1) && My Tools (0, 2, 1) && Obok DeDRM (10, 0, 3) && OverDrive Libby (0, 1, 7) && Overdrive Link (2, 56, 0) && Owned Books Goodreads (0, 1, 0) && Quality Check (1, 13, 6) && Reading Goal (1, 0, 5) && Reading List (1, 15, 1) && Save Composite Custom Columns (1, 1, 1) && Search The Internet (1, 10, 1) && SmartEject (2, 5, 0) && Smashwords Metadata (1, 0, 2) && Tanja's Tools (0, 1, 0) && User Category (1, 6, 0) && View Manager (1, 10, 2) && Vimstyle (0, 0, 3) && Overdrive Link Metadata Source (2, 56, 0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre_plugins.Reading_Goal.main", line 181, in manage_reading_goal
File "calibre_plugins.Reading_Goal.main", line 713, in update_database
File "calibre_plugins.Reading_Goal.main", line 296, in add_to_goal
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable

It happens because I haven't chosen the "Genre" column, once I select it, it works. BTW, which is the meaning of the colors? (See picture attached)

Edit: Understood in the second view (See the other picture attached) but I think there is something strange and some books are appearing as rereading when I haven't read them before (After poking a bit, I think "Read books" are books which have gone into the goal as "Want to read" and later they have gone to "Read" and "Rereading books" are those which have gone in the list directly as "Read").

Thank you again.

[ownedbycats]

I got an error.

calibre, version 6.25.0
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>TypeError</b>:'NoneType' object is not subscriptable

calibre 6.25*  embedded-python: True
Windows-10-10.0.19045-SP0 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', '10', '10.0.19045')
Python 3.10.1
Windows: ('10', '10.0.19045', 'SP0', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: None
Successfully initialized third party plugins: ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "calibre_plugins.Reading_Goal.main", line 232, in manage_reading_goal
  File "calibre_plugins.Reading_Goal.main", line 315, in add_to_goal
  File "calibre_plugins.Reading_Goal.main", line 527, in get_book_info
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable

Settings:



#percentread has a custom format of {0}%. I'm mentioning this as I vaguely recall it causing a similar issue before.

Additionally, I notice that genres doesn't support composite columns.If that's able to implement it would be nice.

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

First of all, thank you for the changes, I like them!

Glad you liked it!

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

I've installed the last version (1.0.5) and I'm getting this error both for Edit Goal and Statistics:

It happens because I haven't chosen the "Genre" column, once I select it, it works.

Right on spot ... I forgot to test if the column was set. The code is fixed now.

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

Edit: Understood in the second view (See the other picture attached) but I think there is something strange and some books are appearing as rereading when I haven't read them before (After poking a bit, I think "Read books" are books which have gone into the goal as "Want to read" and later they have gone to "Read" and "Rereading books" are those which have gone in the list directly as "Read").

Is this on another year goal (not 2023)? Prior to 1.0.5 there was a bug in adding books from other years, as they were being merged with the current year database, if it was already set. This was fixed in the last release.
If you could send me your 'Reading_Goal_Data.json' I could take a look.

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I got an error.

ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>TypeError</b>:'NoneType' object is not subscriptable

This would be the same error reported by @Terisa. It just triggered on another line of the code. It is caused by the Genre column not being set.
Anyway, it's already fixed and I'll post the new version in a few moments.

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

#percentread has a custom format of {0}%. I'm mentioning this as I vaguely recall it causing a similar issue before.

This wouldn't cause any problem. The plugin saves only the raw data (no formatting).

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Additionally, I notice that genres doesn't support composite columns.If that's able to implement it would be nice.

That's weird. I'm using a composite column here and it works.
Do you mean that the composite column does not show you on the combobox (config dialog) or it is listed but then fails to get the genres?

[ownedbycats]

It's not appearing in the dropdown. It's a composite taglike, if that mattrs.

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

It's not appearing in the dropdown. It's a composite taglike, if that mattrs.

Could you please post a picture of the Custom Column config dialog (the one from calibre)?
I'll try to replicate it here, because I've already created four different type of composite columns here and they all worked.