Question about 0.7.9 - what does this mean?

texasnightowl · 07-19-2010, 03:57 PM

I am currently at 0.7.6. However, browsing here and with some of the threads about icons, I was looking at the changelog and considering updating. But, I have one question. The changelog states:

A new toolbar button to choose/create different calibre libraries. Be careful using it if you also use custom columns.

Could anyone elaborate on what this means or what to be careful of? I mean, right now I only have one library and no particular plans to have a 2nd, but...I am using custom columns. What is the catch here if I did choose/create a 2nd library?

kovidgoyal · 07-19-2010, 04:05 PM

It means that if your two libraries have different custom columns, you'll experience problems.

Worldwalker · 07-19-2010, 04:11 PM

I haven't fiddled with this at all, not needing more than one library (at least to any extent greater than what I can manage with tags) but does the new library setup process give you the option to duplicate the structure, with or without the content, of your original library?

kovidgoyal · 07-19-2010, 04:24 PM

If you move your library, it will duplicate. If you create a new one, it wont.

texasnightowl · 07-19-2010, 04:31 PM

So if I wanted a 2nd library and wanted to keep the same custom columns, is the procedure simply to create the 2nd library and then create the exact same columns before importing/adding any books from library 1? Or is there a file to move that contains the information about the custom columns that can be copied to the 2nd library?

kovidgoyal · 07-19-2010, 04:39 PM

Just create the same custom columns. In any case the warning is temporary. In a few releases calibre should be able to handle multiple libraries with different custom columns gracefully.

texasnightowl · 07-19-2010, 05:01 PM

Cool. Thanks. I'm considering a 2nd library for those books I will probably never re-read or just wish I could forget I ever read. I should just delete them altogether (I'm talking some that were really, really bad) but just can't quite bring myself to do it...

Clancy_s · 07-19-2010, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by texasnightowl

Cool. Thanks. I'm considering a 2nd library for those books I will probably never re-read or just wish I could forget I ever read. I should just delete them altogether (I'm talking some that were really, really bad) but just can't quite bring myself to do it...

I keep mine, identified with a tag called 'yecch' to make it easier to identify repeat offenders...

texasnightowl · 07-19-2010, 09:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clancy_s

I keep mine, identified with a tag called 'yecch' to make it easier to identify repeat offenders...

Yep...using a tag right now too...because sometimes that 1 star rating is just not low enough

07-19-2010, 03:57 PM	#1
texasnightowl Guru Posts: 699 Karma: 1001556 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Device: Oasis 3, K4B(NT), K3/KK	Question about 0.7.9 - what does this mean? I am currently at 0.7.6. However, browsing here and with some of the threads about icons, I was looking at the changelog and considering updating. But, I have one question. The changelog states: A new toolbar button to choose/create different calibre libraries. Be careful using it if you also use custom columns. Could anyone elaborate on what this means or what to be careful of? I mean, right now I only have one library and no particular plans to have a 2nd, but...I am using custom columns. What is the catch here if I did choose/create a 2nd library?

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07-19-2010, 04:05 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,482 Karma: 24495778 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	It means that if your two libraries have different custom columns, you'll experience problems.

07-19-2010, 04:11 PM	#3
Worldwalker Curmudgeon Posts: 3,085 Karma: 722357 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: PRS-505	I haven't fiddled with this at all, not needing more than one library (at least to any extent greater than what I can manage with tags) but does the new library setup process give you the option to duplicate the structure, with or without the content, of your original library?

07-19-2010, 04:24 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,482 Karma: 24495778 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	If you move your library, it will duplicate. If you create a new one, it wont.

07-19-2010, 04:31 PM	#5
texasnightowl Guru Posts: 699 Karma: 1001556 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Device: Oasis 3, K4B(NT), K3/KK	So if I wanted a 2nd library and wanted to keep the same custom columns, is the procedure simply to create the 2nd library and then create the exact same columns before importing/adding any books from library 1? Or is there a file to move that contains the information about the custom columns that can be copied to the 2nd library?

07-19-2010, 04:39 PM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,482 Karma: 24495778 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Just create the same custom columns. In any case the warning is temporary. In a few releases calibre should be able to handle multiple libraries with different custom columns gracefully.

07-19-2010, 05:01 PM	#7
texasnightowl Guru Posts: 699 Karma: 1001556 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Device: Oasis 3, K4B(NT), K3/KK	Cool. Thanks. I'm considering a 2nd library for those books I will probably never re-read or just wish I could forget I ever read. I should just delete them altogether (I'm talking some that were really, really bad) but just can't quite bring myself to do it...

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