Convert Books

[crutledge]

Has any thought been given to making the Calibre "Convert Books" available in Sigil?

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by crutledge

Has any thought been given to making the Calibre "Convert Books" available in Sigil?

You could use my Kindlegen plugin to generate azw3 or hybrid mobi files or DiapDealer's KindleImport plugin to convert Kindle books to ePubs.

For your daily releases you could also use a batch file to generate .azw3 and .lrf files.

DEL conversion.log
FOR %%f IN ("*.epub") DO  (
    "C:\Program Files\Calibre2\ebook-convert.exe" "%%f" "%%~nf.azw3" >> conversion.log
    "C:\Program Files\Calibre2\ebook-convert.exe" "%%f" "%%~nf.lrf" >> conversion.log
)

Simply create a text file with a .bat extension, paste the above code into it and save it.
Then copy the .bat file to the folder that contains the epub file(s) and double-click the batch file.
(Obviously, this will only work if C:\Program Files\Calibre2\ebook-convert.exe exists; if you've installed Calibre in a different location, you'll need to adjust the file path.)

[eschwartz]

Or simply use ebook-convert.exe, since calibre installs itself to the system %PATH%

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Or simply use ebook-convert.exe, since calibre installs itself to the system %PATH%

The ability to customize/specify the location of ebook-convert would still be recommended. If only to thwart that person who's waiting to pounce with "I have the portable version of calibre installed and this plugin doesn't work!"
(or does it modify the ℅PATH% too?)

[eschwartz]

Well, obviously the portable version does not meet the criteria of being installed, thus people can be expected to ask/think critically about the matter.

Whereas any install will be added to the %PATH% regardless of install folder, so skipping the path can only be a net gain over specifying the default.

School system here, so calibre is "installed" via a scripted msiexec hack into %USERPROFILE%\PFiles\ and added to user %PATH%. That works too...

[DiapDealer]

While we're critically thinkng, what would most people call that program that I download and run in order to put the portable version of calibre on my PC?

[eschwartz]

If they are fooled by the word "installer" and not clued in by the word "portable" (and the fact that the portable instance is being used on another computer), they may be the type who cannot figure out how to edit the batch script even with a Youtube video for directions.

Considering that you have to deliberately use the portable version instead, and have an awkward workflow to use it, you would have sufficient warning that that is not the normal way of things.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

(or does it modify the ℅PATH% too?)

No, I have 3 instances of portable installed (2x2.17 and 1x1.48)- %PATH% has no knowledge of them - thank goodness. I removed the path to the 32bit.

BR

[eschwartz]

The path is modified by the installer.msi -- not by calibre.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

The path is modified by the installer.msi -- not by calibre.

But only if the person who built the msi requested the path be modified, and then only if person installing the msi accepts that it be done.



Fast Picture Viewer does a bunch of other things that calibre doesn't do, because they would be meaningless. FPV does not put itself in the path because it would be meaningless, as there are no FPV command line programs.



BR

[eschwartz]

...

I assumed that much was a given.

Yes, I am aware that the calibre MSI has been specifically designed to include an option to modify the %PATH%.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

...

I assumed that much was a given.

To plagiarise and paraphrase Plato and Aquinas - "A wise man always states his assumptions lest others be led blindly into making the wrong conclusions."

BR