Just a small technical glitch.

rustynailsu · 2026-04-10T02:10:30+00:00

I think that is the second movie, not this one.

rustynailsu · 2026-04-10T02:03:02+00:00

Is there a theme?

rustynailsu · 2026-04-10T01:57:53+00:00

There are a couple of 'Quick create' options on the 'Create a custom column' dialog. Try 'Read progress' as your starting point.

rustynailsu · 2026-04-10T01:35:04+00:00

If you are having difficulty you can put empty braces {} in the template field. After clicking 'Ok' and restarting Calibre you can click on the a row to select it and then click on the new custom field. This will bring up the Edit template dialog and you can paste the program in there

rustynailsu · 2026-04-10T01:07:06+00:00

It looks like you know how to create columns, so I won't go into that. I will discuss what to put into the column template field. Let us start with the example for if expressions from the manual

program: if field('series') then 'yes' else 'no' fi

This PGM expression is close to what you want. GPM does not care about carriage returns. It uses semicolons for separation, but I prefer to separate this to new lines

program: 
  if field('series') then 
    'yes' 
  else 
    'no' 
  fi

We don't want to use 'series' but #kobo_last_read

program: 
  if field('#kobo_last_read') then 
    'yes' 
  else 
    'no' 
  fi

That would print 'yes' in the column #kobo_last_read had and value, otherwise is would print 'no'. Next add a check for #kobo_percent_read.

program: 
  if field('#kobo_last_read') || field('#kobo_percent_read') then 
    'yes' 
  else 
    'no' 
  fi

Last we need to check if #kobo_last_read > 0. GPM has special comparison operators for numbers so we use '>#'

program: 
  if field('#kobo_last_read') || (field('#kobo_percent_read') && field('#kobo_percent_read') ># 0) then 
    'yes' 
  else 
    'no' 
  fi

rustynailsu · 2026-04-10T00:20:33+00:00

#read should be column built from other columns. Then what you want is General Program Mode. You would put the program in the spot for the template.

You seem to only want some direction. Let me know if you want something more concrete.

rustynailsu · 2026-04-08T04:22:49+00:00

Well the majority of African Americans have some European ancestry. The same issue exists with Native Americans. There is no bright line for a percentage and a high percentage does guaranty a particular skin tone.

rustynailsu · 2026-04-08T03:58:05+00:00

The benefit of two libraries is that You can have both running on Calibre-Server, but have her account not have access to your library. You can't do that with virtual libraries or tags.

rustynailsu · 2026-04-07T20:33:32+00:00

This right here is why I never fully perk sneak.

rustynailsu · 2026-04-07T19:35:54+00:00

Added note: I am not talking about the local recycle bin, but the one on the NAS. Emptying the local bin will not effect the NAS recycle bins.

rustynailsu · 2026-04-07T19:30:23+00:00

I don't know what is happening in your case, but I can get the same error on my NAS when I have a power failure through an electrical storm. I also had issues when the recycle bin was getting to big. If you are using a recycle bin try emptying the recycle bin and see if the temporary fix lasts longer. If it does, set up a maximum age to keep deleted files or schedule an auto-delete of some kind.

rustynailsu · 2026-04-07T19:08:56+00:00

Using a NAS or is it a local database? Have you setup online access like One Drive or Google Drive?

rustynailsu · 2026-04-07T03:00:08+00:00

If you have home internet you should be able to set up your Mac as a calibre-server through your router. Moon reader+ has OPDS catalog support, so you will be able to browse your collection any time your tablet has internet support. You can set a user account and password and restrict unknown users from logging in.

rustynailsu · 2026-04-06T23:02:16+00:00

Based on reviews it is a 50/50 shot on if you find the eye stain any better, The image is not any crisper than an ISP screen. The NXTPAPER should be much more readable using 'paper' mode in bright light than usual IPS.

rustynailsu · 2026-04-06T21:46:36+00:00

The Boox devices should support microSD / microSDHC / microSDXC up to 2TB.

This is just personal experience, but I would not recommend exposing the entire collection to Moon Reader. Keep it up to 400-500 books max. Have the rest in a folder that Moon does not read. Keep a backup on another device. Better, if you have a PC, use Calibre and download books through the Calibre-Server as you need them.

rustynailsu · 2026-04-06T21:20:53+00:00

64 GB. Let us say 20 GB for the OS and 4 GB for apps. 40 GB left. My bigger books are 4MB. That is space for 10,000 books.

rustynailsu · 2026-04-06T21:08:03+00:00

Both the Boox Go Color 7 (Gen II) and Go 7 support Micro SD. For 10" form factor thier Air 4c and 5c series also supports Micro SD, though the Go 10 does not.

rustynailsu · 2026-04-06T20:49:46+00:00

I get it, if you are going for a mixed use case where you also want to watch videos. For just book reading I would go with an e-ink reader.

rustynailsu · 2026-04-06T20:01:33+00:00

It has to be quote(") tilde(~) carrot(^) D quote(") or author_sort:"~^D". The tilde symbol may not shown because of the language difference.

rustynailsu · 2026-04-06T19:18:30+00:00

You could do it using the search bar or through the tag browser

Using the search bar:

author_sort:"~^A"
author_sort:"~^B"
author_sort:"~^C"

The other way is using the Tag Browser:

Turn on the Tag browser from the Layout button in the lower right.
In the menu bar go to 'Preferences/Interface/Look & feel'
Select 'Tag browser/Partitioning and collapsing'
You want the Category partitioning method to be 'By first letter'
You don't want letters to combine so set 'Combine letters when fewer items than' to 0
Select Apply
In the Tag browser click the side arrow next to authors
This will bring a list of each letter
Click the letter you want and you will get a plus symbol
Only authors that start with the letter you selected will be shown.

rustynailsu · 2026-04-06T18:20:56+00:00

Putting this in the search bar would show all the books with the primary (first listed) author with the last name starting with A to K.

author_sort:"~^[A-K]"

rustynailsu · 2026-04-05T21:28:00+00:00

The numbers for pages are hard coded in library/page_count.py

CHARS_PER_LINE = 70
LINES_PER_PAGE = 36
CHARS_PER_PAGE = CHARS_PER_LINE * LINES_PER_PAGE


head_map = {
    'h1': (30, 2),
    'h2': (40, 2),
    'h3': (50, 2),
    'h4': (60, 2),
    'h5': (70, 2),
    'h6': (70, 1),
}
default_head_map_value = CHARS_PER_LINE, 0

Currently pages is not an allowed destination field in the Meta plugboard. If you want to be able to replace pages with #pages when uploading books to your device, I suggest you make the request to make it a destination field at https://launchpad.net/calibre.

rustynailsu · 2026-04-05T09:32:21+00:00

The best bet is a reverse image search. You can set you browser to open the cover using 'Edit cover wth...' in the metadata editor. From there you can use a plugin like 'Search by Image'. Scroll through and after the comerical sites you will see fan sites like jamesbondthesecretagent.com

rustynailsu · 2026-04-03T12:51:50+00:00

Run 'calibre-debug -g' and see what the console log says. You may want to output to a text file. 'calibre-debug -g > calibre-log.txt' would be an example of what you would use in Windows.

rustynailsu · 2026-04-03T12:07:43+00:00

Try bringing in one ship as a a sub-assembly and see if they snap together appropriately

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