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Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by paskozdilar »

account42 wrote: post #209
bheadmaster wrote: post #204

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I'm not making serious claims, I'm sharing my experience when dealing with Kovid. If you don't count personal experience as relevant, that's fine, but I really don't feel like digging up a bunch of github links from years ago.

You are attacking the character of someone but can't even be bothered to provide anything to back up your claims? Then why post this in the first place?

Because that's my experience and I'm sharing it with others.

Are you saying I shouldn't voice my opinions, unless they consist of only praise? Nobody asked the original commenter to provide proof of Kovid being "gentle". If you're going down the "only facts" road, then each praise should be followed by "sources" too.

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by ok123456 »

Chris2048 wrote: post #205
ok123456 wrote: post #153

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Why should he bother when it's done in bad faith.

His words: > convinced me never to change kitty's name He isn't refusing to respond to a bad-faith individual (no idea if all the people in the issue are from a reddit thread, or if that thread is even in bad faith) - he's refusing to ever change the name out of spite. But it seems that you are also acting in bad-faith/trolling: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32057897

Yeah that would have convinced me too.

Why should I go out of my way to humor babies throwing a tantrum online? It just shows weakness of character. Just say no and move on.

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by WorldMaker »

executesorder66 wrote: post #201
WorldMaker wrote: post #186

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Windows added a package manager with active auto-updates in Windows 8 called the Windows/Microsoft Store. It has supported non-sandboxed installers since a year into Windows 10 (the "Anniversary Update"). Late in Windows 10/11 they added a useful CLI tool for it ("winget") and a bit more than just the Store. Around the same time the Store also added support for "update feeds" other than ones that the Store directly m…

I'm aware of it, and it is a step in the right direction I suppose. But what's the point of a package manager, if you need another one (windows updates) to install/update other software, and yet another method (each app auto-updating itself) just to update all of the software on your system? The whole point of a package manager is having one place to do all the updates/installations. But this multi-billion $ company…

A lot of what used to be in Windows Update is now in the Store updater.

Many of the developer complaints about the Store have been the times Microsoft has even hinted at trying to use their clout to move every install/update to the Store. You can find all sorts of yelling and arguments here on HN and elsewhere about Microsoft's various S Edition and S Mode projects over the years all the way back to Windows 8.

Talk about moving to one package manager to rule them all on Windows pushed Valve to return to work on Steam OS and moving to Linux for their freedoms. Talk about moving to one package manager sparked Epic creating the Epic Game Store to bulwark their sales freedoms.

Developers seem to love the freedom to build a million terrible auto-updaters no matter what their users actually want and go crazy every time Microsoft even mentions the idea of a user-friendly single package manager edition/version/mode of Windows.

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by NonNefarious »

mattkevan wrote: post #79
NonNefarious wrote: post #30

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I want to sync the whole thing. Apple Books ineptly forces you to manually copy all of the books themselves to each device, but then syncs collections that you've set up to organize them.

No it doesn’t. If you use Books with iCloud any book you add on any device will be automatically synced with the others. Works really well.

I wish that were true; but I just checked the computer I'm typing this on, and it's missing books from my other one (which is logged in with the same iCloud account).

I have "download new purchases automatically" on.

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by jpindar »

g051051 wrote: post #206
jpindar wrote: post #197

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What are you trying? Do you want to read things with Calibre's built in reader, another desktop reader, sync them to a device (i.e. use the desktop GUI to copy files to a device), download them to a device via the content server or what?

I don't care how I read my stuff, I just want to read it. Calibre says it supports lots of formats, but somehow I can't find or figure out the magic inputs or config options to have it display something to me so I can read it.

OK, first make sure the books are really there. Right click on a book entry, and click "open containing folder". Make sure the book file is there and isn't corrupted.

If it's OK, you should be able to read any non-DRM'd file of most formats by right click > View > "View with calibre e-book viewer".

You can also try any other ebook reader by clicking the "Configure Calibre" icon to open the Preferences dialog. Under "Behavior" find "Use internal viewer for" and uncheck the file format. Then when you right-click > View > View, Calibre will use your OS default viewer for that file format.

If you have DRM'd files (such as from Amazon), you will need a plugin to remove the DRM. The best way to find these is to look on https://www.mobileread.com which is a good place for Calibre discussion in general. I used to know how to do the Amazon ones but it's been a while, there might be a new way by now.

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by paskozdilar »

account42 wrote: post #208
paskozdilar wrote: post #203

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I know quite a few open-source maintainers who have never showed any kind of hostility, even in situations which would warrant hostility.

That's great for those developers but you can't expect everyone to act the same way. The fact is that you have not right for ANY support - there is even a disclaimer for that in pretty much every open source license.

I'm not talking about rights, I'm talking about manners. Everyone has the right to communicate any way they want, but I also have the right to call them out on that.

If you have a public, open-source project on GitHub, and you regularly accept and respond to issues/pull-requests/suggestions, you are obviously presenting yourself to the world. It is basic courtesy to not be hostile in such communication.

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by paskozdilar »

DiggyJohnson wrote: post #156
slightwinder wrote: post #137

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> Kovid puts in an extraordinary amount of work Extraordinary amount of work does not guarantee extraordinary quality or results, not even ordinary quality. > Anyone who has spent a decent amount of time on the mobileread forums will also know him as a remarkably intelligent, dedicated, and all-round fantastic guy. Reads like a working para social addiction. Anyway, whatever qualities one has, doesn't matter. One can…

I don’t mean this in a snarky way, but how does this comment add value?

I don't mean this in a snarky way, but how would you define adding value?

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by catskul2 »

tomcam wrote: post #111
Chris2048 wrote: post #108

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> His only 'crime' was being blunt with a bug report around eleven years ago Here's something from 2018: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/9#issuecomment-41...

Is that supposed to be some kind of an offense?

This seemed eyebrow raising at least: https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1714107

Re: New in Calibre 6.0

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Post by DiggyJohnson »

paskozdilar wrote: post #218
DiggyJohnson wrote: post #156

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I don’t mean this in a snarky way, but how does this comment add value?

I don't mean this in a snarky way, but how would you define adding value?

(Fun unrelated fact is that I'm writing a book about this exact question.)

So maybe it is most honest of me not to try and answer that question in this context, and instead say that this is an excellent question to ask of anyone using value implicitely in these sorts of discussions.

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