Comparing e-books: Wow

DrChiper · 01-31-2014, 02:36 AM

This helps a lot to understand whats going on.
Appreciated Kovid

kovidgoyal · 01-31-2014, 02:54 AM

Glad to hear it, just FYI, you can also run the tool from the command line without need to go through edit book first, like this

calibre-debug.exe --diff -- file1.epub file2.epub

Divingduck · 01-31-2014, 02:55 AM

I agree. Something I searched for long time and now in Calibre better as I ever had imagined. What a wonderful surprise.
Well done, Kovid.

DrChiper · 01-31-2014, 03:06 AM

One of the first things I did discover that "smarten punctuation" also implicitly did a "Fix HTML", never expected that.

kovidgoyal · 01-31-2014, 03:09 AM

It has to, as it works partly on the parsed representation of the HTML.

jbacelar · 01-31-2014, 03:59 AM

It's a great tool!
Many, thank you very much, Kovid.

DrChiper · 01-31-2014, 05:22 AM

Just to improve the manual: in the chapter on comparing E-books, the word "compare" is misspelled several times.

There is also something wrong with this sentence:
You can create a checkpoint via:guilabel:Edit->Create checkpoint.

kovidgoyal · 01-31-2014, 05:39 AM

Thanks, fixed. There is something about the word compare that causes me to mis-type it a lot.

DrChiper · 01-31-2014, 05:55 AM

Well as long as you make consistent mistakes, no problems

And now re-reading the info about the tools, the by-effects were indeed neatly mentioned, so I am solely to be blamed for having missed them.

I do however have one question: one of my style settings recently failed and I could not find the problem right away as even check book did found everything ok. Finally it turned out that somewhere in the text I had typed <P> (in capital), while the stylesheet setting was <p> (lowercase). My trusty T1 ignored therefore the setting with a funny result. These kind of errors can make you mad before finding them.
Is it possible that check book signals that there is a capitalization mismatch between stylesheet and text?

BobC · 01-31-2014, 05:56 AM

The manual says " When you open the comparison tool from withing (sic) the editor, you can also double click on a line in the right panel to go to that line in the editor automatically." However when I do this (comparing two versions after beautifying files within the editor) it takes me to the Editor but does not open the appropriate file within the book nor transfer to the matched line.

Using WinXP SP3 and Calibre 1.22.

BobC

DrChiper · 01-31-2014, 06:16 AM

Indeed, it opens just the very first compared file.
Even right click on another file name and issuing "open file in the editor" just uses persistently the first file.

kovidgoyal · 01-31-2014, 06:21 AM

It's a bug, will be fixed in the next release. https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...51f73db455ad7f

Divingduck · 01-31-2014, 09:08 AM

Kovid,
I have an error with "beautify files..." via options in the comparing window comming form book details:

kovidgoyal · 01-31-2014, 09:49 AM

@Divingduck: That's an interesting error, I have fixed it, but I'd like to see what books caused it.

eschwartz · 01-31-2014, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

@Divingduck: That's an interesting error, I have fixed it, but I'd like to see what books caused it.

I just got that error too, and came here and found it was already reported, so here is the books that gave it for me.

01-31-2014, 02:36 AM	#1
DrChiper Bookish Posts: 918 Karma: 1803094 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: PC, t1, t2, t3, aura 2 v1, clara HD, Libra 2, Nxtpaper 11	Comparing e-books: Wow This helps a lot to understand whats going on. Appreciated Kovid

01-31-2014, 02:54 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,994 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Glad to hear it, just FYI, you can also run the tool from the command line without need to go through edit book first, like this calibre-debug.exe --diff -- file1.epub file2.epub Last edited by kovidgoyal; 06-17-2014 at 02:08 AM.

01-31-2014, 05:22 AM	#7
DrChiper Bookish Posts: 918 Karma: 1803094 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: PC, t1, t2, t3, aura 2 v1, clara HD, Libra 2, Nxtpaper 11	Just to improve the manual: in the chapter on comparing E-books, the word "compare" is misspelled several times. There is also something wrong with this sentence: You can create a checkpoint via:guilabel:Edit->Create checkpoint. Last edited by DrChiper; 01-31-2014 at 05:26 AM.

01-31-2014, 05:55 AM	#9
DrChiper Bookish Posts: 918 Karma: 1803094 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: PC, t1, t2, t3, aura 2 v1, clara HD, Libra 2, Nxtpaper 11	Well as long as you make consistent mistakes, no problems And now re-reading the info about the tools, the by-effects were indeed neatly mentioned, so I am solely to be blamed for having missed them. I do however have one question: one of my style settings recently failed and I could not find the problem right away as even check book did found everything ok. Finally it turned out that somewhere in the text I had typed <P> (in capital), while the stylesheet setting was <p> (lowercase). My trusty T1 ignored therefore the setting with a funny result. These kind of errors can make you mad before finding them. Is it possible that check book signals that there is a capitalization mismatch between stylesheet and text? Last edited by DrChiper; 01-31-2014 at 06:04 AM. Reason: typo

01-31-2014, 06:21 AM	#12
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,994 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	It's a bug, will be fixed in the next release. https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...51f73db455ad7f Last edited by kovidgoyal; 01-31-2014 at 06:28 AM.

01-31-2014, 02:55 AM	#3
Divingduck Wizard Posts: 1,163 Karma: 1404241 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Germany Device: Sony PRS-650	I agree. Something I searched for long time and now in Calibre better as I ever had imagined. What a wonderful surprise. Well done, Kovid.

01-31-2014, 03:06 AM	#4
DrChiper Bookish Posts: 918 Karma: 1803094 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: PC, t1, t2, t3, aura 2 v1, clara HD, Libra 2, Nxtpaper 11	One of the first things I did discover that "smarten punctuation" also implicitly did a "Fix HTML", never expected that.

01-31-2014, 03:09 AM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,994 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	It has to, as it works partly on the parsed representation of the HTML.

01-31-2014, 03:59 AM	#6
jbacelar Interested in the matter Posts: 421 Karma: 426094 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Spain, south coast Device: Pocketbook InkPad 3	It's a great tool! Many, thank you very much, Kovid.

01-31-2014, 05:39 AM	#8
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,994 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Thanks, fixed. There is something about the word compare that causes me to mis-type it a lot.

01-31-2014, 05:56 AM	#10
BobC Guru Posts: 691 Karma: 3026110 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Lancashire, U.K. Device: BeBook 1, BeBook Pure, Kobo Glo, (and HD),Energy Sistem EReader Pro +	The manual says " When you open the comparison tool from withing (sic) the editor, you can also double click on a line in the right panel to go to that line in the editor automatically." However when I do this (comparing two versions after beautifying files within the editor) it takes me to the Editor but does not open the appropriate file within the book nor transfer to the matched line. Using WinXP SP3 and Calibre 1.22. BobC

01-31-2014, 06:16 AM	#11
DrChiper Bookish Posts: 918 Karma: 1803094 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: PC, t1, t2, t3, aura 2 v1, clara HD, Libra 2, Nxtpaper 11	Indeed, it opens just the very first compared file. Even right click on another file name and issuing "open file in the editor" just uses persistently the first file.

01-31-2014, 09:08 AM	#13
Divingduck Wizard Posts: 1,163 Karma: 1404241 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Germany Device: Sony PRS-650	Kovid, I have an error with "beautify files..." via options in the comparing window comming form book details: Attached Thumbnails

01-31-2014, 09:49 AM	#14
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,994 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	@Divingduck: That's an interesting error, I have fixed it, but I'd like to see what books caused it.

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