jlegewie/zotfile

Support for calibre?

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#47 opened on Oct 30, 2012

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Description

Hi,

I use calibre to manage ebooks for my ereader. It would be nice if zotfile, after (or instead of) pushing a file to a particular directory for "Send to tablet", would call the calibredb program, e.g.

calibredb add --author "Jane Doe" --title "Foo" foo.pdf

I've had a quick look at the source and it looks like this could be added to the end of the sendAttachmentToTablet function. I can look into it, but it might require abstracting sosendAttachmentToTabletme code (e.g. calling an executable).

My ereader does not support annotating texts so that is not an issue for me. I don't know if it is an issue for others.

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Tech stack
None
Domain
desktop
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
half day
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
mostly clear
Prerequisites
Zotero plugin developmentJavaScriptCalling external programssendAttachmentToTablet function
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
50
Research direction
Examine the sendAttachmentToTablet function in the codebase. Understand how files are currently pushed to the tablet directory. Add a step to call the calibredb executable with appropriate arguments. Consider abstracting external command execution for future extensibility. Check existing issue comments for any additional context or suggestions.