Dont use a python file to store catalog section templates

resources/catalog/section_list_templates.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# These templates control the content of titles displayed in the various sections
+
+# Available fields:
+#    Any column, custom or otherwise, defined for the book, plus
+#    {rating_parens}  Rating, in parentheses
+#    {pubyear}        Year the book was published
+#    {pubyear_parens} Year the book was published, in parentheses
+
+# Books by Author
+by_authors_normal_title_template {title} {pubyear_parens}
+by_authors_series_title_template [{series_index}] {title} {pubyear_parens}
+
+# Books by Title
+by_titles_normal_title_template {title}
+by_titles_series_title_template {title} ({series} [{series_index}])
+
+# Books by Series
+by_series_title_template [{series_index}] {title} {pubyear_parens}
+
+# Books by Genre
+by_genres_normal_title_template {title} {pubyear_parens}
+by_genres_series_title_template {series_index}. {title} {pubyear_parens}
+
+# Recently Added
+by_recently_added_normal_title_template {title}
+by_recently_added_series_title_template {title} ({series} [{series_index}])
+
+# By Month added
+by_month_added_normal_title_template {title} {pubyear_parens}
+by_month_added_series_title_template [{series_index}] {title} {pubyear_parens}

resources/catalog/section_list_templates.py

@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python2
-# vim:fileencoding=UTF-8:ts=4:sw=4:sta:et:sts=4:ai
-
-__license__   = 'GPL v3'
-__copyright__ = '2010, Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>'
-__docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
-
-'''
-    These templates control the content of titles displayed in the various sections
-
-    Available fields:
-        Any column, custom or otherwise, defined for the book, plus
-        {rating_parens}  Rating, in parentheses
-        {pubyear}        Year the book was published
-        {pubyear_parens} Year the book was published, in parentheses
-
-
-'''
-# Books by Author
-by_authors_normal_title_template = '{title} {pubyear_parens}'
-by_authors_series_title_template = '[{series_index}] {title} {pubyear_parens}'
-
-# Books by Title
-by_titles_normal_title_template = '{title}'
-by_titles_series_title_template = '{title} ({series} [{series_index}])'
-
-# Books by Series
-by_series_title_template = '[{series_index}] {title} {pubyear_parens}'
-
-# Books by Genre
-by_genres_normal_title_template = '{title} {pubyear_parens}'
-by_genres_series_title_template = '{series_index}. {title} {pubyear_parens}'
-
-# Recently Added
-by_recently_added_normal_title_template = '{title}'
-by_recently_added_series_title_template = '{title} ({series} [{series_index}])'
-
-# By Month added
-by_month_added_normal_title_template = '{title} {pubyear_parens}'
-by_month_added_series_title_template = '[{series_index}] {title} {pubyear_parens}'

src/calibre/library/catalogs/epub_mobi_builder.py

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ from calibre.utils.icu import capitalize, collation_order, sort_key
 from calibre.utils.img import scale_image
 from calibre.utils.localization import get_lang, lang_as_iso639_1
 from calibre.utils.zipfile import ZipFile
-from polyglot.builtins import unicode_type, iteritems, exec_path
+from polyglot.builtins import unicode_type, iteritems
 
 NBSP = u'\u00a0'
 
@@ -4615,11 +4615,15 @@ class CatalogBuilder(object):
          (strs): section templates added to local namespace
         """
 
-        templates = {}
+        for line in P('catalog/section_list_templates.conf', data=True).decode('utf-8').splitlines():
-        exec_path(P('catalog/section_list_templates.py'), templates)
+            line = line.lstrip()
-        for name, template in iteritems(templates):
+            if line.startswith('#'):
-            if name.startswith('by_') and name.endswith('_template'):
+                continue
-                setattr(self, name, force_unicode(template, 'utf-8'))
+            if line.startswith('by_'):
+                key, val = line.split(' ', 1)
+                key, val = key.strip(), val.strip()
+                if key.endswith('_template'):
+                    setattr(self, key, val)
 
     def merge_comments(self, record):
         """ Merge comments with custom column content.