Add documentation for plugin system

src/calibre/customize/__init__.py

@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ class Plugin(object):
                                       
     Methods that should be overridden in sub classes:
     
-       * :method:`initialize`
+       * :meth:`initialize`
-       * :method:`customization_help`
+       * :meth:`customization_help`
     
     Useful methods:
     
-        * :method:`temporary_file`
+        * :meth:`temporary_file`
         
     '''
     #: List of platforms this plugin works on
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ class Plugin(object):
         a needed binary on the user's computer.
         
         :param gui: If True return HTML help, otherwise return plain text help. 
+        
         '''
         raise NotImplementedError
         
@@ -157,9 +158,10 @@ class FileTypePlugin(Plugin):
         simply return the path to the original ebook.
         
         The modified ebook file should be created with the 
-        :method:`temporary_file` method.
+        :meth:`temporary_file` method.
         
         :param path_to_ebook: Absolute path to the ebook.
+
         :return: Absolute path to the modified ebook. 
         '''
         # Default implementation does nothing
@@ -186,7 +188,8 @@ class MetadataReaderPlugin(Plugin):
         with the input data.
         
         :param type: The type of file. Guaranteed to be one of the entries
-        in :member:`file_types`.
+        in :attr:`file_types`.
+
         :return: A :class:`calibre.ebooks.metadata.MetaInformation` object 
         '''
         return None
@@ -212,8 +215,9 @@ class MetadataWriterPlugin(Plugin):
         with the input data.
         
         :param type: The type of file. Guaranteed to be one of the entries
-        in :member:`file_types`.
+        in :attr:`file_types`.
         :param mi: A :class:`calibre.ebooks.metadata.MetaInformation` object 
+
         '''
         pass
-    
+    

src/calibre/customize/ui.py

@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ def get_file_type_metadata(stream, ftype):
     try:
         plugin = _metadata_readers[ftype.lower().strip()]
         if not is_disabled(plugin):
-            mi = plugin.get_metadata(stream, ftype.lower().strip())
+            with plugin:
+                mi = plugin.get_metadata(stream, ftype.lower().strip())
     except:
         pass
     return mi
@@ -121,7 +122,8 @@ def set_file_type_metadata(stream, mi, ftype):
     try:
         plugin = _metadata_writers[ftype.lower().strip()]
         if not is_disabled(plugin):
-            plugin.set_metadata(stream, mi, ftype.lower().strip())
+            with plugin:
+                plugin.set_metadata(stream, mi, ftype.lower().strip())
     except:
         traceback.print_exc()
                 
@@ -288,4 +290,4 @@ def main(args=sys.argv):
     return 0
     
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    sys.exit(main())
+    sys.exit(main())

src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/config.ui

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         </sizepolicy>
        </property>
        <property name="currentIndex" >
-        <number>4</number>
+        <number>0</number>
        </property>
        <widget class="QWidget" name="page_3" >
         <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout" >

src/calibre/manual/customize.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+.. include:: global.rst
+
+.. currentmodule:: calibre.customize.__init__
+
+.. _customize:
+
+Customizing |app|
+==================================
+
+|app| has a highly modular design. Various parts of it can be customized. You can learn how to create
+*recipes* to add new sources of online content to |app| in the Section :ref:`news`. Here, you will learn how to
+use *plugins* to customize and control various aspects of |app|'s behavior. 
+
+Theer are different kinds of plugins, corresponding to different aspects of |app|. As more and more aspects of |app|
+are modularized, new plugin types will be added.
+
+.. contents::
+    :depth: 2
+    :local:
+
+A Hello World plugin
+------------------------
+
+Suppose you have an installation of |app| that you are using to self publish various e-documents in EPUB and LRF
+format. You would like all file generated by |app| to have their publisher set as "Hello world", here's how to do it.
+Create a file name :file:`my_plugin.py` (the file name must end with plugin.py) and enter the following Python code into it:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+  import os
+  from calibre.customize import FileTypePlugin
+
+  class HelloWorld(FileTypePlugin):
+
+    name                = 'Hello World Plugin' # Name of the plugin
+    description         = 'Set the publisher to Hello World for all new conversions' 
+    supported_platforms = ['windows', 'osx', 'linux'] # Platforms this plugin will run on
+    author              = 'Acme Inc.' # The author of this plugin
+    version             = (1, 0, 0)   # The version number of this plugin
+    file_types          = set(['epub', 'lrf']) # The file types that this plugin will be applied to
+    on_postprocess      = True # Run this plugin after conversion is complete
+    
+    def run(self, path_to_ebook):
+      from calibre.ebooks.metadata.meta import get_metadata, set_metadata
+      file = open(path_to_ebook, 'r+b')
+      ext  = os.path.splitext(path_to_ebook)[-1][1:].lower()
+      mi = get_metadata(file, ext)
+      mi.publisher = 'Hello World'
+      set_metadata(file, ext, mi)
+      return path_to_ebook
+
+That's all. To add this code to |app| as a plugin, simply create a zip file with::
+
+    zip plugin.zip my_plugin.py
+
+Now either use the configuration dialog in |app| GUI to add this zip file as a plugin, or
+use the command::
+
+    calibre-customize -a plugin.zip
+
+Every time you use calibre to convert a book, the plugin's :meth:`run` method will be called and the 
+converted book will have its publisher set to "Hello World". For more information about 
+|app|'s plugin system, read on...
+
+The Plugin base class
+------------------------
+
+As you may have noticed above, all |app| plugins are classes. The Plugin classes are organized in a hierarchy at the top of which
+is :class:`calibre.customize.Plugin`. The has excellent in source documentation for its various features, here I will discuss a
+few of the important ones.
+
+First, all plugins must supply a list of platforms they have been tested on by setting the ``supported_platforms`` member as in the
+example above. 
+
+If the plugin needs to do any initialization, it should implement the :meth:`initialize` method. The path to the plugin zip file
+is available as ``self.plugin_path``. The initialization method could be used to load any needed resources from the zip file. 
+
+If the plugin needs to be customized (i.e. it needs some information from the user), it should implement the :meth:`customization_help`
+method, to indicate to |app| that it needs user input. This can be useful, for example, to ask the user to input the path to a needed system 
+binary or the URL of a website, etc. When |app| asks the user for the customization information, the string retuned by the :meth:`customization_help`
+method is used as help text to le thte user know what information is needed. 
+
+Another useful method is :meth:`temporary_file`, which returns a file handle to an opened temporary file. If your plugin needs to make use 
+of temporary files, it should use this method. Temporary file cleanup is then taken care of automatically.
+
+In addition, whenever plugins are run, their zip files are automatically added to the start of ``sys.path``, so you can directly import
+any python files you bundle in the zip files. Note that this is not available when the plugin is being initialized, only when it is being run.
+
+Finally, plugins can have a priority (a positive integer). Higher priority plugins are run in preference tolower priority ones in a given context. 
+By default all plugins have priority 1. You can change that by setting the member :attr:'priority` in your subclass.
+
+See :ref:`pluginsPlugin` for details.
+
+File type plugins
+-------------------
+
+File type plugins are intended to be associated with specific file types (as identified by extension). They can be run on several different occassions.
+
+  * When books/formats are added ot the |app| database (if :attr:`on_import` is set to True).
+  * Just before an any2whatever converter is run on an input file (if :attr:`on_preprocess` is set to True).
+  * After an any2whatever converter has run, on the output file (if :attr:`on_postprocess` is set to True).
+
+File type plugins specify which file types they are associated with by specifying the :attr:`file_types` member as in the above example.
+the actual work should be done in the :meth:`run` method, which must return the path to the modified ebook (it can be the same as the original
+if the modifcations are done in place). 
+
+See :ref:`pluginsFTPlugin` for details.
+
+Metadata plugins
+-------------------
+
+Metadata plugins add the ability to read/write metadata from ebook files to |app|. See :ref:`pluginsMetadataPlugin` for details. 

src/calibre/manual/index.rst

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Sections
    metadata
    faq 
    xpath
+   customize
    glossary
 
 Convenience

src/calibre/manual/plugins.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+.. include:: global.rst
+
+.. _plugins:
+
+API Documentation for plugins
+===============================
+
+.. module:: calibre.customize.__init__
+    :synopsis: Defines various abstract base classes that can be subclassed to create plugins.
+
+Defines various abstract base classes that can be subclassed to create powerful plugins. The useful
+classes are:
+
+.. contents::
+    :depth: 1
+    :local:
+
+.. _pluginsPlugin:
+
+Plugin
+-----------------
+
+.. class:: Plugin
+
+    Abstract base class that contains a number of members and methods to create your plugin. All
+    plugins must inherit from this class or a subclass of it.
+
+    The members and methods are:
+
+.. automember:: Plugin.name
+
+.. automember:: Plugin.author
+
+.. automember:: Plugin.description
+
+.. automember:: Plugin.version
+
+.. automember:: Plugin.supported_platforms
+
+.. automember:: Plugin.priority
+
+.. automember:: Plugin.minimum_calibre_version
+
+.. automember:: Plugin.can_be_disabled
+
+.. automethod:: Plugin.initialize
+
+.. automethod:: Plugin.customization_help
+
+.. automethod:: Plugin.temporary_file
+
+.. _pluginsFTPlugin:
+
+FileTypePlugin
+-----------------
+
+.. class:: Plugin
+
+    Abstract base class that contains a number of members and methods to create your file type plugin. All file type
+    plugins must inherit from this class or a subclass of it.
+
+    The members and methods are:
+
+.. automember:: FileTypePlugin.file_types
+
+.. automember:: FileTypePlugin.on_import
+
+.. automember:: FileTypePlugin.on_preprocess
+
+.. automember:: FileTypePlugin.on_postprocess
+
+.. automethod:: FileTypePlugin.run
+
+.. _pluginsMetadataPlugin:
+
+Metadata plugins
+-------------------
+
+.. class:: MetadataReaderPlugin
+
+    Abstract base class that contains a number of members and methods to create your metadata reader plugin. All metadata
+    reader plugins must inherit from this class or a subclass of it.
+
+    The members and methods are:
+
+.. automember:: MetadataReaderPlugin.file_types
+
+.. automethod:: MetadataReaderPlugin.get_metadata
+
+
+.. class:: MetadataWriterPlugin
+
+    Abstract base class that contains a number of members and methods to create your metadata writer plugin. All metadata
+    writer plugins must inherit from this class or a subclass of it.
+
+    The members and methods are:
+
+.. automember:: MetadataWriterPlugin.file_types
+
+.. automethod:: MetadataWriterPlugin.set_metadata

src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/endgadget.py

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env  python
+
+__license__   = 'GPL v3'
+__copyright__ = '2008, Darko Miletic <darko.miletic at gmail.com>'
+'''
+engadget.com
+'''
+
+import string,re
+from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+
+class Engadget(BasicNewsRecipe):
+    title                 = u'Engadget'
+    __author__            = 'Darko Miletic'
+    description           = 'Tech news'    
+    oldest_article        = 7
+    max_articles_per_feed = 100
+    no_stylesheets        = True
+    use_embedded_content  = False
+
+    keep_only_tags     = [ dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'post'}) ]
+    remove_tags = [
+                      dict(name='object')
+                     ,dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'postmeta'})
+                     ,dict(name='div', attrs={'class':'quigoads'})
+                  ]
+
+
+    feeds = [ (u'Posts', u'http://www.engadget.com/rss.xml')]
+

src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/fudzilla.py

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env  python
+
+__license__   = 'GPL v3'
+__copyright__ = '2008, Darko Miletic <darko.miletic at gmail.com>'
+'''
+fudzilla.com
+'''
+
+import string,re
+from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+
+class Fudzilla(BasicNewsRecipe):
+    title                 = u'Fudzilla'
+    __author__            = 'Darko Miletic'
+    description           = 'Tech news'    
+    oldest_article        = 7
+    max_articles_per_feed = 100
+    no_stylesheets        = True
+    use_embedded_content  = False
+
+    feeds = [ (u'Posts', u'http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_rss&feed=RSS2.0&no_html=1')]
+
+    def print_version(self, url):
+        nurl = url.replace('http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php','http://www.fudzilla.com/index2.php')
+        nmain, nsep, nrest = nurl.partition('&Itemid=')
+        return  nmain + '&pop=1&page=0&Itemid=1'