Merge

Changelog.yaml

@@ -4,12 +4,137 @@
 # for important features/bug fixes.
 # Also, each release can have new and improved recipes.
 
+#- version: ?.?.?
+#  date: 2011-??-??
+#
+#  new features:
+#    - title: 
+#  
+#  bug fixes:
+#    - title: 
+#
+#  improved recipes:
+#    - 
+#
+#  new recipes:
+#    - title: 
+
+
+- version: 0.7.43
+  date: 2011-01-28
+
+  new features:
+    - title: "Ask for confirmation when stopping running jobs"
+      tickets: [3101]
+
+    - title: "Combine the database integrity check and library check into a single menu item. Also nicer implementation of the db integrity check."
+
+    - title: "BiBTeX Catalog: Add option to include file paths in the catalog."
+      tickets: [8589]
+
+    - title: "Create 'generic' output profiles and generic devices in the welcome wizard"
+
+    - title: "Bulk metadata edit: Custom column widgets all have an apply checkbox next to them."
+
+    - title: "Only use LibraryThing to download metadata if the user provides a library thing username and password. Since LT doesn't like web scraping"
+
+    - title: "Allow renaming of user categories in the manage categories dialog. Also allow searching for books in a category from the Tag Browser by right clicking ona a category"
+
+    - title: "Folder device plugin: Add option to disable the use of sub folders"
+
+    - title: "Allow saving/loading of search and replace expressions in the bulk metadata edit dialog."
+
+    - title: "Remeber previously used regular expression in the add books preferences dialog"
+
+    - title: "Search and replace wizard: Cache the previously used input document."
+
+    - title: "Pressing Esc clears the current search in the main book list"
+
+    - title: "Preselct right formats when using send specific format to device"
+      tickets: [7834]
+
+    - title: "Regex wizard gets find next and previous match buttons"
+      tickets: [4486]
+  
+  bug fixes:
+    - title: "Do not allow customization of user interface plugins until calibre is restarted"
+      tickets: [8621]
+
+    - title: "EPUB Output: When using preserve cover aspect ratio, use the actual image sizes in the SVG template as otherwise ADE doesn't fully preserve the aspect ratio"
+
+    - title: "Fix completion on a word with a trailing space causing the first letter to be duplicated in the edit metadata dialog"
+
+    - title: "PML Input: PML x and Xn tags don't indent properly in TOC. Also handle invalid T markup and retain soft scene breaks"
+      tickets: [6194, 8565]
+
+    - title: "TXT Input: Retain whitespace at the beginning of lines. Don't preserve spaces in heuristic processing. Detect and retain soft scene breaks."
+
+    - title: "Fix Adding empty book - cover browser doesn't update"
+      tickets: [8557]
+
+    - title: "When generating author sort string ignore trailing Inc."
+      tickets: [8539]
+
+    - title: "When converting HTML/ZIP files do not leave temporary files that are only deleted on application shutdown."
+      tickets: [8597]
+
+    - title: "Don't crash if the prefs stored in the db are corrupted"
+
+    - title: "Catalog generation: Do not use inline-block CSS as apparently Adobe Digital Editions cannot handle it."
+      tickets: [8566]
+
+    - title: "Fix extra spaces being inserted into TOC title when reading TOC from OPF guide element."
+      tickets: [8569]
+
+    - title: "Remember window size for bulk metadata edit and catalog generation dialogs"
+      tickets: [8525]
+
+    - title: "Heuristics, italicize common cases: Enhance pattern matching to match punctuation after pattern."
+
+    - title: "Fix regression in converting HTML files that have ASCII-encoded non unicode characters inside their <style> tags. Apparently Word generates these."
+      tickets: [8494]
+
+  improved recipes:
+    - Calgary Herald
+    - The Economist
+    - New Yorker
+    - Heise
+    - HNA
+    - ZDNet
+    - NRC Handelsblad
+
+  new recipes:
+    - title: "SPIN Magazine"
+      author: Quistopher
+
+    - title: "Caps n Babes"
+      author: skyhawker
+
+    - title: "Leduc"
+      author: Brian Hahn
+
+    - title: "David Bravo's Blog, La Nueva Espana, 20 Minutos and La Tribuna de Talavera"
+      author: Luis Hernandez
+
+    - title: "Sinfest"
+      author: nadid
+
+    - title: "Various Czech news sources"
+      author: FunThomas
+
+    - title: "tportal.h"
+      author: Darko Miletic
+
+    - title: "Everett Herald"
+      author: "77jag5"
+
+    - title: "Roger Ebert"
+      author: Shane Erstad
+
 - version: 0.7.42
   date: 2011-01-21
 
   new features:
-    - title: "0.7.42 is a re-release of 0.7.41, because conversion to MOBI was broken in 0.7.41"
-
     - title: "Conversions: Replace the remove header/footer options with a more geenric search replace option, that allows you to not only remove but also replace text"
 
     - title: "Conversion: The preprocess html option has now become a new 'Heuristic Processing' option which allows you to control exactly which heuristics are used"

resources/recipes/onionavclub.recipe

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class BBC(BasicNewsRecipe):
     extra_css      = '.headline {font-size: x-large;} \n .fact { padding-top: 10pt  }'
 
     feeds          = [
-                      ('Interviews', 'http://www.avclub.com/feed/interview/'),
+                      ('TV', 'http://www.avclub.com/feed/tv/'),
                       ('AV Club Daily', 'http://www.avclub.com/feed/daily'),
                       ('Film', 'http://www.avclub.com/feed/film/'),
                       ('Music', 'http://www.avclub.com/feed/music/'),

src/calibre/constants.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ __license__   = 'GPL v3'
 __copyright__ = '2008, Kovid Goyal kovid@kovidgoyal.net'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 __appname__   = 'calibre'
-__version__   = '0.7.42'
+__version__   = '0.7.43'
 __author__    = "Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>"
 
 import re

src/calibre/devices/android/driver.py

@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ class ANDROID(USBMS):
 
     VENDOR_ID   = {
             # HTC
-            0x0bb4 : { 0x0c02 : [0x100, 0x0227, 0x0226], 0x0c01 : [0x100, 0x0227], 0x0ff9
+            0x0bb4 : { 0x0c02 : [0x100, 0x0227, 0x0226], 0x0c01 : [0x100,
+                0x0227, 0x0226], 0x0ff9
                 : [0x0100, 0x0227, 0x0226], 0x0c87: [0x0100, 0x0227, 0x0226],
                 0xc92 : [0x100], 0xc97: [0x226], 0xc99 : [0x0100]},
 

src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/transforms/cover.py

@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ class CoverManager(object):
             if width is None or height is None:
                 self.log.warning('Failed to read cover dimensions')
                 width, height = 600, 800
-            if self.preserve_aspect_ratio:
-                width, height = 600, 800
+            #if self.preserve_aspect_ratio:
+            #    width, height = 600, 800
             self.svg_template = self.svg_template.replace('__viewbox__',
                     '0 0 %d %d'%(width, height))
             self.svg_template = self.svg_template.replace('__width__',

src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/output.py

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class PDFOutput(OutputFormatPlugin):
                     OptionRecommendation(name='preserve_cover_aspect_ratio',
                         recommended_value=False,
                         help=_('Preserve the aspect ratio of the cover, instead'
-                            ' of stretching it to fill the ull first page of the'
+                            ' of stretching it to fill the full first page of the'
                             ' generated pdf.')
                         ),
                  ])

src/calibre/gui2/__init__.py

@@ -197,14 +197,10 @@ def error_dialog(parent, title, msg, det_msg='', show=False,
         return d.exec_()
     return d
 
-def question_dialog(parent, title, msg, det_msg='', show_copy_button=False,
-        buttons=None, yes_button=None):
+def question_dialog(parent, title, msg, det_msg='', show_copy_button=False):
     from calibre.gui2.dialogs.message_box import MessageBox
     d = MessageBox(MessageBox.QUESTION, title, msg, det_msg, parent=parent,
                     show_copy_button=show_copy_button)
-    if buttons is not None:
-        d.bb.setStandardButtons(buttons)
-
     return d.exec_() == d.Accepted
 
 def info_dialog(parent, title, msg, det_msg='', show=False,

src/calibre/gui2/actions/choose_library.py

@@ -295,8 +295,12 @@ class ChooseLibraryAction(InterfaceAction):
             return error_dialog(self.gui, _('Failed'),
                     _('Database integrity check failed, click Show details'
                         ' for details.'), show=True, det_msg=d.error[1])
+
         d = CheckLibraryDialog(self.gui, m.db)
-        d.exec_()
+        if not d.do_exec():
+            info_dialog(self.gui, _('No problems found'),
+                    _('The files in your library match the information '
+                      'in the database.'), show=True)
 
     def switch_requested(self, location):
         if not self.change_library_allowed():

src/calibre/gui2/device.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import os, traceback, Queue, time, cStringIO, re, sys
 from threading import Thread
 
 from PyQt4.Qt import QMenu, QAction, QActionGroup, QIcon, SIGNAL, \
-                     Qt, pyqtSignal, QDialog, QMessageBox
+                     Qt, pyqtSignal, QDialog
 
 from calibre.customize.ui import available_input_formats, available_output_formats, \
     device_plugins
@@ -609,10 +609,8 @@ class DeviceMixin(object): # {{{
         autos = u'\n'.join(map(unicode, map(force_unicode, autos)))
         return self.ask_a_yes_no_question(
                 _('No suitable formats'), msg,
-                buttons=QMessageBox.Yes|QMessageBox.Cancel,
                 ans_when_user_unavailable=True,
-                det_msg=autos,
-                show_copy_button=False
+                det_msg=autos
         )
 
     def set_default_thumbnail(self, height):

src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/check_library.py

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class CheckLibraryDialog(QDialog):
         QDialog.__init__(self, parent)
         self.db = db
 
-        self.setWindowTitle(_('Check Library'))
+        self.setWindowTitle(_('Check Library -- Problems Found'))
 
         self._layout = QVBoxLayout(self)
         self.setLayout(self._layout)
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class CheckLibraryDialog(QDialog):
         self.log.itemChanged.connect(self.item_changed)
         self._layout.addWidget(self.log)
 
-        self.check_button = QPushButton(_('&Run the check'))
+        self.check_button = QPushButton(_('&Run the check again'))
         self.check_button.setDefault(False)
         self.check_button.clicked.connect(self.run_the_check)
         self.copy_button = QPushButton(_('Copy &to clipboard'))
@@ -196,8 +196,17 @@ class CheckLibraryDialog(QDialog):
         self.resize(750, 500)
         self.bbox.setEnabled(True)
 
+    def do_exec(self):
         self.run_the_check()
 
+        probs = 0
+        for c in self.problem_count:
+            probs += self.problem_count[c]
+        if probs == 0:
+            return False
+        self.exec_()
+        return True
+
     def accept(self):
         self.db.prefs['check_library_ignore_extensions'] = \
                                             unicode(self.ext_ignores.text())
@@ -219,7 +228,10 @@ class CheckLibraryDialog(QDialog):
             attr, h, checkable, fixable = check
             list = getattr(checker, attr, None)
             if list is None:
+                self.problem_count[attr] = 0
                 return
+            else:
+                self.problem_count[attr] = len(list)
 
             tl = Item()
             tl.setText(0, h)
@@ -250,6 +262,7 @@ class CheckLibraryDialog(QDialog):
         t.setHeaderLabels([_('Name'), _('Path from library')])
         self.all_items = []
         self.top_level_items = {}
+        self.problem_count = {}
         for check in CHECKS:
             builder(t, checker, check)
 

src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/confirm_delete.py

@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ class Dialog(QDialog, Ui_Dialog):
         self.again.stateChanged.connect(self.toggle)
         self.buttonBox.setFocus(Qt.OtherFocusReason)
 
-
     def toggle(self, *args):
         dynamic[_config_name(self.name)] = self.again.isChecked()
 
+
 def confirm(msg, name, parent=None, pixmap='dialog_warning.png'):
     if not dynamic.get(_config_name(name), True):
         return True

src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/message_box.py

@@ -92,7 +92,10 @@ class MessageBox(QDialog, Ui_Dialog):
     def showEvent(self, ev):
         ret = QDialog.showEvent(self, ev)
         if self.is_question:
-            self.bb.button(self.bb.Yes).setFocus(Qt.OtherFocusReason)
+            try:
+                self.bb.button(self.bb.Yes).setFocus(Qt.OtherFocusReason)
+            except:
+                pass# Buttons were changed
         else:
             self.bb.button(self.bb.Ok).setFocus(Qt.OtherFocusReason)
         return ret

src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_bulk.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import re, os
 
 from PyQt4.Qt import Qt, QDialog, QGridLayout, QVBoxLayout, QFont, QLabel, \
                      pyqtSignal, QDialogButtonBox, QInputDialog, QLineEdit, \
-                     QMessageBox, QDate
+                     QDate
 
 from calibre.gui2.dialogs.metadata_bulk_ui import Ui_MetadataBulkDialog
 from calibre.gui2.dialogs.tag_editor import TagEditor
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ from calibre.ebooks.metadata import string_to_authors, authors_to_string
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata.book.base import composite_formatter
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata.meta import get_metadata
 from calibre.gui2.custom_column_widgets import populate_metadata_page
-from calibre.gui2 import error_dialog, ResizableDialog, UNDEFINED_QDATE, gprefs
+from calibre.gui2 import error_dialog, ResizableDialog, UNDEFINED_QDATE, \
+    gprefs, question_dialog
 from calibre.gui2.progress_indicator import ProgressIndicator
 from calibre.utils.config import dynamic, JSONConfig
 from calibre.utils.titlecase import titlecase
@@ -888,12 +889,9 @@ class MetadataBulkDialog(ResizableDialog, Ui_MetadataBulkDialog):
         if self.query_field.currentIndex() == 0:
             return
 
-        ret = QMessageBox.question(self, _("Delete saved search/replace"),
+        if not question_dialog(self, _("Delete saved search/replace"),
                 _("The selected saved search/replace will be deleted. "
-                  "Are you sure?"),
-                QMessageBox.Ok, QMessageBox.Cancel)
-
-        if ret == QMessageBox.Cancel:
+                    "Are you sure?")):
             return
 
         item_id = self.query_field.currentIndex()
@@ -917,11 +915,9 @@ class MetadataBulkDialog(ResizableDialog, Ui_MetadataBulkDialog):
         new = True
         name = unicode(name)
         if name in self.queries.keys():
-            ret = QMessageBox.question(self, _("Save search/replace"),
+            if not question_dialog(self, _("Save search/replace"),
                     _("That saved search/replace already exists and will be overwritten. "
-                      "Are you sure?"),
-                    QMessageBox.Ok, QMessageBox.Cancel)
-            if ret == QMessageBox.Cancel:
+                        "Are you sure?")):
                 return
             new = False
 

src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/metadata_single.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from functools import partial
 from threading import Thread
 
 from PyQt4.Qt import SIGNAL, QObject, Qt, QTimer, QDate, \
-    QPixmap, QListWidgetItem, QDialog, pyqtSignal, QMessageBox, QIcon, \
+    QPixmap, QListWidgetItem, QDialog, pyqtSignal, QIcon, \
     QPushButton
 
 from calibre.gui2 import error_dialog, file_icon_provider, dynamic, \
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class MetadataSingleDialog(ResizableDialog, Ui_MetadataSingleDialog):
         title = unicode(self.title.text()).strip()
         author = unicode(self.authors.text()).strip()
         if author.endswith('&'):
-            author = author[:-1]
+            author = author[:-1].strip()
         if not title or not author:
             return error_dialog(self, _('Specify title and author'),
                     _('You must specify a title and author before generating '
@@ -770,9 +770,7 @@ class MetadataSingleDialog(ResizableDialog, Ui_MetadataSingleDialog):
             if question_dialog(self, _('Tags changed'),
                     _('You have changed the tags. In order to use the tags'
                        ' editor, you must either discard or apply these '
-                       'changes'), show_copy_button=False,
-                    buttons=QMessageBox.Apply|QMessageBox.Discard,
-                    yes_button=QMessageBox.Apply):
+                       'changes. Apply changes?'), show_copy_button=False):
                 self.apply_tags(commit=True, notify=True)
                 self.original_tags = unicode(self.tags.text())
             else:

src/calibre/gui2/jobs.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from PyQt4.Qt import QAbstractTableModel, QVariant, QModelIndex, Qt, \
 
 from calibre.utils.ipc.server import Server
 from calibre.utils.ipc.job import ParallelJob
-from calibre.gui2 import Dispatcher, error_dialog, NONE, config, gprefs
+from calibre.gui2 import Dispatcher, error_dialog, question_dialog, NONE, config, gprefs
 from calibre.gui2.device import DeviceJob
 from calibre.gui2.dialogs.jobs_ui import Ui_JobsDialog
 from calibre import __appname__
@@ -380,8 +380,8 @@ class JobsDialog(QDialog, Ui_JobsDialog):
         self.model = model
         self.setWindowModality(Qt.NonModal)
         self.setWindowTitle(__appname__ + _(' - Jobs'))
-        self.kill_button.clicked.connect(self.kill_job)
         self.details_button.clicked.connect(self.show_details)
+        self.kill_button.clicked.connect(self.kill_job)
         self.stop_all_jobs_button.clicked.connect(self.kill_all_jobs)
         self.pb_delegate = ProgressBarDelegate(self)
         self.jobs_view.setItemDelegateForColumn(2, self.pb_delegate)
@@ -415,19 +415,20 @@ class JobsDialog(QDialog, Ui_JobsDialog):
         d.exec_()
         d.timer.stop()
 
-    def kill_job(self, *args):
-        for index in self.jobs_view.selectedIndexes():
-            row = index.row()
-            self.model.kill_job(row, self)
-            return
-
     def show_details(self, *args):
         for index in self.jobs_view.selectedIndexes():
             self.show_job_details(index)
             return
 
+    def kill_job(self, *args):
+        if question_dialog(self, _('Are you sure?'), _('Do you really want to stop the selected job?')):
+            for index in self.jobs_view.selectedIndexes():
+                row = index.row()
+                self.model.kill_job(row, self)
+
     def kill_all_jobs(self, *args):
-        self.model.kill_all_jobs()
+        if question_dialog(self, _('Are you sure?'), _('Do you really want to stop all non-device jobs?')):
+            self.model.kill_all_jobs()
 
     def closeEvent(self, e):
         self.save_state()

src/calibre/gui2/main.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ __copyright__ = '2008, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>'
 import sys, os, time, socket, traceback
 from functools import partial
 
-from PyQt4.Qt import QCoreApplication, QIcon, QMessageBox, QObject, QTimer, \
+from PyQt4.Qt import QCoreApplication, QIcon, QObject, QTimer, \
         QThread, pyqtSignal, Qt, QProgressDialog, QString, QPixmap, \
         QSplashScreen, QApplication
 
@@ -319,9 +319,6 @@ def run_gui(opts, args, actions, listener, app, gui_debug=None):
 
 def cant_start(msg=_('If you are sure it is not running')+', ',
         what=None):
-    d = QMessageBox(QMessageBox.Critical, _('Cannot Start ')+__appname__,
-        '<p>'+(_('%s is already running.')%__appname__)+'</p>',
-        QMessageBox.Ok)
     base = '<p>%s</p><p>%s %s'
     where = __appname__ + ' '+_('may be running in the system tray, in the')+' '
     if isosx:
@@ -334,8 +331,10 @@ def cant_start(msg=_('If you are sure it is not running')+', ',
         else:
             what = _('try deleting the file')+': '+ADDRESS
 
-    d.setInformativeText(base%(where, msg, what))
-    d.exec_()
+    info = base%(where, msg, what)
+    error_dialog(None, _('Cannot Start ')+__appname__,
+        '<p>'+(_('%s is already running.')%__appname__)+'</p>'+info, show=True)
+
     raise SystemExit(1)
 
 def communicate(args):

src/calibre/gui2/metadata/basic_widgets.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import textwrap, re, os
 from PyQt4.Qt import Qt, QDateEdit, QDate, \
     QIcon, QToolButton, QWidget, QLabel, QGridLayout, \
     QDoubleSpinBox, QListWidgetItem, QSize, QPixmap, \
-    QPushButton, QSpinBox, QMessageBox, QLineEdit
+    QPushButton, QSpinBox, QLineEdit
 
 from calibre.gui2.widgets import EnLineEdit, CompleteComboBox, \
         EnComboBox, FormatList, ImageView, CompleteLineEdit
@@ -848,9 +848,7 @@ class TagsEdit(CompleteLineEdit): # {{{
             if question_dialog(self, _('Tags changed'),
                     _('You have changed the tags. In order to use the tags'
                        ' editor, you must either discard or apply these '
-                       'changes'), show_copy_button=False,
-                    buttons=QMessageBox.Apply|QMessageBox.Discard,
-                    yes_button=QMessageBox.Apply):
+                       'changes. Apply changes?'), show_copy_button=False):
                 self.commit(db, id_)
                 db.commit()
                 self.original_val = self.current_val

src/calibre/gui2/preferences/plugins.py

@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ class ConfigWidget(ConfigWidgetBase, Ui_Form):
                         self.plugin_view.PositionAtCenter)
                 self.plugin_view.scrollTo(idx,
                         self.plugin_view.PositionAtCenter)
+                self.plugin_view.selectionModel().select(idx,
+                        self.plugin_view.selectionModel().ClearAndSelect)
+                self.plugin_view.setCurrentIndex(idx)
         else:
             error_dialog(self, _('No valid plugin path'),
                          _('%s is not a valid plugin path')%path).exec_()
@@ -220,10 +223,16 @@ class ConfigWidget(ConfigWidgetBase, Ui_Form):
                         _('Plugin: %s does not need customization')%plugin.name).exec_()
                     return
                 self.changed_signal.emit()
+                from calibre.customize import InterfaceActionBase
+                if isinstance(plugin, InterfaceActionBase) and not getattr(plugin,
+                        'actual_iaction_plugin_loaded', False):
+                    return error_dialog(self, _('Must restart'),
+                            _('You must restart calibre before you can'
+                                ' configure the <b>%s</b> plugin')%plugin.name, show=True)
                 if plugin.do_user_config():
                     self._plugin_model.refresh_plugin(plugin)
             elif op == 'remove':
-                msg = _('Plugin {0} successfully removed').format(plugin.name)
+                msg = _('Plugin <b>{0}</b> successfully removed').format(plugin.name)
                 if remove_plugin(plugin):
                     self._plugin_model.populate()
                     self._plugin_model.reset()

src/calibre/gui2/ui.py

@@ -12,11 +12,9 @@ __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 import collections, os, sys, textwrap, time
 from Queue import Queue, Empty
 from threading import Thread
-from PyQt4.Qt import Qt, SIGNAL, QTimer, \
-                     QPixmap, QMenu, QIcon, pyqtSignal, \
-                     QDialog, \
-                     QSystemTrayIcon, QApplication, QKeySequence, \
-                     QMessageBox, QHelpEvent, QAction
+from PyQt4.Qt import Qt, SIGNAL, QTimer, QHelpEvent, QAction, \
+                     QMenu, QIcon, pyqtSignal, \
+                     QDialog, QSystemTrayIcon, QApplication, QKeySequence
 
 from calibre import  prints
 from calibre.constants import __appname__, isosx
@@ -101,28 +99,40 @@ class Main(MainWindow, MainWindowMixin, DeviceMixin, EmailMixin, # {{{
         self.opts = opts
         self.device_connected = None
         self.gui_debug = gui_debug
-        acmap = OrderedDict()
+        self.iactions = OrderedDict()
         for action in interface_actions():
             if opts.ignore_plugins and action.plugin_path is not None:
                 continue
             try:
-                ac = action.load_actual_plugin(self)
+                ac = self.init_iaction(action)
             except:
                 # Ignore errors in loading user supplied plugins
                 import traceback
                 traceback.print_exc()
-                if ac.plugin_path is None:
+                if action.plugin_path is None:
                     raise
+                continue
 
             ac.plugin_path = action.plugin_path
             ac.interface_action_base_plugin = action
-            if ac.name in acmap:
-                if ac.priority >= acmap[ac.name].priority:
-                    acmap[ac.name] = ac
-            else:
-                acmap[ac.name] = ac
 
-        self.iactions = acmap
+            self.add_iaction(ac)
+
+    def init_iaction(self, action):
+        ac = action.load_actual_plugin(self)
+        ac.plugin_path = action.plugin_path
+        ac.interface_action_base_plugin = action
+        action.actual_iaction_plugin_loaded = True
+        return ac
+
+    def add_iaction(self, ac):
+        acmap = self.iactions
+        if ac.name in acmap:
+            if ac.priority >= acmap[ac.name].priority:
+                acmap[ac.name] = ac
+        else:
+            acmap[ac.name] = ac
+
 
     def initialize(self, library_path, db, listener, actions, show_gui=True):
         opts = self.opts
@@ -345,11 +355,12 @@ class Main(MainWindow, MainWindowMixin, DeviceMixin, EmailMixin, # {{{
     def is_minimized_to_tray(self):
         return getattr(self, '__systray_minimized', False)
 
-    def ask_a_yes_no_question(self, title, msg, **kwargs):
-        awu = kwargs.pop('ans_when_user_unavailable', True)
+    def ask_a_yes_no_question(self, title, msg, det_msg='',
+            show_copy_button=False, ans_when_user_unavailable=True):
         if self.is_minimized_to_tray:
-            return awu
-        return question_dialog(self, title, msg, **kwargs)
+            return ans_when_user_unavailable
+        return question_dialog(self, title, msg, det_msg=det_msg,
+                show_copy_button=show_copy_button)
 
     def hide_windows(self):
         for window in QApplication.topLevelWidgets():
@@ -589,11 +600,7 @@ class Main(MainWindow, MainWindowMixin, DeviceMixin, EmailMixin, # {{{
                       Quitting may cause corruption on the device.<br>
                       Are you sure you want to quit?''')+'</p>'
 
-            d = QMessageBox(QMessageBox.Warning, _('WARNING: Active jobs'), msg,
-                            QMessageBox.Yes|QMessageBox.No, self)
-            d.setIconPixmap(QPixmap(I('dialog_warning.png')))
-            d.setDefaultButton(QMessageBox.No)
-            if d.exec_() != QMessageBox.Yes:
+            if not question_dialog(self, _('Active jobs'), msg):
                 return False
         return True
 

src/calibre/library/catalog.py

@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ class CSV_XML(CatalogPlugin): # {{{
                     'database.  Should be a comma-separated list of fields.\n'
                     'Available fields: %s,\n'
                     'plus user-created custom fields.\n'
+                    'Example: %s=title,authors,tags\n'
                     "Default: '%%default'\n"
-                    "Applies to: CSV, XML output formats")%', '.join(FIELDS)),
+                    "Applies to: CSV, XML output formats")%(', '.join(FIELDS),
+                        '--fields')),
 
             Option('--sort-by',
                 default = 'id',
@@ -230,8 +232,10 @@ class BIBTEX(CatalogPlugin): # {{{
                 help = _('The fields to output when cataloging books in the '
                     'database.  Should be a comma-separated list of fields.\n'
                     'Available fields: %s.\n'
+                    'Example: %s=title,authors,tags\n'
                     "Default: '%%default'\n"
-                    "Applies to: BIBTEX output format")%', '.join(FIELDS)),
+                    "Applies to: BIBTEX output format")%(', '.join(FIELDS),
+                        '--fields')),
 
             Option('--sort-by',
                 default = 'id',

src/calibre/manual/faq.rst

@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ My device is not being detected by |app|?
 Follow these steps to find the problem:
 
     * Make sure that you are connecting only a single device to your computer at a time. Do not have another |app| supported device like an iPhone/iPad etc. at the same time.
+    * If you are connecting an Apple iDevice (iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone), use the 'Connect to iTunes' method in the 'Getting started' instructions in `Calibre + Apple iDevices: Start here <http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118559>`_.
     * Make sure you are running the latest version of |app|. The latest version can always be downloaded from `the calibre website <http://calibre-ebook.com/download>`_.
     * Ensure your operating system is seeing the device. That is, the device should be mounted as a disk that you can access using Windows explorer or whatever the file management program on your computer is.
     * In calibre, go to Preferences->Plugins->Device Interface plugin and make sure the plugin for your device is enabled, the plugin icon next to it should be green when it is enabled.
@@ -224,13 +225,12 @@ Replace ``192.168.1.2`` with the local IP address of the computer running |app|.
 You wills ee a list of books in Safari, just click on the epub link for whichever book you want to read, Safari will then prompt you to open it with iBooks.
 
 
-With the USB cable
+With the USB cable + iTunes
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-As of |app| version 0.7.0, you can plug your iDevice into the computer using its charging cable, and |app| will detect it and show you a list of books on the device. You can then use the *Send to device button* to send books directly to iBooks on the device. Note that you must have at least iOS 4 installed on your iPhone/iTouch for this to work.
+Use the 'Connect to iTunes' method in the 'Getting started' instructions in `Calibre + Apple iDevices: Start here <http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118559>`_.
 
-This method only works on Windows XP and higher and OS X 10.5 and higher. Linux is not supported (iTunes is not available in linux) and OS X 10.4 is not supported.
-For more details on how this works, see `this forum post <http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?p=944079&postcount=1>`_.
+This method only works on Windows XP and higher, and OS X 10.5 and higher. Linux is not supported (iTunes is not available in linux) and OS X 10.4 is not supported.
 
 How do I use |app| with my Android phone?
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