calibre layer

Table of Contents

• Description
  • Features:
• Install
  • Example
• Key bindings
  • Additional keybindings
  • Modified keybindings

Description

This layer adds support to use emacs as an alternative (extra powerful) Calibre front-end.

Features:

See the calibre.el documentation.

Install

Recommended additional layers and packages:

• pdf (layer)
• djvu (package)

Clone the layer using

git clone https://github.com/dalanicolai/calibre-layer.git ~/.emacs.d/private/calibre

Subsequently add calibre to the existing dotspacemacs-configuration-layers list and define the required variables in your ~/.spacemacs file.

Example

(calibre :variables
         calibredb-root-dir "/mnt/4EEDC07F44412A81/Calibrebibliotheek")

Key bindings

See the search keymap definition in the calibredb.el documentation

Additional keybindings

Key Binding	Description
\	calibredb-search-live-filter
C-j	calibredb-show-next-entry
C-k	calibredb-show-previous-entry
S-j	evil-scroll-page-down
S-k	evil-scroll-page-up
(,) s f	calibredb-fetch-and-set-metadata-by-author-and-title
C-u , s f	idem, but swap author title for initial input
(,) s i	calibredb-fetch-and-set-metadata-by-isbn
C-u , s i	idem, but use title as initial input

Modified keybindings

New	Old
dd	d	calibre-remove (file)