From 1f288a450d4677d61bd556c711ba81d6fa56192e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Saus <steven@stevesaus.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 02:27:47 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] updating book_search to use calibre's db

---
 book_search_preview.sh | 11 +++++++++++
 books_search.sh        | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 book_search_preview.sh

diff --git a/book_search_preview.sh b/book_search_preview.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..06449f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/book_search_preview.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+Instring="$@" 
+ID=$(echo "${Instring}" | awk '{print $1}')
+#Command=$(echo "$Instring" | sed 's/ (/./g' | sed 's/)//g' | sed 's/:man:/:man -Pcat:/g' | awk -F ':' '{print $2 " " $1}')
+# install unhtml from pacakage manager
+if [ -f $(which unhtml) ];then 
+    calibredb show_metadata "${ID}" | unhtml 
+else
+    calibredb show_metadata "${ID}" 
+fi
diff --git a/books_search.sh b/books_search.sh
index 7f67c57..a37e32e 100755
--- a/books_search.sh
+++ b/books_search.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,24 @@
 # You can also regenerate it immediately before a run by using the -r switch
 #
 # Use -m to utilize ebook metadata instead of the file structure mentioned above.
+#
+# add in subject from exiftool (may need to add cpan install Activity::Zip (I think?) for tags 
+#
+#
+# Why wasn't I using this??? 
+# calibredb list -f authors,formats,cover,tags,series,series_index,title --separator §
+# id is first row, so can run multiple times to attach id to each of these. Or maybe feed into 
+# memory dynamically for fzf? That's probably better, innit?
+# calibredb list -f authors,formats,cover,tags,series,series_index,title --separator §
+# # need check for multi-format
+# # preview window for cover and/or summary?
+     #With Preview
+#SelectedFile=$(cat "$CacheFile" | fzf --no-hscroll -m --height 80% --border --ansi --no-bold --preview="$SCRIPTDIR/quite-intriguing-preview {}" | sed 's/ (/./g' | sed 's/)//g' | sed 's/:man:/:man -Pcat:/g' | awk -F ':' '{print $2 " " $1}'
+#
+#calibredb list -f title,authors | fzf +x -e -i --header-lines=2 --preview="notify-send {}"
+
+#  
+# use both so can use whatever backend, even without calibre at all.
 ##############################################################################