From f207e31b3b097f89146aa795ad2cdb0952fcc39b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Miller <retiefjimm@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2025 12:48:25 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add standard metadata entry marked_new_chapters for epub
 updated '(new)' chapters count

---
 calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini | 7 +++++++
 fanficfare/configurable.py         | 2 ++
 fanficfare/defaults.ini            | 7 +++++++
 fanficfare/story.py                | 4 ++++
 4 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini b/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
index aabf6f43..15098c7e 100644
--- a/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
+++ b/calibre-plugin/plugin-defaults.ini
@@ -513,6 +513,13 @@ mark_new_chapters:false
 ## (new) marks in TOC when mark_new_chapters:true
 #anthology_merge_keepsingletocs:false
 
+## The count of how many chapters are marked '(new)' will be in
+## metadata entry marked_new_chapters
+marked_new_chapters_label:Chapters Marked New
+
+# Add comma separators for numeric reads. Eg 10000 becomes 10,000
+add_to_comma_entries:,marked_new_chapters
+
 ## chapter title patterns use python template substitution.  The
 ## ${number} is the 'chapter' number and ${title} is the chapter
 ## title, after applying chapter_title_strip_pattern.  ${index04} is
diff --git a/fanficfare/configurable.py b/fanficfare/configurable.py
index 3411b764..e81a4585 100644
--- a/fanficfare/configurable.py
+++ b/fanficfare/configurable.py
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ titleLabels = {
     'numChapters':'Chapters',
     'numWords':'Words',
     'words_added':'Words Added', # logpage only
+    'marked_new_chapters':'Chapters Marked New',
     'site':'Site',
     'publisher':'Publisher',
     'storyId':'Story ID',
@@ -347,6 +348,7 @@ def get_valid_scalar_entries():
                  'numChapters',
                  'numWords',
                  'words_added', # logpage only.
+                 'marked_new_chapters',
                  'site',
                  'publisher',
                  'storyId',
diff --git a/fanficfare/defaults.ini b/fanficfare/defaults.ini
index 118841e4..df9d95b7 100644
--- a/fanficfare/defaults.ini
+++ b/fanficfare/defaults.ini
@@ -483,6 +483,13 @@ chapter_title_strip_pattern:^[0-9]+[\.: -]+(?=[^0-9]|$)
 ## mark_new_chapters can be true, false or latestonly
 mark_new_chapters:false
 
+## The count of how many chapters are marked '(new)' will be in
+## metadata entry marked_new_chapters
+marked_new_chapters_label:Chapters Marked New
+
+# Add comma separators for numeric reads. Eg 10000 becomes 10,000
+add_to_comma_entries:,marked_new_chapters
+
 ## chapter title patterns use python template substitution.  The
 ## ${number} is the 'chapter' number and ${title} is the chapter
 ## title, after applying chapter_title_strip_pattern.  ${index04} is
diff --git a/fanficfare/story.py b/fanficfare/story.py
index dc2d069c..fc313583 100644
--- a/fanficfare/story.py
+++ b/fanficfare/story.py
@@ -1483,9 +1483,11 @@ class Story(Requestable):
         newtempl = string.Template(newpattern)
         toctempl = string.Template(tocpattern)
 
+        marked_new_chapters = 0
         for index, chap in enumerate(self.chapters):
             if chap['new'] or self.getMetadata('newforanthology'):
                 usetempl = newtempl
+                marked_new_chapters += 1
             else:
                 usetempl = templ
             # logger.debug("chap(%s)"%chap)
@@ -1505,6 +1507,8 @@ class Story(Requestable):
             ## chapter['html'] is a string.
             chapter['html'] = self.do_chapter_text_replacements(chapter['html'])
             retval.append(chapter)
+        if marked_new_chapters:
+            self.setMetadata('marked_new_chapters',marked_new_chapters)
         return retval
 
     def do_chapter_text_replacements(self,data):