[culytera]

Originally Posted by chicleeblair

This is INSANE I’m sure this is simple, but I can’t figure it out.

There are two things I’d like to do to make tags that use the character names easier to manage. First, those that mix the character with a descriptive adjective (e.g. Deaf Clint Barton) I’d like to change to just my tag to that adjective

Shouldn’t that be something like
add_replace_metadata:
tag=>^.[Dd]eaf.*=>Deafness

This should work but only for tags that have "Deaf" at the beginning.

replace_metadata:
 freeformtags=>^([Dd]eaf).*=>Deafness

Assuming you mean the freeformtags, then it'll look like this:


If you also include freeformtags in Calibre's tags (controlled by the include_subject_tags setting), I think it should change in Calibre's tags as well.

Originally Posted by chicleeblair

From there, I’d like to then delete tags that use character names. I’d use

exclude_metadata_post:
tag=~^. Clint .*

I haven’t tried it yet, because I’ve been trying to do the first part. Also, is there anyway to do it more generally, not just putting in every name?

You can exclude characters in Calibre's tag system:

include_subject_tags: freeformtags, category, ships, status, whatever you want

If you want to exclude mentioned characters in freeformtags, I don't think it's possible to do it without inputting the characters manually via exclude_metadata.