Author Sort capitalized

jiembe · 05-02-2020, 07:51 AM

The metadata editing window now capitalize the author name in the author sort box. This is not a behaviour I want. Is it possible to change it somewhere?

theducks · 05-02-2020, 08:49 AM

The normal operation is to maintain the case of the Author (or Title) field, when calculating the Sort. (the box will turn Green in the MDE)

In the MDE, you can: Right click: change case: <select>
Note: the box will turn Red (does not match the parent).

You can also perform this change (change case of the author_sort) via Manage Authors. Righ-click in the Authors section of the Tag Browser: Manage Authors

AFAIK nothing prevents the sort value from being 'repaired' when adding additional books by that Author or future MDE actions

kovidgoyal · 05-02-2020, 08:51 AM

There have been no changes to the metadata edit window in years.

jiembe · 05-02-2020, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks
You can also perform this change (change case of the author_sort) via Manage Authors. Righ-click in the [B

Authors section[/B] of the Tag Browser: Manage Authors

That's what I done to correct the 2 entries in uppercase (the one whit I discovered the problem, the second when I tried another entry and got the same behaviour) and now I got the correct sort cases!

theducks · 05-02-2020, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jiembe

That's what I done to correct the 2 entries in uppercase (the one whit I discovered the problem, the second when I tried another entry and got the same behaviour) and now I got the correct sort cases!

That metadata was part of the IMPORTED book. Calibre does not make changes to publisher furnished metadata on its own.

Your action is what we all do. Make it appear 'My Way'

jiembe · 05-08-2020, 07:34 AM

Quote:

That metadata was part of the IMPORTED book.

In fact it wasn't the case for the 1st book and the second book was already in Calibre with a correct sorting until I press the button to sort the author again (to see if I can reproduce the problem) which result an all uppercase sorting. Anyway the problem is now resolve.

05-02-2020, 07:51 AM	#1
jiembe Zealot Posts: 137 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Montréal Québec Device: Kobo Glo; Kobo Libra	Author Sort capitalized The metadata editing window now capitalize the author name in the author sort box. This is not a behaviour I want. Is it possible to change it somewhere?

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05-02-2020, 08:49 AM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,904 Karma: 55267620 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	The normal operation is to maintain the case of the Author (or Title) field, when calculating the Sort. (the box will turn Green in the MDE) In the MDE, you can: Right click: change case: <select> Note: the box will turn Red (does not match the parent). You can also perform this change (change case of the author_sort) via Manage Authors. Righ-click in the Authors section of the Tag Browser: Manage Authors AFAIK nothing prevents the sort value from being 'repaired' when adding additional books by that Author or future MDE actions

05-02-2020, 08:51 AM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,963 Karma: 22669822 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There have been no changes to the metadata edit window in years.