tags / series case sensitive sort

zelda_pinwheel · 05-10-2009, 12:30 PM

Hi Kovid,
a quick question / request. when i check the drop-down lists in the meta-date dialogue for tags and series, the sort order is case-sensitive. that is, the list looks like :

tags :
A...
B...
(...)
Z...
a...
b...
(...)
z...

is there a way to sort alphabetically without case sensitivity ? i'm starting to have quite a lot of tags (and a few series as well), and since some of them are added by the editeur of the book and some are my own, the cases are inconsistent. i often find myself looking for a tag about "Action" in the beginning of the list with the As and not find it, only to remember it might be "action" all the way down past the Zs...

then there's the problem that i might have "Action" *and* "action" (i do, in fact) ; if i just do a keyword search in calibre, both of them come up, but i think it might create 2 separate collections (not sure, haven't checked that), which is not optimal ! (already i've got to sort out "action" vs. "action & adventure" and "mystery" vs. "Mystery" vs. "Mystery & Crime"...

my library needs a bit more organising i see... it would be great to be able to merge tags and automatically rename everything to one standard as well !!)

thanks !

sirbruce · 05-10-2009, 12:46 PM

Calibre treats series names case-insensitively. So Action and action are the same, but you can't change one to the other. I filed a bug report on this a while back. http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/ticket/2157

zelda_pinwheel · 05-10-2009, 12:47 PM

it's mostly a problem in the list presentation in the dialogue, but i'll take a look at your bug report.

edit : it looks like your bug is not quite the same as mine. i'll see if kovid has some info here, if not i'll open a ticket.

sirbruce · 05-10-2009, 01:10 PM

Yeah it's not the same but it may be related in how the names are stored.

zelda_pinwheel · 05-10-2009, 01:16 PM

true, that's quite possible.

kovidgoyal · 05-10-2009, 01:23 PM

How about a "cleanup" button in the tag editor dialog that will automatically combine all tags that have different case to be one case (it will prompt you for the case of the combined tag?

zelda_pinwheel · 05-10-2009, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

How about a "cleanup" button in the tag editor dialog that will automatically combine all tags that have different case to be one case (it will prompt you for the case of the combined tag?

that would be a pretty great solution, i think ! but could we also have a non case sensitive sort, in case the remaining tags aren't all the same case ?

(and the same for series, as well ?)

kovidgoyal · 05-10-2009, 01:27 PM

OK open a ticket, I'm a little busy at the moment (defence coming up) so it will be a little while before I can get to it

zelda_pinwheel · 05-10-2009, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

OK open a ticket, I'm a little busy at the moment (defence coming up) so it will be a little while before I can get to it

great ! thanks so much ! and no worries, it's not urgent.

good luck with your defence ! what are you defending ?

kovidgoyal · 05-10-2009, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

great ! thanks so much ! and no worries, it's not urgent.

good luck with your defence ! what are you defending ?

My Ph.D. thesis

zelda_pinwheel · 05-10-2009, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

My Ph.D. thesis

crikey ! you must be busy right now ! good luck with it, i'm sure you'll do brilliantly !

zelda_pinwheel · 05-10-2009, 01:38 PM

ticket opened : http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/ticket/2421

05-10-2009, 12:30 PM	#1
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,828 Karma: 908606 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	tags / series case sensitive sort Hi Kovid, a quick question / request. when i check the drop-down lists in the meta-date dialogue for tags and series, the sort order is case-sensitive. that is, the list looks like : tags : A... B... (...) Z... a... b... (...) z... is there a way to sort alphabetically without case sensitivity ? i'm starting to have quite a lot of tags (and a few series as well), and since some of them are added by the editeur of the book and some are my own, the cases are inconsistent. i often find myself looking for a tag about "Action" in the beginning of the list with the As and not find it, only to remember it might be "action" all the way down past the Zs... then there's the problem that i might have "Action" and "action" (i do, in fact) ; if i just do a keyword search in calibre, both of them come up, but i think it might create 2 separate collections (not sure, haven't checked that), which is not optimal ! (already i've got to sort out "action" vs. "action & adventure" and "mystery" vs. "Mystery" vs. "Mystery & Crime"... my library needs a bit more organising i see... it would be great to be able to merge tags and automatically rename everything to one standard as well !!) thanks ! __________________ blog.ex-elibris.fr : les liseuses, les ebooks, nos lectures, la technologie… I don't want none of that mischief on my eels! - pdurrant since i would never want to disappoint wde and vr, we are thrilled to present the next exciting avatar in zelda's wardrobe, by vivaldirules himself.

05-10-2009, 12:46 PM	#2
sirbruce Provocateur Posts: 1,859 Karma: 505847 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Columbus, OH Device: Kindle Touch, Kindle 2, Kindle DX, iPhone 3GS	Calibre treats series names case-insensitively. So Action and action are the same, but you can't change one to the other. I filed a bug report on this a while back. http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/ticket/2157 Last edited by sirbruce; 05-10-2009 at 01:10 PM.

05-10-2009, 12:47 PM	#3
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,828 Karma: 908606 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	it's mostly a problem in the list presentation in the dialogue, but i'll take a look at your bug report. edit : it looks like your bug is not quite the same as mine. i'll see if kovid has some info here, if not i'll open a ticket. __________________ blog.ex-elibris.fr : les liseuses, les ebooks, nos lectures, la technologie… I don't want none of that mischief on my eels! - pdurrant since i would never want to disappoint wde and vr, we are thrilled to present the next exciting avatar in zelda's wardrobe, by vivaldirules himself.

05-10-2009, 01:16 PM	#5
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,828 Karma: 908606 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	true, that's quite possible. __________________ blog.ex-elibris.fr : les liseuses, les ebooks, nos lectures, la technologie… I don't want none of that mischief on my eels! - pdurrant since i would never want to disappoint wde and vr, we are thrilled to present the next exciting avatar in zelda's wardrobe, by vivaldirules himself.

05-10-2009, 01:23 PM	#6
kovidgoyal Creator of calibre Posts: 22,505 Karma: 2944574 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	How about a "cleanup" button in the tag editor dialog that will automatically combine all tags that have different case to be one case (it will prompt you for the case of the combined tag? __________________ Get calibre Notice to all: I can not provide assistance with DRM removal, for legal reasons, so please do not contact me about it.

05-10-2009, 01:10 PM	#4
sirbruce Provocateur Posts: 1,859 Karma: 505847 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Columbus, OH Device: Kindle Touch, Kindle 2, Kindle DX, iPhone 3GS	Yeah it's not the same but it may be related in how the names are stored.

05-10-2009, 01:27 PM	#8
kovidgoyal Creator of calibre Posts: 22,505 Karma: 2944574 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	OK open a ticket, I'm a little busy at the moment (defence coming up) so it will be a little while before I can get to it __________________ Get calibre Notice to all: I can not provide assistance with DRM removal, for legal reasons, so please do not contact me about it.

05-10-2009, 01:38 PM	#12
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,828 Karma: 908606 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	ticket opened : http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/ticket/2421 __________________ blog.ex-elibris.fr : les liseuses, les ebooks, nos lectures, la technologie… I don't want none of that mischief on my eels! - pdurrant since i would never want to disappoint wde and vr, we are thrilled to present the next exciting avatar in zelda's wardrobe, by vivaldirules himself.

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