Plugboard, template series_index first?

[Truthowl]

Hello,

I'm trying to set a Metadata Plugboard template for 'saving to disk' and sending via email. I've switched to using Play Books by Google because it's syncing appears much more reliable than Moon Reader Pro's. The sad thing is that Play Books mainly lists ebooks by cover. Unless you click on 'see more' then you see some of the titles name but if it's long it truncates it. That makes it so we can't see the series index. I figure I can get around that by listing the index(number) first.

I've searched and found this which is close to what I want, but not quite there.

{series}{series_index:0>2s| - | - }{title}

Like I mentioned, I want the number first. The above gives me, as an example:

Wheel of Time, The - 12 - Gathering Storm, The.epub

But what I'd like to get is:

12 - Wheel of Time, The - Gathering Storm, The.epub

Anyone know if this is possible with calibre? And if so, how?

[MiniMouse]

Originally Posted by Truthowl

{series}{series_index:0>2s| - | - }{title}

Like I mentioned, I want the number first. The above gives me, as an example:

Wheel of Time, The - 12 - Gathering Storm, The.epub

But what I'd like to get is:

12 - Wheel of Time, The - Gathering Storm, The.epub

Anyone know if this is possible with calibre? And if so, how?

The 'series' gives you the series-text, the 'series_index' gives you the series-number. The ':' says if the column is there, what stands behind the first '|' is what will be written infront of the column-info and what stand behind the second '|' will be written behind the columns-info if the column is there. Just write the template this way:

{series_index:0>2s|| - }{series:|| - }{title}

The'0>2s' says: make the series-number always show up as two numbers. Meaning series-number 1 would show up as 01. If you don't want that, write the template this way:

{series_index:|| - }{series:|| - }{title}

And if you want them to show as 001 (instead of only as 1), then use this:

{series_index:0>3s|| - }{series:|| - }{title}

Mini

[Truthowl]

Thank you MiniMouse, for the reply and the helpful information. I tried

{series_index:0>2s|| - }{series:|| - }{title}

but get the same thing. I then tried restarting calibre thinking it might not go into effect until a restart. But there's no change. I get this

Wheel of Time, The - 11 - Knife of Dreams.epub

Any other ideas? I do have the latest version of calibre portable. It updated last night.

[MiniMouse]

Originally Posted by Truthowl

Thank you MiniMouse, for the reply and the helpful information. I tried

{series_index:0>2s|| - }{series:|| - }{title}

but get the same thing. I then tried restarting calibre thinking it might not go into effect until a restart. But there's no change. I get this

Wheel of Time, The - 11 - Knife of Dreams.epub

Any other ideas? I do have the latest version of calibre portable. It updated last night.

Mmmm, I tried this, applied the new template and it worked just the why you wanted it. And not even a restart needed.

Though I made my template like this:

{author_sort}/{title}/{series_index:0>2s|| - }{series:|| - }{title}

See picture. The epub in the title folder will have the title like you want it.


Edit: Even leaving out '{author_sort}/{title}/' and only having the template like this:

{series_index:0>2s|| - }{series:|| - }{title}

worked fine on my end.

You are sure the template is standing under 'preferences ->Saving books to disk'? And sure you looked in the right folder where you saved it?

Otherwise I have no idea.

Mini

[eschwartz]

You may have a device driver override.

Preferences ==> Saving books to disk only applies as a default, every device can then be set differently.

[chaley]

And in any event, the save to disk template is not a plugboard. Plugboards do not affect file names. They affect only the metadata inside the book.

[Truthowl]

Originally Posted by chaley

Plugboards do not affect file names. They affect only the metadata inside the book.

ahhh crud. This was the problem. I was expecting the file name to change, not just the internal metadata. @chaley Thank you very much chaley.

@MiniMouse Thank you for the help MiniMouse. Your template does work, I just wasn't looking in the right place.

@eschwartz Thanks for the reply and for trying to help eschwartz