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Old 10-08-2013, 10:10 AM   #1
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Question Help with switching plugboards needed - Solved

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Is there an easier way to swap plugboards other than the way I am doing it?
I currently use Calibre for conversions and changing titles rather than book management.

For authors who have written series I like the file and book title to be in the format “series number – title” which I achieve by the script:
{series:|| }{series_index:0>2s|[|] - }{title}

For authors who do not write in series I like the format of the files and titles to be “Published date – title” for which I use:
{pubdate} {title}

These may be used for both Save to Disc and Send to Device depending on the circumstances.

The only way I have found to change from one format to the other is to edit and re-edit the “metadata plugboards” and the “saving to Disk”/”saving to device” templates in Preferences.

Is there an easier way or a super plugboard that would give the required result depending on whether or not there were series in the metadata of the selected books? Or do I just keep plugboarding away?

Last edited by cager; 10-09-2013 at 06:08 AM. Reason: Solution provided
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Old 10-08-2013, 02:18 PM   #2
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{series:'test($, $, field('pubdate'))'|| }{series_index:0>2s|[|] - }{title}

for pubdate title or ...

{series:'test($, $, strcat(field('pubdate'), ' -'))'|| }{series_index:0>2s|[|] - }{title}

... for pubdate - title

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Thank you Adoby excellent plugboards.

They both work for me and solve my dilemma
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