06-09-2010, 05:41 PM | #1 |
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Extra columns in display grid?
I have a couple of small issues with Calibre (V7)
There is a column called 'Author'. This is VERY confusing as it displays one thing, but actually contains another. I find it very hard to read. It sorts by Author 'Sort Order', but it displays 'Author'. These can be totally different, which makes the sort order of the column almost meaningless. Would it be possible to either - 1. display in the column the actual 'Sort Order' details. 2. add another column called 'Sort Order' Personally, I think adding another column would be best. That way users could display the one they want. The other problem is what goes out to the ereader device is in SortOrder - something you cannot see. In my case, this has resulted in folders all over the place on my ereader. One fix for this is a function in Calibre to 'Make the Sort Order the same as Author'. In similar vein, the Title column strips out leading 'The' (and probably other things). This also makes the display look weird. While speaking of columns - I would like to know the formats I have for each book - ie usually which ones I have not converted yet. Could we add a column that displays the formats? |
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Author Sort is really Author LAST Name Sort if you use the standard Fn Ln in the Author field Joe Smithe = Smithe, Joe and sorts as Smithe Book Details (Press the Book Icon on the Right) shows the formats. Using the search tool can show what you still need to do. Example show all TXT files That do NOT have EPUB versions. Code:
format:txt Not format:epub It just might not be exactly your way. You just walked in on a big update. The changes that have happened in the last 6 months is absolutely amazing. Read the change log and see what I mean. |
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06-09-2010, 11:19 PM | #3 | |
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I would like to SEE the Author field - and simply opening up each book entry (of thousands) to check it, is not a viable option. What I have to do now is look at the folder structure created on the ereader device, and from that, infer what is wrong with the Author Sort fields. |
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I am a software developer myself, so I do understand a lot about GUI design and all that stuff. Personally, if I included a feature like this, I would give the user the option to turn it off if so desired. Please don't take my comments as being negative - I think Calibre is very useful and a job well done. |
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Author has {authors} Fn Ln and {author_sort} Ln,Fn Since I have 1K+ books on my SD Card I create a folder to stick all the A_authors into,... {author_sort[0]}_Authors/{authors} ;I like Fn Ln here but you can use {author_sort} so I have only 26 (or so) first level folders. (my reader only supports basic file name, Date, type sorting) The Title column in the display is interesting It shows the Title but sorts on a hidden field {sort} that has the noise word after a comma: "World is Round, The" If you use the Tag Browser, you will find that the Author List is in Fn Ln order and not Author Sort order. The Catalog has some other tricks. I guess I have been using desktop DB's for so long that I just ignore the noise words and was used to entering dates as yymmdd because there was only a text field available. Remember that this program is used world wide in many languages. I have no clue what a "noise word" (if they exist) in any other language wold be. BTW Where would yo put 20'00 Leagues under the sea? Under 20,000 or Twenty-Thousand (I believe the Catalog can do either) |
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06-10-2010, 08:53 AM | #6 | |
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The option was added for those of us who enter author names as 'last, first', but it certainly can be used if you want 'first last' authors sorted 'first last'. Once you set the tweak, you can automatically recompute author_sort by selecting all the books, choosing edit metadata, clicking 'automatically set author sort' (and filling nothing else in), then OK. When it finishes, all the author_sort fields will have been changed. Quote:
0.7.2 has a new 'tweak' that changes how this title sort field is computed *for the GUI*. You have the choice of today's behavior or copying unchanged. If you select the latter, the book 'The Client' will sort with the 'T's, not the 'C's. The tweak does not change how device drivers compute title sort, because it would break some of them. Note that setting the tweak does not recompute the title sort field. You must edit the title. Double-clicking on the title and hitting return is sufficient. You can find all titles starting with 'The' (or some other word) using the regexp search title:"~^the", then quickly run down the list touching the titles. Last edited by chaley; 06-12-2010 at 07:53 AM. Reason: add method to recompute author sort |
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