Formatting the title

JulieMarie · 08-04-2013, 11:47 PM

So I understand now that i can't change the Calibre Library and I'm fine with that. I've got the template I thought I wanted for "Save to disk", but titles that start with "The" in them and now changed. So in the Calibre Library, the name of the book is "The Nature of Code", but when I saved it to disk, it became "Nature of Code, The" and I want it the Calibre Library way. Is that an easy fix? I haven't found it in the templating yet...thanks!

Julie

PeterT · 08-04-2013, 11:51 PM

Check out Preferences | Tweaks

Look at

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ID: title_series_sorting

Control title and series sorting in the library view. If set to
'library_order', the title sort field will be used instead of the title.
Unless you have manually edited the title sort field, leading articles such as
The and A will be ignored. If set to 'strictly_alphabetic', the titles will be
sorted as-is (sort by title instead of title sort). For example, with
library_order, The Client will sort under 'C'. With strictly_alphabetic, the
book will sort under 'T'.
This flag affects Calibre's library display. It has no effect on devices. In
addition, titles for books added before changing the flag will retain their
order until the title is edited. Double-clicking on a title and hitting return
without changing anything is sufficient to change the sort.

and

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ID: save_template_title_series_sorting

Control how title and series names are formatted when saving to disk/sending
to device. The behavior depends on the field being processed. If processing
title, then if this tweak is set to 'library_order', the title will be
replaced with title_sort. If it is set to 'strictly_alphabetic', then the
title will not be changed. If processing series, then if set to
'library_order', articles such as 'The' and 'An' will be moved to the end. If
set to 'strictly_alphabetic', the series will be sent without change.
For example, if the tweak is set to library_order, "The Lord of the Rings"
will become "Lord of the Rings, The". If the tweak is set to
strictly_alphabetic, it would remain "The Lord of the Rings". Note that the
formatter function raw_field will return the base value for title and
series regardless of the setting of this tweak.

JulieMarie · 08-04-2013, 11:54 PM

Thank you Peter! After some more in depth searching, I found that as well and came back here to update my post. Many thanks!

08-04-2013, 11:47 PM	#1
JulieMarie Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2013 Device: iPad 1	Formatting the title So I understand now that i can't change the Calibre Library and I'm fine with that. I've got the template I thought I wanted for "Save to disk", but titles that start with "The" in them and now changed. So in the Calibre Library, the name of the book is "The Nature of Code", but when I saved it to disk, it became "Nature of Code, The" and I want it the Calibre Library way. Is that an easy fix? I haven't found it in the templating yet...thanks! Julie

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08-04-2013, 11:54 PM	#3
JulieMarie Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2013 Device: iPad 1	Thank you Peter! After some more in depth searching, I found that as well and came back here to update my post. Many thanks!