Help with save to disk format

tselling · 12-21-2009, 11:18 AM

I like to have the Series name and Series Index first with a dash before the Title so I use:
{tags}/{series} {series_index} - {title} - {authors}

This works for ebooks with a series but I get just a beginning dash for ebooks not in a series. Is there a way to make the dash conditional on if there is a Series value?

Alternatively is there a way to not have the Title at all if there is a Series and Series Index, but to use Title if there is no Series information?

Thanks for any help with this.

theducks · 12-21-2009, 11:46 AM

I second that.

Along with that:
What I would like is an option to set what to do if a Nil value is encountered (by field...any field).

The current policy is only: blank

Series: {series}, "00NoSeries" (string)
Series_Id: x suppress trailing separator if series is blank, (alternate string)
...

kovidgoyal · 12-21-2009, 12:17 PM

Open a ticket to request the feature, but it's unlikely to get implemented as I have no interest in it.

tselling · 12-21-2009, 12:41 PM

Ok, I found a workaround. I don't care about the publisher field, so for books in a series I set publisher to "-". The other ebooks not in a series have publisher set to a single space (I didn't know how to bulk remove the publisher). So now I have:
{tags}/{series} {series_index} {publisher} {title} - {authors}

Works just like I want.

12-21-2009, 11:18 AM	#1
tselling Addict Posts: 366 Karma: 510 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: NookColor (MiRage/CM7.2 & Moon+ Reader Pro)	Help with save to disk format I like to have the Series name and Series Index first with a dash before the Title so I use: {tags}/{series} {series_index} - {title} - {authors} This works for ebooks with a series but I get just a beginning dash for ebooks not in a series. Is there a way to make the dash conditional on if there is a Series value? Alternatively is there a way to not have the Title at all if there is a Series and Series Index, but to use Title if there is no Series information? Thanks for any help with this.

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12-21-2009, 11:46 AM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,809 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	I second that. Along with that: What I would like is an option to set what to do if a Nil value is encountered (by field...any field). The current policy is only: blank Series: {series}, "00NoSeries" (string) Series_Id: x suppress trailing separator if series is blank, (alternate string) ...

12-21-2009, 12:17 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Open a ticket to request the feature, but it's unlikely to get implemented as I have no interest in it.

12-21-2009, 12:41 PM	#4
tselling Addict Posts: 366 Karma: 510 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: NookColor (MiRage/CM7.2 & Moon+ Reader Pro)	Ok, I found a workaround. I don't care about the publisher field, so for books in a series I set publisher to "-". The other ebooks not in a series have publisher set to a single space (I didn't know how to bulk remove the publisher). So now I have: {tags}/{series} {series_index} {publisher} {title} - {authors} Works just like I want.

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