suggestion to change the default 'not' search behavior

Mriswith2k · 03-18-2011, 06:39 PM

I've been using Calibre for a while now without really exploring the saved search filters, and basicly had one big view of all the books.
I've Lately though started using (search) to filter and organise my books by searching using custom colums like 'Read'/'To Get' and also 'On Device'/'Tags' and so forth.
And one thing I'm finding mighty annoying is that when you select multiple searches, and use the 'not' trigger, it does a 'or not' search instead of 'and not'. example:
If I want to search my Action Genre for any Undread Books instead of turning into a

Code:

search:"=Genre:Action" and not search:"read:yes"

search that would give me all my unread Action Books.
It instead turns into

Code:

search:"=Genre:Action" or not search:"read:yes"

that gives me all my Action books and all my unread books.
My Suggestion would be to add a tweak that changes the behavior when doing a 'not' search into 'and not' from being 'or not'.

I also got another suggestive tweak and that is to add a tweak to make 'Author_Sort' only use the first Author it finds when sorting by 'Author' - 'Series', as the current behavior is quite messy for series with multiple authors for example:

Spoiler:

instead of how it currently turns out:

Spoiler:

I used to use a regular expression search to remove all the Authors after the first from Author_sort (Got the suggestion from here), but since I earlier today messed it up and had to manually rename 600 books :P (also starting to take a while due to a bigger library).
I thought I should just suggest a permanent solution.

kovidgoyal · 03-18-2011, 08:49 PM

Look below the tag browser.

Mriswith2k · 03-18-2011, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Look below the tag browser.

Er hmms, do you mean the Restrict to: Search, and then using the normal tags/genre's to filter ? (because this actually solved something else I was trying to figure out :P), but the fact that it still does 'or not' when you try to use 'not' filters still messes it up. (there proberbly is a good reason why it's like this, but personally I just can't figure it out tbh)

I'll just make another example to clearify.
If I filter my books by #genre:"=Science Fiction" (100 books) and I don't want to show #genre:"=Science Fiction.Military" (25 books)
The default 'or not' filter:
#genre:"=Science Fiction" or not #genre:"=Science Fiction.Military"
displays all books in all genre's (600+) except for the sub genre #genre:"=Science Fiction.Military"

Of course I could make a search out of every #genre:* and use that as the primary filter, but it would be more efficient if I could just combine current filters / genre's.

If I'm just completely missunderstanding/missing the solution you are pointing me towards sorry about it T_T

kovidgoyal · 03-18-2011, 09:22 PM

change the box that says Match any to Match allh

Mriswith2k · 03-18-2011, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

change the box that says Match any to Match allh

god T_T I fail, sry bout all that :P

And thanks for the help, Calibre is easily one of the best pieces of software I've ever used.

ptom · 03-27-2011, 04:30 AM

Is there a way to change this box permanently? So that one wouldn't have to click everytime on "match all" when restarting calibre? It's just that I hardly ever use "match any".

kovidgoyal · 03-27-2011, 10:02 AM

IIRC calibre should be remembering the last used value, is that not the case?

kiwidude · 03-27-2011, 10:06 AM

Not the case for me (0.7.52) - reverts back to Match any each restart

kovidgoyal · 03-27-2011, 10:11 AM

OK open a ticket for it so I dont forget.

kiwidude · 03-27-2011, 10:15 AM

Done.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/743645

theducks · 03-27-2011, 10:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

IIRC calibre should be remembering the last used value, is that not the case?

Hasn't been that way for a long time.
Since I mostly use the default, I

there was a reason

03-18-2011, 06:39 PM	#1
Mriswith2k Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle 3	suggestion to change the default 'not' search behavior I've been using Calibre for a while now without really exploring the saved search filters, and basicly had one big view of all the books. I've Lately though started using (search) to filter and organise my books by searching using custom colums like 'Read'/'To Get' and also 'On Device'/'Tags' and so forth. And one thing I'm finding mighty annoying is that when you select multiple searches, and use the 'not' trigger, it does a 'or not' search instead of 'and not'. example: If I want to search my Action Genre for any Undread Books instead of turning into a Code: search:"=Genre:Action" and not search:"read:yes" search that would give me all my unread Action Books. It instead turns into Code: search:"=Genre:Action" or not search:"read:yes" that gives me all my Action books and all my unread books. My Suggestion would be to add a tweak that changes the behavior when doing a 'not' search into 'and not' from being 'or not'. I also got another suggestive tweak and that is to add a tweak to make 'Author_Sort' only use the first Author it finds when sorting by 'Author' - 'Series', as the current behavior is quite messy for series with multiple authors for example: Spoiler: instead of how it currently turns out: Spoiler: I used to use a regular expression search to remove all the Authors after the first from Author_sort (Got the suggestion from here), but since I earlier today messed it up and had to manually rename 600 books :P (also starting to take a while due to a bigger library). I thought I should just suggest a permanent solution. Last edited by Mriswith2k; 03-18-2011 at 06:45 PM.

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03-18-2011, 08:49 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,835 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Look below the tag browser.

03-18-2011, 09:22 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,835 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	change the box that says Match any to Match allh

03-27-2011, 04:30 AM	#6
ptom Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: nook color	Is there a way to change this box permanently? So that one wouldn't have to click everytime on "match all" when restarting calibre? It's just that I hardly ever use "match any".

03-27-2011, 10:02 AM	#7
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,835 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	IIRC calibre should be remembering the last used value, is that not the case?

03-27-2011, 10:06 AM	#8
kiwidude Calibre Plugins Developer Posts: 4,636 Karma: 2162064 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis	Not the case for me (0.7.52) - reverts back to Match any each restart

03-27-2011, 10:11 AM	#9
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,835 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	OK open a ticket for it so I dont forget.

03-27-2011, 10:15 AM	#10
kiwidude Calibre Plugins Developer Posts: 4,636 Karma: 2162064 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis	Done. https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/743645