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RichieTheK · 08-09-2010, 08:30 AM

At one time, the Save To Disk feature output the Title and Series as they appeared on the main display. Now it seems that the title and series are converted into a "sort order" format. For example, the save template {title} {series} {series_index} when used with the book "The Seventh Stone", which is the 62nd book in the series "The Destroyer", used to save under the file name "The Seventh Stone The Destroyer 62"; now it's "Seventh Stone, The Destroyer, The 62".

I can see why having the title/series in sort order is useful for devices that do not sort files intelligently, but I, for one, prefer the old way. Are there some undocumented variable names that I could use to get the title and series to appear in the saved-file name as they appear on the main display?

A better solution, IMHO, would be to introduce additional variables such as "title_sort" and "series_sort" to provide the sort-order forms, while the original "title" and "series" would provide the form as it appears on the main display. This would provide the greatest flexibility.

08-09-2010, 08:30 AM	#1
RichieTheK Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 480532 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA Device: Nexus 7 (2012), Samsung Galaxy Pro 8.4	Save to Disk altering Title and Series At one time, the Save To Disk feature output the Title and Series as they appeared on the main display. Now it seems that the title and series are converted into a "sort order" format. For example, the save template {title} {series} {series_index} when used with the book "The Seventh Stone", which is the 62nd book in the series "The Destroyer", used to save under the file name "The Seventh Stone The Destroyer 62"; now it's "Seventh Stone, The Destroyer, The 62". I can see why having the title/series in sort order is useful for devices that do not sort files intelligently, but I, for one, prefer the old way. Are there some undocumented variable names that I could use to get the title and series to appear in the saved-file name as they appear on the main display? A better solution, IMHO, would be to introduce additional variables such as "title_sort" and "series_sort" to provide the sort-order forms, while the original "title" and "series" would provide the form as it appears on the main display. This would provide the greatest flexibility.