[nynaevelan]

Hi:

I am hoping an expert can help me with the setup of the following metaboard plugin for my kindle 2.

General Metadata

Metadata: Put series into the title, using either initials or a shortened form. Strip leading articles from the series name (any) (inspired by Gary_M_Mugford)
Spoiler:
The solution requires creating three composite columns. The first column is used to remove the leading articles. The second is used to compute the 'shorten' form. The third is to compute the 'initials' form. Once you have these columns, the plugboard selects between them. You can hide any or all of the three columns on the library view.

First column:
Code:

Name: #stripped_series. Template: {series:re(^(A|The|An)\s+,)||}

Second column (the shortened form):
Code:

Name: #shortened. Template: {#stripped_series:shorten(4,-,4)}

Third column (the initials form):
Code:

Name: #initials. Template: {#stripped_series:re(([^\s])[^\s]+(\s|$),\1)}

Plugboard expression:
Code:

Template:{#stripped_series:lookup(.\s,#initials,.,#shortened,series)}{series_index:0>2s| [|] }{title}
Destination field: title

This set of fields and plugboard produces:
Series: The Lord of the Rings
Series index: 2
Title: The Two Towers
Output: LotR [02] The Two Towers

Series: Dahak
Series index: 1
Title: Mutineers Moon
Output: Dahak [01] Mutineers Moon

Series: Berserkers
Series Index: 4
Title: Berserker Throne
Output: Bers-kers [04] Berserker Throne

Series: Meg Langslow Mysteries
Series Index: 3
Title: Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos
Output: MLM [03] Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos

I have setup the plugboard exactly as it is described in the thread, the three composite columns are extracting the correct data but the books are not being sent to my kindle in the correct format, can someone tell me where I am going wrong? I think I may be messing something up by having the following send to device template:

{tags:re((.*?)(\,|$).*,\1)}/{#stripped_series:lookup(.\s,#initials,.,#shortened,series)}{series_index:0>2s| [|] } - {title}

Please

BTW, I do not know how to do that hide/show thingy, so please bare with my ignorance.