@Kolenka,
I have been doing more testing with the plugboard.
As I mentioned in last night's email, a "mysterious event" occurred yesterday evening (possibly the full reboot of the T1???). Since then the plugboard data is 'sticking' every time
The only plugboard setting I'm using is:
device_db:PRST1 = ([{author_sort}{series:| - | }{series_index:0>2s}] -> authors)
which should give a more useful result when sorting all books by author.
This is mainly working correctly. The only occasions when it isn't are when
- there are multiple authors e.g.
The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson, book 12 in the series Wheel of Time
plugboard should set author to
Jordan, Robert & Sanderson, Brandon - Wheel of Time 12 - The Gathering Storm
but actually truncates to
Jordan, Robert
- the series contains an ampersand e.g.
Black Dog by Stephen Booth, book 1 in the series 'Ben Cooper & Diane Fry'
plugboard should set author to
Booth, Stephen - Ben Cooper & Diane Fry 01 - Black Dog
but actually truncates to
Booth, Stephen - Ben Cooper
Just for interest, I sent a 3rd book to the PRST1, whose Title contained an ampersand. There was no problem at all with this book.
Is it the T1 which doesn't like the ampersands or is it a problem with the plugboard/template language? I assume the former because the same plugboard works correctly on my PRS650 with all 3 books.
I'll have to read up on the template language to see if there is some fancier code I can use in the plugboard to replace '&' with something more T1-friendly.