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GeekyGal · 08-19-2012, 05:40 PM

Dear folks,

I KNOW that I'm missing something which should be obvious. I have tags which I want to exclude from genres in generating a .MOBI catalog. For example, tag

02 Fiction

has some uses, but pretty much wastes catalog space; I have more descriptive sub-categories. I no longer use a + tag for Already Read, but didn't think that would matter. I do want to include 02 Fiction.Mystery, 02 Fiction.F&SF, 02 Fiction.F&SF.Alternate History, etc.

I thought I read the default tooltip correctly to generate the catalog exclusion as either

\[02 Fiction]|\+

or

\[.02 Fiction\]|\+

to exclude the genre, but neither works. Yes, I have read the fine manual, but am just not seeing what I'm doing wrong. I'd like to exclude several tags once I figure this out. Is there a limit on the number of those? How would I write this?

THANK YOU, esteemed wizards.

08-19-2012, 05:40 PM	#1
GeekyGal Enthusiast Posts: 40 Karma: 13888 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle FireHD, Kindle3G, iPad, MacBook, iRex Illiad (ret)	Reg Ex Syntax to Exclude Genres - I'm Missing Something Obvious Dear folks, I KNOW that I'm missing something which should be obvious. I have tags which I want to exclude from genres in generating a .MOBI catalog. For example, tag 02 Fiction has some uses, but pretty much wastes catalog space; I have more descriptive sub-categories. I no longer use a + tag for Already Read, but didn't think that would matter. I do want to include 02 Fiction.Mystery, 02 Fiction.F&SF, 02 Fiction.F&SF.Alternate History, etc. I thought I read the default tooltip correctly to generate the catalog exclusion as either \[02 Fiction]\|\+ or \[.02 Fiction\]\|\+ to exclude the genre, but neither works. Yes, I have read the fine manual, but am just not seeing what I'm doing wrong. I'd like to exclude several tags once I figure this out. Is there a limit on the number of those? How would I write this? THANK YOU, esteemed wizards.