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eschwartz · 03-08-2015, 02:58 PM

My save template:

Code:

{author_sort:sublist(0,1,&)}/{title}/{title} - {authors:sublist(0,1,&)}

Same as the default, except if there are multiple authors, then the sublist function ensures only the first author is used.

Example:
The Way of the Wizard, by:
John Joseph Adams & George R. R. Martin & David Barr Kirtley & Susanna Clarke & Delia Sherman & Jeffrey Ford & C. C. Finlay & Rajan Khanna & Genevieve Valentine & Nnedi Okorafor & Krista Hoeppner Leahy & Orson Scott Card & Robert Silverberg & Wendy N. Wagner & Kelly Link & Neil Gaiman & Christie Yant & Mike Resnick & Cinda Williams Chima & Adam-Troy Castro & Yoon Ha Lee & Lev Grossman & Simon R. Green & T. A. Pratt & Jeremiah Tolbert & Jonathan L. Howard & David Farland & Vylar Kaftan & Desirina Boskovich & Peter S. Beagle & Ursula K. Le Guin & John R. Fultz & Marion Zimmer Bradley

Obviously, that is a bad time to be saving all authors as the filename.

So sublisting the authors field means it gets sent as "Adams, John Joseph/The Way of the Wizard/The Way of the Wizard - John Joseph Adams.azw3"

This is a massive improvement over:

Spoiler:

Going back to the original template:

Code:

{series:'test($, strcat("_", field('series'), " - ",field('authors')), field('authors'))'}/{series_index:0>4s| | - }{title} - {authors}

I would use

Code:

{series:'test($, strcat("_", field('series'), " - ",sublist(field('authors'),0,1,&)), sublist(field('authors'),0,1,&))'}/{series_index:0>4s| | - }{title} - {authors:sublist(0,1,&)}

All books will pretend, for the purposes of the save filename, that they only have one author -- the first. As long as the series' in question share the first author in common, this should work. (There are series' out there that are written by multiple people as a collaborative effort. But then, those series' are just as likely to have one author per book, in which case the problem would be there anyway.)

03-08-2015, 02:58 PM	#21
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	My save template: Code: {author_sort:sublist(0,1,&)}/{title}/{title} - {authors:sublist(0,1,&)} Same as the default, except if there are multiple authors, then the sublist function ensures only the first author is used. Example: The Way of the Wizard, by: John Joseph Adams & George R. R. Martin & David Barr Kirtley & Susanna Clarke & Delia Sherman & Jeffrey Ford & C. C. Finlay & Rajan Khanna & Genevieve Valentine & Nnedi Okorafor & Krista Hoeppner Leahy & Orson Scott Card & Robert Silverberg & Wendy N. Wagner & Kelly Link & Neil Gaiman & Christie Yant & Mike Resnick & Cinda Williams Chima & Adam-Troy Castro & Yoon Ha Lee & Lev Grossman & Simon R. Green & T. A. Pratt & Jeremiah Tolbert & Jonathan L. Howard & David Farland & Vylar Kaftan & Desirina Boskovich & Peter S. Beagle & Ursula K. Le Guin & John R. Fultz & Marion Zimmer Bradley Obviously, that is a bad time to be saving all authors as the filename. So sublisting the authors field means it gets sent as "Adams, John Joseph/The Way of the Wizard/The Way of the Wizard - John Joseph Adams.azw3" This is a massive improvement over: Spoiler: Adams, John Joseph & Martin, George R. R. & Kirtley, David Barr & Clarke, Susanna & Sherman, Delia & Ford, Jeffrey & Finlay, C. C. & Khanna, Rajan & Valentine, Genevieve & Okorafor, Nnedi & Leahy, Krista Hoeppner & Card, Orson Scott & Silverberg, Robert & Wagner, Wendy N. & Link, Kelly & Gaiman, Neil & Yant, Christie & Resnick, Mike & Chima, Cinda Williams & Castro, Adam-Troy & Lee, Yoon Ha & Grossman, Lev & Green, Simon R. & Pratt, T. A. & Tolbert, Jeremiah & Howard, Jonathan L. & Farland, David & Kaftan, Vylar & Boskovich, Desirina & Beagle, Peter S. & Guin, Ursula K. Le & Fultz, John R. & Bradley, Marion Zimmer/The Way of the Wizard/The Way of the Wizard - John Joseph Adams & George R. R. Martin & David Barr Kirtley & Susanna Clarke & Delia Sherman & Jeffrey Ford & C. C. Finlay & Rajan Khanna & Genevieve Valentine & Nnedi Okorafor & Krista Hoeppner Leahy & Orson Scott Card & Robert Silverberg & Wendy N. Wagner & Kelly Link & Neil Gaiman & Christie Yant & Mike Resnick & Cinda Williams Chima & Adam-Troy Castro & Yoon Ha Lee & Lev Grossman & Simon R. Green & T. A. Pratt & Jeremiah Tolbert & Jonathan L. Howard & David Farland & Vylar Kaftan & Desirina Boskovich & Peter S. Beagle & Ursula K. Le Guin & John R. Fultz & Marion Zimmer Bradley.azw3 Going back to the original template: Code: {series:'test($, strcat("_", field('series'), " - ",field('authors')), field('authors'))'}/{series_index:0>4s\| \| - }{title} - {authors} I would use Code: {series:'test($, strcat("_", field('series'), " - ",sublist(field('authors'),0,1,&)), sublist(field('authors'),0,1,&))'}/{series_index:0>4s\| \| - }{title} - {authors:sublist(0,1,&)} All books will pretend, for the purposes of the save filename, that they only have one author -- the first. As long as the series' in question share the first author in common, this should work. (There are series' out there that are written by multiple people as a collaborative effort. But then, those series' are just as likely to have one author per book, in which case the problem would be there anyway.) Last edited by eschwartz; 03-08-2015 at 03:04 PM.