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EmilThelonius · 10-14-2016, 04:06 PM

Thank you all for the great help!

I went with the first possibility by dickloraine because I think (once set up) it is the fastest way to get the citation! And it almost works

I made a new "custom column constructed from other columns" with the code:

Code:

{author_sort} ({pubdate}): {title:||,} {series:|in: |,} {series_index:||.} {publisher}.

So that it shows for example:

Hyppolite, Jean (Jan 1969): Studies on Marx and Hegel, Basic Books.

That fits my needs perfectly!

The strange thing is, that it is not shown correctly in the column in calibre –*just when I click (one time) on the selected book within the column a window opens where I can change the code –*and there the preview is perfectly right. In the plain column the positions are mixed up. Maybe the code needs to be fixed? Or it is a bug? Or the problem relies on the format of (f.e.) the title, where punctuations, commas, lines may appear. The mix up is quite random and I could not track down if there is any continuity to it....

Thank you again!!

10-14-2016, 04:06 PM	#6
EmilThelonius Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 71294 Join Date: May 2016 Device: Sony DPT-RP1 and Pocketbook Touch Lux 2 and Basic	Thank you all for the great help! I went with the first possibility by dickloraine because I think (once set up) it is the fastest way to get the citation! And it almost works I made a new "custom column constructed from other columns" with the code: Code: {author_sort} ({pubdate}): {title:\|\|,} {series:\|in: \|,} {series_index:\|\|.} {publisher}. So that it shows for example: Hyppolite, Jean (Jan 1969): Studies on Marx and Hegel, Basic Books. That fits my needs perfectly! The strange thing is, that it is not shown correctly in the column in calibre –just when I click (one time) on the selected book within the column a window opens where I can change the code –and there the preview is perfectly right. In the plain column the positions are mixed up. Maybe the code needs to be fixed? Or it is a bug? Or the problem relies on the format of (f.e.) the title, where punctuations, commas, lines may appear. The mix up is quite random and I could not track down if there is any continuity to it.... Thank you again!!