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AussieTupp · 02-04-2017, 11:37 PM

Hi BetterRed and thanks for getting back to me so quickly.

I'm really, really, really dumb when it comes to programming/algorithms, etc (mind you, I can spell anything you throw at me!).

Here's the "Author sort name algorithm" in the Tweaks:

author_sort_copy_method = 'comma'

author_name_suffixes = ('Jr', 'Sr', 'Inc', 'Ph.D', 'Phd', 'MD', 'M.D', 'I', 'II', 'III', 'IV', 'Junior', 'Senior')

author_name_prefixes = ('Mr', 'Mrs', 'Ms', 'Dr', 'Prof')

author_name_copywords = ('Corporation', 'Company', 'Co.', 'Agency', 'Council', 'Committee', 'Inc.', 'Institute', 'Society', 'Club', 'Team')

How/where exactly do I show "fn ln" -> "fn ln" in it, or "nocomma" etc. I don't dare press "Recalculate all author sort values". In fact, what I'd love those buttons to read, especially bottom right, is "Copy all author values to author sort" and the job would be done!

Thanks again ....

02-04-2017, 11:37 PM	#3
AussieTupp Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Diamond Creek, Australia Device: Kindle Voyage	Hi BetterRed and thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I'm really, really, really dumb when it comes to programming/algorithms, etc (mind you, I can spell anything you throw at me!). Here's the "Author sort name algorithm" in the Tweaks: author_sort_copy_method = 'comma' author_name_suffixes = ('Jr', 'Sr', 'Inc', 'Ph.D', 'Phd', 'MD', 'M.D', 'I', 'II', 'III', 'IV', 'Junior', 'Senior') author_name_prefixes = ('Mr', 'Mrs', 'Ms', 'Dr', 'Prof') author_name_copywords = ('Corporation', 'Company', 'Co.', 'Agency', 'Council', 'Committee', 'Inc.', 'Institute', 'Society', 'Club', 'Team') How/where exactly do I show "fn ln" -> "fn ln" in it, or "nocomma" etc. I don't dare press "Recalculate all author sort values". In fact, what I'd love those buttons to read, especially bottom right, is "Copy all author values to author sort" and the job would be done! Thanks again ....