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drawson1 · 02-06-2018, 11:13 AM

I'm wondering if this is possible :-)

Currently, if for example, the author name is "Antoine de Saint Exupery", Calibre will sort this as "Saint Exupery, Antoine de".

This particular example matches our common expectations (we ask for books by "Saint Exupery"), but does NOT match the library sort which (at least in English) would produce "de Saint Exupery, Antoine) as the author sort.

The Chicago Manual of Style offers the following examples:

Code:

Alfonse D’Amato;   D’Amato
Diana DeGette;   DeGette
Walter de la Mare;   de la Mare
Paul de Man;   de Man
Thomas De Quincey;   De Quincey
Page duBois;   duBois
W. E. B. DuBois;   DuBois 
Daphne du Maurier;   du Maurier

In general, the particle is part of the last name, not the first name.

I'm not clear how I might tweak the author sort to accomplish this; can someone point me at a sample or guide that I might start from? It doesn't appear that the author sorts also affected by per_language_title_sort_articles.

Thanks!

Dan

02-06-2018, 11:13 AM	#1
drawson1 Connoisseur Posts: 96 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2014 Device: Libra H20, Clara 2E	Tweaking the author_sort . . . . I'm wondering if this is possible :-) Currently, if for example, the author name is "Antoine de Saint Exupery", Calibre will sort this as "Saint Exupery, Antoine de". This particular example matches our common expectations (we ask for books by "Saint Exupery"), but does NOT match the library sort which (at least in English) would produce "de Saint Exupery, Antoine) as the author sort. The Chicago Manual of Style offers the following examples: Code: Alfonse D’Amato; D’Amato Diana DeGette; DeGette Walter de la Mare; de la Mare Paul de Man; de Man Thomas De Quincey; De Quincey Page duBois; duBois W. E. B. DuBois; DuBois Daphne du Maurier; du Maurier In general, the particle is part of the last name, not the first name. I'm not clear how I might tweak the author sort to accomplish this; can someone point me at a sample or guide that I might start from? It doesn't appear that the author sorts also affected by per_language_title_sort_articles. Thanks! Dan