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Old 08-28-2018, 05:31 PM   #246
JimmXinu
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Originally Posted by sweth View Post
I just noticed this setting. What I can't figure out from the UI, though, is: for what is it the source? I have a "subseries" custom column that I manually set after splitting to be the name of the book from which the component was split; would I be able to use this setting to somehow populate that subseries column with the source book's title?
Exactly.

BTW, I use tooltips a lot for further info:
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Would it be possible to have an option for the plugin to split either as New Book Per X Sections (where for every X selected sections, create a new book using the TOC entry of the first such section), or New Book Per TOC Entry (where the latter would include in the resulting book any selected sections after the given TOC entry that don't themselves have a TOC entry)? ...
I cannot think of a good user-interface way to do 'New Book per X Sections'. And it strikes me as a good way to shoot yourself in the foot when you miss seeing the one story that has 3 sections instead of 2.

I will look into whether 'New Book per TOC Entry' is feasible.
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