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Originally Posted by Amanda5177
I would like to organize the books on my disk by Title, then Author. I have tried several save templates...none of which have worked.
Can anyone give me the save template for this?
I dont understand the template editor, and the tutorials are way above my head. So ive been forever searching the internet for this save template, and cant find one....I wouldnt think it would be so hard. lol.
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Firstly, afaik the the syntax and semantics of caliibre's template language is peculiar unto calibre itself, so you won't find much beyond what's in the manual and here at MR.
Secondly, methinks you are misinterpreting what Save to Disk does:
The options in Preferences->Saving to disk
do not define how subfolders and files are stored in the Library folder. The 'algorithm' used in formulating the folder and file names and structure within the library folder is hard coded and it is not going to change.
There's a sticky thread at the top of this subforum that explains why. In essence: because calibre supports many file systems which have their own unique limitations and idiosyncrasies it was necessary to devise a fixed set of rules that will work on all the different file systems that calibre supports.
The Save to Disk tool saves
a copy of what is in the library book folder in a location (device and parent directory) that you select when you use the tool. It uses the Preferences->Saving to disk->settings, including the specified
Save template. The
Save template defines the names and structure of subfolders and files in terms of metadata lookup-names, such as authors, title, publisher, #audience etc
A major objective of the calibre ebook library manager is to relieve users of the need to organise their books in a rigid folder/directory file name structure. The library manager can present a library in just about any way one can imagine, and to do so as and when required. I suggest you watch ==>>
Kovid's demo video.
BR