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tomx2 · 09-17-2019, 05:20 PM

Thanks to all of you for your efforts on my behalf! I really appropriate it.
Sorry that i am having such a difficult time with this.

I changed the suggested tweak, and it had the desired effect....Although, and here is where the real problem lies (if i can communicate it properly). I have no issue with where calibre places "the" or "A". In fact i don't really want to change that behavior as it means a lot of work to correct all my files (as they are mostly set that way, due to the default). My issue is that the file name gets changed when calibre copies it. In other words; "The Hidden Harbor Mystery (Book - Franklin W. Dixon.epub" (in calibre's file structure) becomes "The Hidden Harbor Mystery (Book 14) - Franklin W. Dixon.epub" when i view it on my device. I know i'm missing something, and it's entirely possible you have already explained a fix for me, but i'm still not grasping it. All this stems from my desire to have the file name remain constant so my notes are preserved. Currently if i update a book's notes, the inconsistent naming will ensure that the notes are lost. And a second file of the same book is created (with both truncated and full names).

Maybe Android has something to do with this? I am copying manually to an sd card with no special software in between (win 10). I have noticed, that this happens on the longer file names. If it is a short name, it remains the same. If it is a long file name, calibre's truncated file name is somehow converted to the full title's name (when calibre sends to device).

As i said earlier, i think at this point, i might delete all my files on my device (bite the bullet on my notes) and hand copy them over one by one. This way i should have consistent names, instead of tying to get files that calibre "sent to device" (that are mixed with files that i hand copied) to match. It will take some time, but so has figuring out this mystery.

Thanks again, all of you, t

PS - kovidgoyal; i am currently reading "No Beast So Fierce" incredible story (both colonial and nature aspects).

09-17-2019, 05:20 PM	#15
tomx2 Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2018 Device: Galaxy Note	Thanks to all of you for your efforts on my behalf! I really appropriate it. Sorry that i am having such a difficult time with this. I changed the suggested tweak, and it had the desired effect....Although, and here is where the real problem lies (if i can communicate it properly). I have no issue with where calibre places "the" or "A". In fact i don't really want to change that behavior as it means a lot of work to correct all my files (as they are mostly set that way, due to the default). My issue is that the file name gets changed when calibre copies it. In other words; "The Hidden Harbor Mystery (Book - Franklin W. Dixon.epub" (in calibre's file structure) becomes "The Hidden Harbor Mystery (Book 14) - Franklin W. Dixon.epub" when i view it on my device. I know i'm missing something, and it's entirely possible you have already explained a fix for me, but i'm still not grasping it. All this stems from my desire to have the file name remain constant so my notes are preserved. Currently if i update a book's notes, the inconsistent naming will ensure that the notes are lost. And a second file of the same book is created (with both truncated and full names). Maybe Android has something to do with this? I am copying manually to an sd card with no special software in between (win 10). I have noticed, that this happens on the longer file names. If it is a short name, it remains the same. If it is a long file name, calibre's truncated file name is somehow converted to the full title's name (when calibre sends to device). As i said earlier, i think at this point, i might delete all my files on my device (bite the bullet on my notes) and hand copy them over one by one. This way i should have consistent names, instead of tying to get files that calibre "sent to device" (that are mixed with files that i hand copied) to match. It will take some time, but so has figuring out this mystery. Thanks again, all of you, t PS - kovidgoyal; i am currently reading "No Beast So Fierce" incredible story (both colonial and nature aspects). Last edited by tomx2; 09-17-2019 at 06:15 PM.