[carmenchu]

Help, please! I dare say somebody has done this already, but my search hasn't found any example I can follow...
I have added to my library a column #aliases, to contain the pseudonym(s) of the book author(s), and I would wish to get it working the same as the 'authors' column: view as 'FN LN', but have it in the tag browser as 'LN, FN'.

I have got 'almost' there, by adding a 'column from other columns' #aliases_sort, to appear in the tag browser.

Hitch: after wrestling with the reference for template functions, the nearer I have got is:
{#aliases:sublist(-1,0, ), #aliases:sublist(0,-1, )}
which:
* fails down for names like 'Thomas J. Bassler, MD' and adds a comma after single names like 'Homerus'
* Would likely go haywire if applied to a multi-valued column, like 'Ivar Jorgensen & Mark Phillips'

So, instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, I come for help, **please**.
Many thanks!