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chaley · 09-22-2021, 04:02 PM

For various historical reasons all non-composite fields are cleaned when used in a save path. That won't change.

You can work around this by applying a function to the component when you use it in a template. The function is applied after the component is cleaned. Example:

Code:

{#kobopath:re(_,/)}/{author_sort:sublist(0,1,&)}/{title} - {authors}

which will convert all underscores in #kobopath to slashes. If you don't want *all* underscores converted then use some unique string to mean slash, for example ZZZ, then use the template

Code:

{#kobopath:re(ZZZ,/)}/{author_sort:sublist(0,1,&)}/{title} - {authors}

09-22-2021, 04:02 PM	#2
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,465 Karma: 8025600 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	For various historical reasons all non-composite fields are cleaned when used in a save path. That won't change. You can work around this by applying a function to the component when you use it in a template. The function is applied after the component is cleaned. Example: Code: {#kobopath:re(_,/)}/{author_sort:sublist(0,1,&)}/{title} - {authors} which will convert all underscores in #kobopath to slashes. If you don't want all underscores converted then use some unique string to mean slash, for example ZZZ, then use the template Code: {#kobopath:re(ZZZ,/)}/{author_sort:sublist(0,1,&)}/{title} - {authors}