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manawydan · 08-22-2022, 04:39 PM

Not sure where to put it or what the problem is caused of but since the only change I made was the upgrade to 6.3 I guess it must be due to this.

Genereal iinfo: Windows 10, Calibre 6.3

I often use Calibre to bulk add books,
search for authors:"," to see LN FN authors (e.g. Smith, Tom)
and had an option in the context menu called "fix" (can't remember where it is in the main menue options, I set the prefences a long time ago)
> swaps LN FN to FN LN (Tom Smith) in all marked entries

Now this entry is no longer in the context menue and I can't find it anywhere (changes are possible for single books using edit metadata).

Also the search does no longer list authors with a "," or ";".
At all.

There is no error it just shows the full list although there ARE authors with comma, LN FN.

Example:
search: date:today and authors:","
result:all books added today regardless if the authors column includes a name with , or not

Can someone pls. point me to the needed steps/submenues etc.?

If the reason is the upgrade why do you (the develeopers) change well working functions, remove or hide them somewhere?

08-22-2022, 04:39 PM	#1
manawydan Connoisseur Posts: 99 Karma: 603096 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: none	After update problem with search and swap authors FN LN Not sure where to put it or what the problem is caused of but since the only change I made was the upgrade to 6.3 I guess it must be due to this. Genereal iinfo: Windows 10, Calibre 6.3 I often use Calibre to bulk add books, search for authors:"," to see LN FN authors (e.g. Smith, Tom) and had an option in the context menu called "fix" (can't remember where it is in the main menue options, I set the prefences a long time ago) > swaps LN FN to FN LN (Tom Smith) in all marked entries Now this entry is no longer in the context menue and I can't find it anywhere (changes are possible for single books using edit metadata). Also the search does no longer list authors with a "," or ";". At all. There is no error it just shows the full list although there ARE authors with comma, LN FN. Example: search: date:today and authors:"," result:all books added today regardless if the authors column includes a name with , or not Can someone pls. point me to the needed steps/submenues etc.? If the reason is the upgrade why do you (the develeopers) change well working functions, remove or hide them somewhere?