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DrChiper · 09-29-2022, 07:16 AM

My brain needed some time to apsorb the above.
The short conclusion: it will not work for me.

In my case I have already in the calibre DB:

Code:

FN LN & FN LN & ...

Hence, this gives automagically in calibre for author_sort:

Code:

LN, FN & LN, FN & ...

Kobo, however, regards ',' (=comma) as an author separation and thus splits any author_sort string into 2 entries: which we (I) do not want.

Conclusion: unsolvable problem... or is it?

Can we perhaps via plugboard substitute the ',' (=comma) from author_sort into something else (a kind of comma resembling character), like for instance a cedilla (U+0088) ?
I tried this with my non-existant calibre template language knowledge and produced something like this (don't laugh):

Code:

{program:re(author_sort:list_item(0,&),',', 'U+0088')}

(This would try to replace only in the very first author_sort list entry the comma by something else.)

I got nowhere.
But, when this is still feasible, what would be the proper replacement template construct?

09-29-2022, 07:16 AM	#5
DrChiper Bookish Posts: 1,035 Karma: 2006208 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: PC, t1, t2, t3, Clara BW, Clara HD, Libra 2, Libra Color, Nxtpaper 11	My brain needed some time to apsorb the above. The short conclusion: it will not work for me. In my case I have already in the calibre DB: Code: FN LN & FN LN & ... Hence, this gives automagically in calibre for author_sort: Code: LN, FN & LN, FN & ... Kobo, however, regards ',' (=comma) as an author separation and thus splits any author_sort string into 2 entries: which we (I) do not want. Conclusion: unsolvable problem... or is it? Can we perhaps via plugboard substitute the ',' (=comma) from author_sort into something else (a kind of comma resembling character), like for instance a cedilla (U+0088) ? I tried this with my non-existant calibre template language knowledge and produced something like this (don't laugh): Code: {program:re(author_sort:list_item(0,&),',', 'U+0088')} (This would try to replace only in the very first author_sort list entry the comma by something else.) I got nowhere. But, when this is still feasible, what would be the proper replacement template construct?