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Originally Posted by TheMadGuy
So my first try with the new version brings much better results. But I had to recognize that there is one problem still present: I got the name list in the left window, and most times the two similar ones one above another. But no matter on which one I click, the shown book remains the same. And the tool blocks action to calibre itself. So whenever I am not sure if the two similar writings are the same writer, I have to take a note and check this name(s) when the tool is closed. I don't know if this could be changed in any way (as it has been from day one), so the updated version delivers much more and much better results from my point and I only can say: Thankx!
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If you have "Show matching books" ticked in the Find Metadata Variations dialog, the calibre window in behind should be showing you all the books for the particular (pair) of variations you have selected. In the search bar you can see it is displaying a query for that variation e.g.:
authors:"=Biggle, Lloyd" or authors:"=Biggle jr., Lloyd"
Toggling between the two Biggle entries in the Authors list will not change the net result in the calibre books display, because it is just changing the ordering of that "or" clause. However the point of that dialog is that it should normally allow you to do everything you need to do from it.
So if you decided that "Biggle, Lloyd" was the author name you wanted to use for all the books, then you would select the author variant you want to keep in the list on the left of "Biggle, Lloyd". That way the "Rename to" dropdown defaults to the same name you want. by default all variations in the right are selected - of course these represent the set that will get changed. Then click on Rename. So all books that had an author of "Biggle jr., Lloyd" would now have an author of "Biggle, Lloyd" instead now. At which point the Biggle entries disappear from the list because there are no more variation conflicts in that group.
So there should be no need to write names down - at least not for authors there are not many books for. However if it was an author with a lot of books and you couldn't scroll down to double check all the books for the other author variant to make sure before renaming then indeed some caution could be advisable by taking a note.
Anyways thanks for confirming it is all working ok, I will release it properly tonight.