Quote:
Originally Posted by Clem2605
Is there any way to use the plugin to copy a composite column's content and paste it in another (normal text) column?
Context:
I use a composite 'Sort Column' to sort my books in Calibre, and I use the Calibre Sync plugin to access my books on my phone and my tablet. However, Calibre Sync cannot access composite columns' content. Which means that sorting my books there is pretty inefficient.
So I was wondering if I could create a simple text column where I could paste my sort column's content. I'm not doing that by hand, it's simply not worth it, but could it be done with the action chain plugin? I'm guessing I would use the Copy to Clipboard action for the first part, but how do I paste the content in my new column?
I don't really see another way to do it? I could maybe number the books in the order in which they appear once I've sorted them in Calibre, but I don't see how to even begin to do that, and it would need to be updated way more often than the first option.
If it changes anything:
- I have two libraries in which I would like to implement this column, both have the same sort column name.
- Calibre Sync's sorting is case-sensitive, so I ideally would like to switch to lowercase at some point (I can do that by myself if I use the Copy to Clipbord Action)
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Perhaps one option is a "Search and replace" with a regular expression. Something like:
* Search field: Composite column
* Search: (.*?)
* Replace: \1
* Destination field: Text column