Calibre Template Editor

Chirchende · 05-22-2025, 07:57 PM

HI, I applied this rule to the Template Editor to have my books sorted differently {author_sort}/{authors} - {title}
but nothing change in the final output which keeps being {author_sort}/{title}/{title} - {authors}

Can anybody help me?

I've got Calibre 8.4 on a MacBook Pro

Thanks

DNSB · 05-22-2025, 10:01 PM

Where are you looking at the books to see a different sort? On an ereader? In a directory on your local hard drive? I tried your template in Save to disk and it worked on my Windows 11 computer.

I did modify it by adding a couple of sublist items to only use the first entry in the author_sort or authors list.

Code:

{author_sort:sublist(0,1,&)}/{authors:sublist(0,1,&)} - {title}

My normal save to disk template is:

Code:

{author_sort:sublist(0,1,&)}/{series:|[|} {series_index:0>2s||] - }{title} - {authors:sublist(0,1,&)}

05-22-2025, 07:57 PM	#1
Chirchende Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2025 Device: Iphone	Calibre Template Editor HI, I applied this rule to the Template Editor to have my books sorted differently {author_sort}/{authors} - {title} but nothing change in the final output which keeps being {author_sort}/{title}/{title} - {authors} Can anybody help me? I've got Calibre 8.4 on a MacBook Pro Thanks Attached Thumbnails

05-22-2025, 10:01 PM	#2
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 45,210 Karma: 168808723 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Where are you looking at the books to see a different sort? On an ereader? In a directory on your local hard drive? I tried your template in Save to disk and it worked on my Windows 11 computer. I did modify it by adding a couple of sublist items to only use the first entry in the author_sort or authors list. Code: {author_sort:sublist(0,1,&)}/{authors:sublist(0,1,&)} - {title} My normal save to disk template is: Code: {author_sort:sublist(0,1,&)}/{series:\|[\|} {series_index:0>2s\|\|] - }{title} - {authors:sublist(0,1,&)}

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