Getting Series listings to match

Ripplinger · 03-15-2015, 07:50 PM

By default Calibre will sort series dropping the A, An or The (library_order within Calibre settings). When you're first setting the series though from the drop down box within the Edit metadata windows, there the series are listed strictly alpha, so "The Pillars of Earth" will be under "The" instead of "Pillars".

Is there anyway to set that drop down listing in the preferences so they'll be in sort order rather than alpha? So it would be "Pillars of Earth, The". I looked but couldn't find a way, but hoping I'm missing it.

My other choice is to edit all series dropping the A, An and The off them, but as I started doing that, I wondered if there was a way I'm missing to sort them in the drop down box.

eschwartz · 03-15-2015, 09:53 PM

There is a tweak (Preferences ==> Advanced ==> Tweaks) to sort the library strictly alphanumerically, i.e. not with articles stripped.

This affects the default [meta]_sort value, so you will need to recalculate those (makes the sort value identical to the original).

Ripplinger · 03-15-2015, 09:55 PM

I found that tweak, but won't that sort them the opposite of how I prefer? While they will match, I'd prefer the articles stripped, but it's sometimes a pain finding the right ones in the drop down listing in the metadata window where the articles aren't stripped.

theducks · 03-15-2015, 10:42 PM

search
series:"~,\s*(An|A|The)$"

to find those with a trailing Article

Edit 2 added an at EOL

Ripplinger · 03-15-2015, 10:49 PM

Searching doesn't help get the drop down box list to match the order sort I prefer. Doing that for each series isn't any faster than just scrolling down the list.

The drop down box in the metadata editing window is the problem for me, I want the listing there to be in the library_order sort and not the strict alpha sort.

I'm starting to think it's not possible, so might go with my original plan to just rename all the series dropping the articles.

03-15-2015, 07:50 PM	#1
Ripplinger 350 Hoarder Posts: 3,574 Karma: 8281267 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midwest USA Device: Sony PRS-350, Kobo Glo & Glo HD, PW2	Getting Series listings to match By default Calibre will sort series dropping the A, An or The (library_order within Calibre settings). When you're first setting the series though from the drop down box within the Edit metadata windows, there the series are listed strictly alpha, so "The Pillars of Earth" will be under "The" instead of "Pillars". Is there anyway to set that drop down listing in the preferences so they'll be in sort order rather than alpha? So it would be "Pillars of Earth, The". I looked but couldn't find a way, but hoping I'm missing it. My other choice is to edit all series dropping the A, An and The off them, but as I started doing that, I wondered if there was a way I'm missing to sort them in the drop down box.

03-15-2015, 10:42 PM	#4
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,020 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	search series:"~,\s(An\|A\|The)$" to find those with a trailing Article Edit 2 added an at EOL Last edited by theducks; 03-15-2015 at 10:46 PM. Reason: added a optional space,eol*

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03-15-2015, 09:53 PM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	There is a tweak (Preferences ==> Advanced ==> Tweaks) to sort the library strictly alphanumerically, i.e. not with articles stripped. This affects the default [meta]_sort value, so you will need to recalculate those (makes the sort value identical to the original).

03-15-2015, 09:55 PM	#3
Ripplinger 350 Hoarder Posts: 3,574 Karma: 8281267 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midwest USA Device: Sony PRS-350, Kobo Glo & Glo HD, PW2	I found that tweak, but won't that sort them the opposite of how I prefer? While they will match, I'd prefer the articles stripped, but it's sometimes a pain finding the right ones in the drop down listing in the metadata window where the articles aren't stripped.

03-15-2015, 10:49 PM	#5
Ripplinger 350 Hoarder Posts: 3,574 Karma: 8281267 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midwest USA Device: Sony PRS-350, Kobo Glo & Glo HD, PW2	Searching doesn't help get the drop down box list to match the order sort I prefer. Doing that for each series isn't any faster than just scrolling down the list. The drop down box in the metadata editing window is the problem for me, I want the listing there to be in the library_order sort and not the strict alpha sort. I'm starting to think it's not possible, so might go with my original plan to just rename all the series dropping the articles.

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