Syntax for tweaking exclude fields from metadata copy

[pg111]

Hi everybody,

Can a charitable soul tell me what is wrong with the following? Many thanks in advance for your help.

I tried to tweak exclude fields from metadata copy by entering the following instruction:

exclude_fields_on_paste = ['title', 'title_sort', 'authors', 'publisher', 'languages', 'timestamp', 'pubdate', 'identifiers', 'comments', '#formats', '#genre', '#transbiblio', '#alire']

since I just want to copy the tags info about the selected book so I can paste it onto another book record.

However I can read the following instruction when I display the tweak in Preferences again:

exclude_fields_on_paste = [u'title',
u'title_sort',
u'authors',
u'publisher',
u'languages',
u'timestamp',
u'pubdate',
u'identifiers',
u'comments',
u'#formats',
u'#genre',
u'#transbiblio',
u'#alire']

Can someone explain to me what I'm missing?

Particularly, what does this leading 'u' mean?

Many thanks in advance.

[BetterRed]

@pg111 - does it work?

I use this feature a lot so I set a couple of unimaginative short cuts:



In the Book List I make the source book current and press Ctrl+C, then move to the target book (usually top of list because I just added it) and press Ctrl+V. Saves me lots of time.

The 'u's are injected into all 'string' tweaks, started a while back (version 4 maybe), might be something to do with unicode. AFAIK they're harmless, here's my exclude list

exclude_fields_on_paste = [u'authors',
u'author_sort',
u'title',
u'title_sort',
u'pubdate',
u'timestamp',
u'cover',
u'#setting']

Added: I moved your thread to here, the Editor subforum is all about the Book Editor, metadata editing is regarded as a Library Management function.

BR

[pg111]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@pg111 - does it work?

I use this feature a lot so I set a couple of unimaginative short cuts:

Attachment 177559

In the Book List I make the source book current and press Ctrl+C, then move to the target book (usually top of list because I just added it) and press Ctrl+V. Saves me lots of time.

The 'u's are injected into all 'string' tweaks, started a while back (version 4 maybe), might be something to do with unicode. AFAIK they're harmless, here's my exclude list

exclude_fields_on_paste = [u'authors',
u'author_sort',
u'title',
u'title_sort',
u'pubdate',
u'timestamp',
u'cover',
u'#setting']

Added: I moved your thread to here, the Editor subforum is all about the Book Editor, metadata editing is regarded as a Library Management function.

BR

Thanks a lot, BR. It answers my concerns. Sorry for misplacing my query. I consider the issue as solved.