Author sort losing the 2nd capital in last name. (MacLean -> Maclean)

JohnnyBook · 09-21-2022, 03:41 PM

Today I was doing some clean up in Calibre, (fix title sort, LN-FN swaps, Author sort, etc.)

When I did the Author Sort, I noticed all the books where the last names with two capitals (which were spelled correctly before in Author Sort) were now being flagged as need to be fixed.)

It was saying Alister MacLean, who's name in Author Sort, was being displayed as MacLean, Alister need to be corrected to Maclean, Alister

[Its possible that I forced that behavior manually many years ago when I entered those titles. Or, I am not sure if it is something that has changed in Calibre]

Anyway to stop this behavior?

As a side note, I noticed it was also switching one authors name to all caps.
John Smith who's name was in sort Smith, John, needs to be corrected to SMITH, JOHN

Any Ideas how to fix that behavior?

theducks · 09-21-2022, 04:58 PM

Not Auto Magic

In the Tag Browser: right click on the Author: Manage
When you fix that there, it applies to all uses and sticks

JohnnyBook · 09-21-2022, 05:59 PM

Yep, looks like that is fixing all my problems...

Including people who use two letters for first names. Like TJ, or JW, or AJ. etc. Fixed so sort does not show Tj or Jw, or Aj, etc.

BetterRed · 09-21-2022, 06:04 PM

FWIW - the Manage Categories feature is now available as a separate tool that can be put in toolbars and/or menus. I have it in my book list context menu, viz:

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theducks · 09-21-2022, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnnyBook

Yep, looks like that is fixing all my problems...

Including people who use two letters for first names. Like TJ, or JW, or AJ. etc. Fixed so sort does not show Tj or Jw, or Aj, etc.

Quality Check Plugins: Fix:reformat author initials (uses the same configuration the Find ones that do not match

09-21-2022, 03:41 PM	#1
JohnnyBook Groupie Posts: 196 Karma: 126824 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Out There Device: K3 W/3G (Fixed screen!) & Paperwhite Wifi	Author sort losing the 2nd capital in last name. (MacLean -> Maclean) Today I was doing some clean up in Calibre, (fix title sort, LN-FN swaps, Author sort, etc.) When I did the Author Sort, I noticed all the books where the last names with two capitals (which were spelled correctly before in Author Sort) were now being flagged as need to be fixed.) It was saying Alister MacLean, who's name in Author Sort, was being displayed as MacLean, Alister need to be corrected to Maclean, Alister [Its possible that I forced that behavior manually many years ago when I entered those titles. Or, I am not sure if it is something that has changed in Calibre] Anyway to stop this behavior? As a side note, I noticed it was also switching one authors name to all caps. John Smith who's name was in sort Smith, John, needs to be corrected to SMITH, JOHN Any Ideas how to fix that behavior?

09-21-2022, 06:04 PM	#4
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,727 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	FWIW - the Manage Categories feature is now available as a separate tool that can be put in toolbars and/or menus. I have it in my book list context menu, viz: BR

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09-21-2022, 04:58 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,062 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Not Auto Magic In the Tag Browser: right click on the Author: Manage When you fix that there, it applies to all uses and sticks

09-21-2022, 05:59 PM	#3
JohnnyBook Groupie Posts: 196 Karma: 126824 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Out There Device: K3 W/3G (Fixed screen!) & Paperwhite Wifi	Yep, looks like that is fixing all my problems... Including people who use two letters for first names. Like TJ, or JW, or AJ. etc. Fixed so sort does not show Tj or Jw, or Aj, etc.

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