Change authors format during add if no comma

[Doum]

Hi,
When i add a book , often the format for authors is "<first_name> <name>" and the authors sort is good : "<name>, <first_name>"

But i want my authors with the same format than authors_sort.
Have you an idea to convert the field authors when i add a book if a comma doesn't exit and do nothing otherwise ?.

Thanks for your help

(sorry for my bad english)

[Doum]

Firstly i tried to add a rule (preference/add action) like
change authors when regex like ~(.*)\s{1,}(.*)" AND not authors:"," whit authors_sort

But it's doesn't work :/

[theducks]

The Quality Check plugin has:
1) test for commas (or none)
2) a FIX to flip the selected results

I know, this is after the fact , but it work and is fairly fast

[Doum]

Yes Quality Check Plugin is great but i would prefer an arrow to copy authors_sort to authors as we already have one for authors to authors_sort.

[chaley]

Originally Posted by Doum

Yes Quality Check Plugin is great but i would prefer an arrow to copy authors_sort to authors as we already have one for authors to authors_sort.

If the arrow you mention is in the Edit Metadata screen then there is already a way to copy author_sort to author. Right-click on the Copy button and choose "Copy author sort to author".

Also, in the Manage Authors dialog (right-click on Authors in the tag browser, choose Manage Authors) there is a button to copy author_sort to author for all authors.

[Doum]

Originally Posted by chaley

If the arrow you mention is in the Edit Metadata screen then there is already a way to copy author_sort to author. Right-click on the Copy button and choose "Copy author sort to author".

yes , thanks . It's not automatique when i add a book but i didn't see that . Goof tip .

[chaley]

You can automatically change authors on added books using the "Rules to manipulate author names" in Preferences / Adding books / Adding actions tab / Control how authors are processed. The rule shown in the screen capture will change any author of the form "letters-without-comma surname" to "surname, letters-without-comma".

This rule will produce the wrong answer for any name with a suffix such as Fred Flintstone PhD (result: PhD, Fred Flintstone). It will also get the wrong answer for names with two part surnames such as Charles De Gaulle (result: Gaulle, Charles De). You will certainly want to inspect the authors to see if the result is what you want. For that reason I probably wouldn't use the rule at all, manually correcting authors in Edit Metadata.

[Doum]

Originally Posted by chaley

You can automatically change authors on added books using the "Rules to manipulate author names" in Preferences / Adding books / Adding actions tab / Control how authors are processed. The rule shown in the screen capture will change any author of the form "letters-without-comma surname" to "surname, letters-without-comma".

This rule will produce the wrong answer for any name with a suffix such as Fred Flintstone PhD (result: PhD, Fred Flintstone). It will also get the wrong answer for names with two part surnames such as Charles De Gaulle (result: Gaulle, Charles De). You will certainly want to inspect the authors to see if the result is what you want. For that reason I probably wouldn't use the rule at all, manually correcting authors in Edit Metadata.

Perfect !!! Great thx .
For rares case where this rule is false , i can manage manually .

You'r the best