Use only first author from authors_sort

mszef · 02-17-2012, 11:25 AM

Is it possible to export files to folders (save on disk) using onl first autor. Is book has multiple authours it is a bit messed up to find book in series, esspeically when each book was written by different set of authors.
It would be good to have possibility to save only with first (main) author name.

theducks · 02-17-2012, 11:43 AM

I am thinking you want to use the http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/template_lang.html

But I can't point you to the correct function(s) for an 'Authors' type field

chaley · 02-17-2012, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

I am thinking you want to use the http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/template_lang.html

But I can't point you to the correct function(s) for an 'Authors' type field

Use the sublist function. For example, the following template expression produces the first (or only) author.

Code:

{authors:sublist(0,1,&)}

theducks · 02-17-2012, 12:02 PM

I figured you would know (and help)

mszef · 02-24-2012, 02:28 AM

sublist is working great, thx

Multics · 02-27-2012, 09:53 PM

will this work with author_sort?

I. E. {author_sort:sublist(0,1,&)}

There are several places, particularly on export I want author_sort, but only the first author.

Alternatively is there a way to change the assignment to author_sort to only include the first author?

theducks · 02-28-2012, 12:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Multics

will this work with author_sort?

I. E. {author_sort:sublist(0,1,&)}

There are several places, particularly on export I want author_sort, but only the first author.

Alternatively is there a way to change the assignment to author_sort to only include the first author?

It should.
You could try it

Changing the default behavior is unlikely to happen. Too many things expect the current behavior.

kiwidude · 02-28-2012, 06:38 AM

Or you could do what I do sometimes - actually edit your author sort field for the relevant books in the Edit Metadata screen. Requires no custom columns, templates etc, and anything that uses an author sort column like save to disk will just give you the single author.

02-17-2012, 11:25 AM	#1
mszef Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: none	Use only first author from authors_sort Is it possible to export files to folders (save on disk) using onl first autor. Is book has multiple authours it is a bit messed up to find book in series, esspeically when each book was written by different set of authors. It would be good to have possibility to save only with first (main) author name.

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02-17-2012, 11:43 AM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,055 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	I am thinking you want to use the http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/template_lang.html But I can't point you to the correct function(s) for an 'Authors' type field

02-17-2012, 12:02 PM	#4
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,055 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	I figured you would know (and help)

02-24-2012, 02:28 AM	#5
mszef Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: none	sublist is working great, thx

02-27-2012, 09:53 PM	#6
Multics Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 9640 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: SONY PRS-T1	will this work with author_sort? I. E. {author_sort:sublist(0,1,&)} There are several places, particularly on export I want author_sort, but only the first author. Alternatively is there a way to change the assignment to author_sort to only include the first author?

02-28-2012, 06:38 AM	#8
kiwidude Calibre Plugins Developer Posts: 4,729 Karma: 2197770 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Oasis	Or you could do what I do sometimes - actually edit your author sort field for the relevant books in the Edit Metadata screen. Requires no custom columns, templates etc, and anything that uses an author sort column like save to disk will just give you the single author.

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