Improve or customize title case algorithm?

eater · 08-27-2020, 05:40 PM

For example, I have a book titled "THE EFFECT OF pH, TEMPERATURE AND TIME ON CHEMICAL STABILITY"

I select "Change case > Title case" in the metadata editor.

The title is now "THE EFFECT OF pH, TEMPERATURE AND TIME ON CHEMICAL STABILITY".

I guess the lowercase p in pH is confusing Calibre?

DNSB · 08-27-2020, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by eater

For example, I have a book titled "THE EFFECT OF pH, TEMPERATURE AND TIME ON CHEMICAL STABILITY"

I select "Change case > Title case" in the metadata editor.

The title is now "THE EFFECT OF pH, TEMPERATURE AND TIME ON CHEMICAL STABILITY".

I guess the lowercase p in pH is confusing Calibre?

A bit weird. When I apply titlecase, your original title changes the 'THE' to 'The' leaving the rest of the title alone. If I convert to upper case, lower case or change pH to PH, then title case seems to work though you will have to manually correct Ph to pH after applying title case. Not sure if this edge case is worth worrying about.

eater · 08-27-2020, 07:23 PM

It's a pretty common situation for me, any time the title is mostly all caps with a few lowercase letters or words.

hobnail · 08-27-2020, 09:04 PM

A regexp would probably do it for you; e.g., search/match <h2>(.)(.*)</h2> and replace with <h2>\1\L\2</h2>; that's how I do it in Sigil in one fell swoop. Then I go back and find the proper names and whatnot and upcase their first letter with Alt+U.

eater · 08-27-2020, 09:32 PM

Is there a way to apply a regexp to a book title in Calibre though? That's what I'm looking for.

theducks · 08-27-2020, 10:27 PM

many CASE tools I have used, expect to start with Lowercase., so my routinne is:
Lower
Title
(touch up the odd usage)

08-27-2020, 05:40 PM	#1
eater Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 2002 Join Date: Feb 2018 Device: linux desktop	Improve or customize title case algorithm? For example, I have a book titled "THE EFFECT OF pH, TEMPERATURE AND TIME ON CHEMICAL STABILITY" I select "Change case > Title case" in the metadata editor. The title is now "THE EFFECT OF pH, TEMPERATURE AND TIME ON CHEMICAL STABILITY". I guess the lowercase p in pH is confusing Calibre?

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08-27-2020, 07:23 PM	#3
eater Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 2002 Join Date: Feb 2018 Device: linux desktop	It's a pretty common situation for me, any time the title is mostly all caps with a few lowercase letters or words.

08-27-2020, 09:04 PM	#4
hobnail Running with scissors Posts: 1,592 Karma: 14328510 Join Date: Nov 2019 Device: none	A regexp would probably do it for you; e.g., search/match <h2>(.)(.*)</h2> and replace with <h2>\1\L\2</h2>; that's how I do it in Sigil in one fell swoop. Then I go back and find the proper names and whatnot and upcase their first letter with Alt+U.

08-27-2020, 09:32 PM	#5
eater Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 2002 Join Date: Feb 2018 Device: linux desktop	Is there a way to apply a regexp to a book title in Calibre though? That's what I'm looking for.

08-27-2020, 10:27 PM	#6
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,273 Karma: 61916422 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	many CASE tools I have used, expect to start with Lowercase., so my routinne is: Lower Title (touch up the odd usage)

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