[GUI Plugin] FanFicFare - Page 728

ThreeLizards · 06-18-2025, 07:47 PM

Hi!

Thank you for all the help so far.

I've got a question.

I've got the titlepage_entries and when it does the series, I want it to have the series URL in it, if that makes sense. So basically if I open it up on my computer, I can just click it and it'll take me to the series. Is that possible?

Spoiler:

JimmXinu · 06-18-2025, 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThreeLizards

Hi!

Thank you for all the help so far.

I've got a question.

I've got the titlepage_entries and when it does the series, I want it to have the series URL in it, if that makes sense. So basically if I open it up on my computer, I can just click it and it'll take me to the series. Is that possible?

Spoiler:

Use seriesHTML instead of series. That's what's in the default.

ownedbycats · 06-19-2025, 09:05 PM

Code:

[defaults]

custom_columns_settings: 
 fictags=>#fanfictags

# Custom metadata entries
add_to_extra_valid_entries:,oneshot,tagscategory,covertype,subtitle,fictags

# fanfictags is a copy category for freeformtags 
include_in_fictags:freeformtags,characters,ships,rating

## Fanfic tags
include_metadata_pre:
 fictags=~^Explicit$
 fictags=~^General Audiences$
 fictags=~^Mature Audiences$
 fictags=~^Not Rated$
 fictags=~^Teen and Up Audiences$

replace_metadata: 
## Ratings
 rating=>^(K|K\+)$=>General Audiences
 rating=>^Teen And Up Audiences$=>Teen and Up Audiences
 rating=>^T$=>Teen and Up Audiences
 rating=>^Mature$=>Mature Audiences
 rating=>^M$=>Mature Audiences

This successfully added "General Audience" to fictags when Rating: K+ despite using a include_metadata_pre. I thought that wouldn't work. Is this bug or as intended?

ownedbycats · 06-19-2025, 09:17 PM

edit: nevermind, figured this

JimmXinu · 06-19-2025, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

This successfully added "General Audience" to fictags when Rating: K+ despite using a include_metadata_pre. I thought that wouldn't work. Is this bug or as intended?

I'm not sure, because I don't know what the inputs are. But that sounds right:

rating contains "K+"
rating replace_metadata changes "K+" to "General Audiences"
rating included in fictags
fictags include_metadata_pre applied, accepting "General Audiences"

FYI, in include/exclude lines, fictags==Explicit is functionally the same as fictags=~^Explicit$, but computationally (and finger-typing) less expensive.

ownedbycats · 06-20-2025, 07:09 AM

Thats good. What about the ones with spaces?

ownedbycats · 06-20-2025, 07:37 AM

I wanted to see if this would work for a hierarchical column.

Code:

# fanfictags combines several other categories to a single Calibre column. 
# category2 for includes/replaces before inclusion (without editing source category and title pages).
include_in_fictags:,char2,ship2
include_in_char2:characters
include_in_ship2:ships

replace_metadata: 
## Fanfic tags
 char2=>(.*)=>[Characters].\1
 ship2=>(.*)=>[Relationships].\1

The replace messed up so that every character/ship looks like
[Relationships].foo/bar[Relationships]

Messed up regex?

EDIT: Yes looks like. Calibre must've automatically dropped the trailing period: https://regex101.com/r/m9P7u9/1

JimmXinu · 06-20-2025, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Thats good. What about the ones with spaces?

Internal spaces "A B", yes. Leading/Trailing spaces " A" or "B ", use '\s': "\sA" or "B/s"

ownedbycats · 06-21-2025, 06:06 PM

What the technical reason that a replace_metadata requires a space in front? I was splitting a very long (a|b|c|d) into several lines (less scrolling) and noticed it errored without the space.

JimmXinu · 06-21-2025, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

What the technical reason that a replace_metadata requires a space in front? I was splitting a very long (a|b|c|d) into several lines (less scrolling) and noticed it errored without the space.

INI file format parser uses that as 'line continuation' marker.

ownedbycats · 06-21-2025, 06:28 PM

Makes sense.

Question: Having trouble with this story. Tagscategory won't turn into Movies & Television, even split onto its own line. Just this 1 category, others work.

Code:

# tagscategory is a copy category for Fanfiction.category in tags
include_in_tagscategory:category
include_subject_tags: tagscategory

replace_metadata: 

 category=> \([0-9]+\)| \(Video Game\)| \(Video Games\)|([ ]*- Fandom)|([ ]*- All Media Types)| \(Movies\)|(|- Fandom\(Movies\)|\(Movie [0-9]+\)| \(Comics\)| \(TV\))$=>

 tagscategory=>All Dogs Go To Heaven=>Movies &amp; Television

JimmXinu · 06-21-2025, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Makes sense.

Question: Having trouble with this story. Tagscategory won't turn into Movies & Television, even split onto its own line. Just this 1 category, others work.

Code:

# tagscategory is a copy category for Fanfiction.category in tags
include_in_tagscategory:category
include_subject_tags: tagscategory

replace_metadata: 

 category=> \([0-9]+\)| \(Video Game\)| \(Video Games\)|([ ]*- Fandom)|([ ]*- All Media Types)| \(Movies\)|(|- Fandom\(Movies\)|\(Movie [0-9]+\)| \(Comics\)| \(TV\))$=>

 tagscategory=>All Dogs Go To Heaven=>Movies &amp; Television

All Dogs Go To Heaven
All Dogs Go to Heaven

Try (?:i)All Dogs Go To Heaven

Some tips:
Use copy/paste when exact text match is needed.
Use 'find' text function in editor to check if new text matches exactly.
It's a lot easier to visual diff two strings when they're lined up vertically.

ownedbycats · 06-21-2025, 06:48 PM

ah, didn't realize (or remember) it was case-sensitive.

ownedbycats · 06-21-2025, 07:52 PM

Question (and [url=https://archiveofourown.org/works/24179737]story to test with[/url):

Code:

## Adds "Crossover" if more than one category after category replaces/includes/excludes.
add_category_when_multi_category:Crossover

replace_metdata:
## tagcategory standardization
 tagscategory=>(Mass Effect: Andromeda|Mass Effect Trilogy)=>Mass Effect
 tagscategory=>Pokémon=>Video Games

# Sorts anything other than a few selected categories into "Fanfiction.Other"
 tagscategory=>Crossover=>
 tagscategory=>^(?!.*(Half-Life|Portal|Mass Effect|The Elder Scrolls|Disney|Star Trek|(Animated )?Movies &amp; Television|Books &amp; Literature|Video Games)).*$=>Other

# Adds Fanfiction. to the beginning of tagcategory
 tagscategory=>^(.*)$=>Fanfiction.\1

If I include the crossover replace, I get a Fanfiction.Other on every fic with a crossover category (so not mismatch on these specific ones). What's happening?

ownedbycats · 06-21-2025, 08:20 PM

Also, was there ever a bug where AO3 series got jumbled in the saved metadata column? I was baffled to see these in two different fics:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/37857922 :
<p><span class='label'>Series</span>: <div class='metadata' id='seriesHTML'><a class='serieslink' href='., /, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, :, a, c, e, f, g, h, i, n, o, p, r, s, t, u, v, w'> , &, 3, [, ], a, b, d, e, f, h, i, k, l, n, o, r, s, t, u, w, ’</a></div><p>

https://archiveofourown.org/works/39459798 :
<p><span class='label'>Series</span>: <div class='metadata' id='seriesHTML'><a class='serieslink' href='., /, 1, 7, 9, :, a, c, e, f, g, h, i, n, o, p, r, s, t, u, v, w'> , ', 3, E, N, S, [, ], i, k, n, o, s, t, y</a></div><p>

The only thing they had in common were being the third in the series and downloaded in May/June 2022. Downloading metadata restored the actual series so its just a curiosity than anything to fix.

06-18-2025, 07:47 PM	#10906
ThreeLizards Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2025 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2024	Hi! Thank you for all the help so far. I've got a question. I've got the titlepage_entries and when it does the series, I want it to have the series URL in it, if that makes sense. So basically if I open it up on my computer, I can just click it and it'll take me to the series. Is that possible? Spoiler: Code: titlepage_entries: series,rating,warnings,ao3categories,fandoms,ships,characters,freeformtags,language,collections,numWords,chapterslashtotal,description

06-19-2025, 09:17 PM	#10909
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,900 Karma: 74203799 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	edit: nevermind, figured this Last edited by ownedbycats; 06-19-2025 at 09:56 PM.

06-20-2025, 07:37 AM	#10912
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,900 Karma: 74203799 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	I wanted to see if this would work for a hierarchical column. Code: # fanfictags combines several other categories to a single Calibre column. # category2 for includes/replaces before inclusion (without editing source category and title pages). include_in_fictags:,char2,ship2 include_in_char2:characters include_in_ship2:ships replace_metadata: ## Fanfic tags char2=>(.)=>[Characters].\1 ship2=>(.)=>[Relationships].\1 The replace messed up so that every character/ship looks like [Relationships].foo/bar[Relationships] Messed up regex? EDIT: Yes looks like. Calibre must've automatically dropped the trailing period: https://regex101.com/r/m9P7u9/1 Last edited by ownedbycats; 06-20-2025 at 08:10 AM.

06-21-2025, 06:48 PM	#10918
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,900 Karma: 74203799 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	ah, didn't realize (or remember) it was case-sensitive. Last edited by ownedbycats; 06-21-2025 at 06:52 PM.

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06-20-2025, 07:09 AM	#10911
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,900 Karma: 74203799 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Thats good. What about the ones with spaces?

06-21-2025, 06:06 PM	#10914
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,900 Karma: 74203799 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	What the technical reason that a replace_metadata requires a space in front? I was splitting a very long (a\|b\|c\|d) into several lines (less scrolling) and noticed it errored without the space.

06-21-2025, 08:20 PM	#10920
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,900 Karma: 74203799 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	Also, was there ever a bug where AO3 series got jumbled in the saved metadata column? I was baffled to see these in two different fics: https://archiveofourown.org/works/37857922 : <p><span class='label'>Series</span>: <div class='metadata' id='seriesHTML'><a class='serieslink' href='., /, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, :, a, c, e, f, g, h, i, n, o, p, r, s, t, u, v, w'> , &, 3, [, ], a, b, d, e, f, h, i, k, l, n, o, r, s, t, u, w, ’</a></div><p> https://archiveofourown.org/works/39459798 : <p><span class='label'>Series</span>: <div class='metadata' id='seriesHTML'><a class='serieslink' href='., /, 1, 7, 9, :, a, c, e, f, g, h, i, n, o, p, r, s, t, u, v, w'> , ', 3, E, N, S, [, ], i, k, n, o, s, t, y</a></div><p> The only thing they had in common were being the third in the series and downloaded in May/June 2022. Downloading metadata restored the actual series so its just a curiosity than anything to fix.