Change case in a regular expression

[Sabardeyn]

Somewhat tangential: Chaley, thanks for the additional name display method. LASTNAME Firstname is sometimes preferred when dealing with Eastern authors, particularly with Manga.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by myki

As i said i didn't knew anything about GPM.
For me i feel more comfortable with program mode thanks to the use of variables.
And the writing is more vertical, when the normal mode is more horizontal.

I'm curious :
Is it possible to use variables in normal mode, and how ??
Is it possible to increase the size of the police inside the modele editor ?

Thanx for your help...

@chaley :
If i had your function, it would have been so easier for me to harmonize my authors the first time i built my database

As you can see in my example, I used two evaluation templates, for fn and ln, then simply added LN= before it. Simple assignment of variables.

variable=function();

Important things to remember:

• every line or block must end with ";" to separate them -- not required for the last one.
• Only the last block will be returned as the template value.
• If you want to make use of multiple pieces of info, strcat() is your friend. It takes a list of comma-separated items (all those variables you created) and adds them together. Use this as the last block, to return a final value.

[myki]

@eschwartz
Me and ";" are not friends, i always forget them
With my new knowledge thanks to you and chaley i'm going to improve my models !
I think that i will need your help again, for example how to know the last index number
But don't answer here, i'm going to create a new post for that

[chaley]

Originally Posted by myki

As i said i didn't knew anything about GPM.
For me i feel more comfortable with program mode thanks to the use of variables.
And the writing is more vertical, when the normal mode is more horizontal.

I'm curious :
Is it possible to use variables in normal mode, and how ??

if by "normal mode" you mean Template Program Mode, then yes, but with difficulty. TPM is really an almost complete subset of GPM. The exceptions: in TPM:

• you cannot use newlines. Everything must be on one line. Like GPM, statements are separated by semicolons
• you should not use the { and } characters. They confuse the template parser (something tnat comes with python).

Is it possible to increase the size of the police inside the modele editor ?

No, but that is a good idea. I have added a font size box to the template editor. It should be in the next calibre release.

Thanx for your help...

@chaley :
If i had your function, it would have been so easier for me to harmonize my authors the first time i built my database

You are welcome.

[myki]

@chaley
Yes i meant TPM (now i am more familiar with Calibre vocabulary)
I don't know for others, but for me GPM is much more instinctive (even if i never code).
It appears like a revelation to me, things that i believed impossible seem to be possible now
Now, i want to "play" with my data and make it act exactly how i want.
You have to know that if now i am more demanding with my datas and myself, and if i post more for help, that is entirely your fault (joke)