Adding Books - Filename Regex Management

Paulie_D · 05-09-2015, 12:48 PM

I've been experimenting with the Regex to parse book details from filenames under the "Preferences/Adding Books" and have had some success.

However, some of my poorer attempts at Regular Expressions are something I would like to get rid of but Calibre seems to remember them all and there doesn't seem to be any mechanism to remove the ones I no longer need or want.

Are these 'manual' ones stored somewhere I can delete them?

I know that some expressions are 'built in' to Calibre and obviously I'd like to keep those.

Finally, a suggestion if I may for the benefit of the less technical of us...could we have a Expression Name Field so we can name the expressions ourselves as some of them are somewhat hard to parse at a glance for us non-experts at regex.

Eg.

Code:

(?P<series>[^_0-9]*)(?P<series_index>[0-9]*)\s*-(?P<author>[^_-]+) -?\s*\s*(?P<title>[^_].+) ?

Now I can figure out what this means eventually but a simple name or example would be much easier to read.

eschwartz · 05-10-2015, 12:50 AM

Check the configuration directory, in gui.json
You will need to manually edit it, as you noticed calibre doesn't include any GUI-based way to remove old autocomplete data.

Paulie_D · 05-10-2015, 03:59 AM

Thanks...managed to do what I wanted.

A GUI way to do that would be nice though.

theducks · 05-10-2015, 10:34 AM

Like many user entered (pattern) things in Calibre, it would be nice to have a (balloon help) Notes field to explain/show sample of the arcane

In this case, There is a 'test' line to auto use as a sample of the Gozina

it is looking for

Note: Saved the searches balloon shows the actual search term if you hover over the name in the Tag Browser

eschwartz · 05-10-2015, 01:03 PM

I believe Kovid has been requested in the past for a way to delete the history in this and other boxes, e.g. Searchbar, S&R, etc.
But it is a low-priority thing, since most people don't care, the ones who do are usually comfortable editing the config data manually, and apparently implementing a delete feature is non-trivial (as in, he can't just change a setting, it would have to actually *be implemented*).

I'm sure if it were a more common need, it would be added.

05-09-2015, 12:48 PM	#1
Paulie_D Connoisseur Posts: 67 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Kindle 3, Samsung Tab 4	Adding Books - Filename Regex Management I've been experimenting with the Regex to parse book details from filenames under the "Preferences/Adding Books" and have had some success. However, some of my poorer attempts at Regular Expressions are something I would like to get rid of but Calibre seems to remember them all and there doesn't seem to be any mechanism to remove the ones I no longer need or want. Are these 'manual' ones stored somewhere I can delete them? I know that some expressions are 'built in' to Calibre and obviously I'd like to keep those. Finally, a suggestion if I may for the benefit of the less technical of us...could we have a Expression Name Field so we can name the expressions ourselves as some of them are somewhat hard to parse at a glance for us non-experts at regex. Eg. Code: (?P<series>[^_0-9])(?P<series_index>[0-9])\s-(?P<author>[^_-]+) -?\s\s(?P<title>[^_].+) ? Now I can figure out what this means eventually* but a simple name or example would be much easier to read.

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05-10-2015, 12:50 AM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,422 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Check the configuration directory, in gui.json You will need to manually edit it, as you noticed calibre doesn't include any GUI-based way to remove old autocomplete data.

05-10-2015, 03:59 AM	#3
Paulie_D Connoisseur Posts: 67 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Kindle 3, Samsung Tab 4	Thanks...managed to do what I wanted. A GUI way to do that would be nice though.

05-10-2015, 10:34 AM	#4
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,803 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Like many user entered (pattern) things in Calibre, it would be nice to have a (balloon help) Notes field to explain/show sample of the arcane In this case, There is a 'test' line to auto use as a sample of the Gozina it is looking for Note: Saved the searches balloon shows the actual search term if you hover over the name in the Tag Browser

05-10-2015, 01:03 PM	#5
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,422 Karma: 85397180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	I believe Kovid has been requested in the past for a way to delete the history in this and other boxes, e.g. Searchbar, S&R, etc. But it is a low-priority thing, since most people don't care, the ones who do are usually comfortable editing the config data manually, and apparently implementing a delete feature is non-trivial (as in, he can't just change a setting, it would have to actually be implemented). I'm sure if it were a more common need, it would be added.

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