01-09-2011, 06:20 PM | #1 |
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[Solved] Add downloaded tags not overwrite existing?
Is there a way to append downloaded tags rather than overwrite existing tags?
I sometimes mass import several books and give them my own tags (i.g. language they are written in), so i dont want them overwritten, but i like to have social metadata tags as well. Did i miss something or would i have to alter sourcecode? As described in this post: How To: Getting summary metadata and images, not tags, author, title Thx, mike Last edited by random43743; 01-10-2011 at 10:13 PM. Reason: Solved |
01-09-2011, 11:16 PM | #2 |
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I thought that adding tags rather than over-writing was the default behavior? That is what seems to happen for me when I download the social metadata. I have calibre set to automatically put in a TODO tag as soon as I add a book to remind me the entry needs checking, and that tag remains until I manually remove it.
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I can definitely see why this would be a problem. In my case, when I import files they automatically get tagged with "needupdate", and I need that tag to stay there until I'm done working with the file information. |
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01-10-2011, 09:38 AM | #4 |
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Basically i have the same need as you two above.
On one hand i sometimes autotag on import a certain quality of an ebook like i said the language the book is written in or the country of the authors. On the other hand i give my own verified tags to my books for example #Crime or #Thriller instead of Crime or Thriller. So i know i have given those myself and the genre i like the book to be in, is as i want it. And yes some of the social metadata tags are extremely weired. Still i like to get an idea how other people tagged a book, especially when i don't have any insights into the book at all. Most of all i definitely don't want my own tags overwritten. So until now i copy and paste 'em back after download, which is painfully laborious. So is there someone who knows if there is a tweak? I have looked at the post i mentioned above and i must say i m not a programmer. I do program a function or other in VBA for my spreadsheets, but that s about it. So i am not too happy about altering sourcecode. If there is no alternative maybe someone could give me a little help there? I had a look at metadata_single.py and it is easy to find the lines for the tags, but i am not sure how i must alter those. At line 775 fetch_metadata starts: Code:
def fetch_metadata(self): Code:
if book.tags: self.tags.setText(', '.join(book.tags)) Last edited by random43743; 01-10-2011 at 09:41 AM. |
01-10-2011, 11:30 AM | #5 |
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IIRC, when you download the metadata for a single book, it will overwrite the existing tags, the idea being that you have a chance to review and correct the downloaded tags, but when you do a bulk download it will merge rather than overwrite.
I would suggest you adjust your workflow. Download metadata before doing manual tagging. |
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Point taken and rightly so! Quote:
Also i do have to say that calibre is a wonderful useful tool, you have created this program very well. again thank you very much!!! mike |
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01-10-2011, 10:33 PM | #7 |
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01-11-2011, 12:34 AM | #8 |
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