06-09-2009, 06:57 PM | #46 |
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For me, no. Sorting on last name but displaying by first+last makes intuitive sense to me. I may of course be odd.
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06-09-2009, 07:46 PM | #47 |
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I prefer the sorting by last name, first name, but displaying by first name last name. I intuitively alphabetize by last name, but I prefer to read the authors name in the normal order. When I want a Wodehouse I know that I can go to the W's but I can still read the name as PG Wodehouse. It's one of the perks for me.
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06-09-2009, 09:36 PM | #48 | |
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I asked Kovid this question back in Nov 08. His reply at the time was "No, I'm afraid not " That may have changed since then. |
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06-10-2009, 09:34 AM | #49 |
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sorry, posted in wrong thread
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08-13-2009, 07:25 PM | #51 |
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I know I am a little late on this thread but damn... why the big fuss on the directory structure? It works and it is easy to manually search should you feel the need to...
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08-13-2009, 10:54 PM | #52 |
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I second that.
The purpose of a library management tool is by definition to replace other means to access files and act as a black box. Why should one bother where and how files are stored? When I need to have direct access to a file (for example to copy elsewhere a converted file) I just right click "open containing folder". |
08-13-2009, 11:09 PM | #53 | |
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I got around this limitation by writing a program that reads the calibre metadata file and uses this information to copy the files to a suitable folder structure of the SD card. The calibre support for the DR1000 seems to be coming along now so hopefully it wont be long until its possible to conveniently synchronise these devices with calibre. |
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08-14-2009, 06:45 AM | #54 | |
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The system isnt set up for you to search for books by browsing the storage structure it is set up to find a book for you using either the GUI of the command-line options. Hence people talking about the "black box". Mark |
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08-16-2009, 11:45 AM | #55 |
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Although I agree that the file structure under Calibre does not need to be user addressible, the "Send to Disk" and "Send to Device" filename filters really need work. Since filenames are just another attribute of the document records in the internal db, why not have it dynamically renamed according to a user modifiable pattern.
So, if I fix my metadata, adding correct authors, series, book numbers and titles, shouldn't I be able to pick an export filename pattern like: Author - Series - Number - Title This way I can share books with people who don't use Calibre. Even internally, I know I shouldn't be looking at the folder structure that Calibre uses, but when I do peak under the hood, I see alternative languages, naming patterns, grouping, etc. It's a mess. If the ID in the parens is all that really matters, why isn't renaming the file and folder according to the metadata possible? We did an account management project at work that used a similar idea, except we used a double underscore, followed by a 5 digit hex code to be the ID, and this was used to link a record entry, a file system folder, and an email repository folder in Exchange. We could freely rename all of them as long as we kept the ID section intact. We later wrote a function to do so for us based on criteria in the record. Last edited by papadage; 08-16-2009 at 11:49 AM. |
08-16-2009, 12:35 PM | #56 |
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I'm a brand new Calibre user...never used previous versions except some of the command line utilites, but installed the updated Calibre recently to give it a try. There are definitely some nice things about it. In particular, it did a great job of converting a couple of books that otherwise would have required a lot of html editing on my part. While I don't like the folder structure implemented, I can live with it and understand why. However, the save to disk option is a failing for me. And particularly the lack of options for specifying my own file name structure when wanting to save out just one type of file (ie. my converted files). If I'm wanting to back up all files or essentially export them to another location as backup for example, I'd want to be able to have them named something like " 'author last name' 'author first name' - title " and I can find no way so far for that to happen. Maybe I need to play with the Save to Disk options more ?
I'll continue to play with Calibre, but I think the bulk of my use of it will be the ebook-convert.exe command line tool. This will implement nicely into my batch files so I can automate my conversions a lot while still using my own method of file naming. I don't know if I'll use Calibre and import my files into it after that or not. |
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08-17-2009, 08:47 PM | #58 |
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Also, since the title metadata field is ususally what's used to sort files on a reader, the title may need to be rewritten on export as well to use the new filename. My Kindle will use the Title, even if I rename the file.
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08-17-2009, 11:35 PM | #59 |
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https://dev.mobileread.com/trac/sonyfmngr
I prefer my own filing system, but really depend on Calibre's console tools. I use the GPL'd and cross-platform tool above to make collections and copy books to my sony 505. |
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