Auto Increment Series Index Tweak

[penguinaka]

a BUG was found below see bottom of thread post #8

The algorithm used to assign a new book in an existing series a series number.
New series numbers assigned using this tweak are always integer values, except
if a constant non-integer is specified.
Possible values are:
next - First available integer larger than the largest existing number
first_free - First available integer larger than 0
next_free - First available integer larger than the smallest existing number
last_free - First available integer smaller than the largest existing number
Return largest existing + 1 if no free number is found
const - Assign the number 1 always
a number - Assign that number always. The number is not in quotes. Note that
0.0 can be used here.
Examples:
series_index_auto_increment = 'next'
series_index_auto_increment = 'next_free'
series_index_auto_increment = 16.5

So I was playing with this and i'm not sure how it works... I'm trying to implement the last function... "a number"

what i'm trying to get it to do is... if a series has a name but no index number it assigns the value of 99.

example:

George RR Martin - Ice & Fire - Game of Thrones.epub

Author: George RR Martin
Series: Ice & Fire
Series_Index: 99
Title: Game of Thrones

Can this be done? Or am i misunderstanding how this works and if so how does it work i can't seem to get it to do anything.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by penguinaka

So I was playing with this and i'm not sure how it works... I'm trying to implement the last function... "a number"

what i'm trying to get it to do is... if a series has a name but no index number it assigns the value of 99.

example:

George RR Martin - Ice & Fire - Game of Thrones.epub

Author: George RR Martin
Series: Ice & Fire
Series_Index: 99
Title: Game of Thrones

Can this be done? Or am i misunderstanding how this works and if so how does it work i can't seem to get it to do anything.

If you select:
Last_free
And have
series_index_auto_increment = 10

now if your previous book was #9 ;we are going to increment from Last
the next book added will be 19
then 29...

[penguinaka]

I see..thanks now its so clear duh *slaps forehead

next question is it possible to somewhere in calibre assign 99 as a value to the series_index that are not mark with a value at all? Instead of it automatically assigning it as 1 during import

for me that would be an indicator that i need to at some time look up the correct series number and correct... if it was marked that way..i would be able to tell it apart from books in a series that are truly the first in the series.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by penguinaka

I see..thanks now its so clear duh *slaps forehead

next question is it possible to somewhere in calibre assign 99 as a value to the series_index that are not mark with a value at all? Instead of it automatically assigning it as 1 during import

for me that would be an indicator that i need to at some time look up the correct series number and correct... if it was marked that way..i would be able to tell it apart from books in a series that are truly the first in the series.

a number - Assign that number always. The number is not in quotes. Note that 0.0 can be used here.
type 99 in the tweak

[penguinaka]

i did that it doesn't work... have you actually tested it?

I put this in:

series_index_auto_increment = 99

dragged and dropped this file:

B Ella Donna - Blood - Blood Pool.epub

it was imported as

Author: B Ella Donna
Series: Blood
Series_Index: 1
Title: Blood Pool

I then dragged it in again to see if it would assign it the value if another exxisted in the database and it was assigned a value of 1... any suggestions?

i'm running 0.8.11

i use this a an add regex script which i know is not effecting it:

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

[theducks]

Originally Posted by penguinaka

i did that it doesn't work... have you actually tested it?

I put this in:

series_index_auto_increment = 99

dragged and dropped this file:

B Ella Donna - Blood - Blood Pool.epub

it was imported as

Author: B Ella Donna
Series: Blood
Series_Index: 1
Title: Blood Pool

I then dragged it in again to see if it would assign it the value if another exxisted in the database and it was assigned a value of 1... any suggestions?

i'm running 0.8.11

i use this a an add regex script which i know is not effecting it:

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

You are not incrementing, you don't want that selection

the tweak box should contain:

# Auto increment series index
99

[penguinaka]

Originally Posted by theducks

You are not incrementing, you don't want that selection

the tweak box should contain:

# Auto increment series index
99

i copy pasted what you put and applied below and above...restarted

and when i looked in the tweek box again it was reset back to

# Auto increment series index

series_index_auto_increment = 'next'

try testing yourself you will see

[theducks]

Originally Posted by penguinaka

i copy pasted what you put and applied below and above...restarted

and when i looked in the tweek box again it was reset back to

# Auto increment series index

series_index_auto_increment = 'next'

try testing yourself you will see

You Sir! Are correct A BUG
(Note to Devs: I tried making the tweak the old way, by editing tweaks.py. I commented out the last line (existing value) and made a newline with just 99. Saved.

Started Calibre.
Looked at the tweak via preferences: It reset to DEFAULT, not my previous setting.)



I was writing this while Calibre restarted:

There are TWO different apply buttons that need to be done in proper order The top button is to apply the applied tweaks


Make the change on the SPECIFIC tweak.
Click the BOTTOM apply to keep it.
Optionally,: repeat with other tweaks.

Now exit the Tweaks panel by using the TOP Apply

[penguinaka]

I'm not going insane... thank you for confirming for me TheDucks .. since i had never played with it in the older versions i didn't know if it was working as intended and i was misinterpreting the instructions or not. thank you. well hopefully this will get fixed because it will save me literally hours / weeks of identification post import of a large project i'm going to import.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by penguinaka

I'm not going insane... thank you for confirming for me TheDucks .. since i had never played with it in the older versions i didn't know if it was working as intended and i was misinterpreting the instructions or not. thank you. well hopefully this will get fixed because it will save me literally hours / weeks of identification post import of a large project i'm going to import.

I used to set new books to 0 (I use 0.nn for books that belong to a series, but have no place)

then they added other (first) options

then they added the improved GUI
something got broke in the valid entry checker along the way

[penguinaka]

i throw prequels into the 0 position so i have been using 99... but i have a ton of books that have a series name with no index number now and i don't want to take the time to edit literally thousands of books by hand right now... but if i import i won't know if they are really the first in the series or were just given that as a default especially when there was already a book there that was a valid series 1.

well its nice to know its a bug that will get put on a to do list... cheers

[chaley]

Out of curiosity, is there a bug report anywhere? Without that, it isn't on anyone's todo list.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by chaley

Out of curiosity, is there a bug report anywhere? Without that, it isn't on anyone's todo list.

Bug #815573 filed

[penguinaka]

Originally Posted by theducks

Bug #815573 filed

thanks ducks whats the process to file one (wheres it located)?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by penguinaka

thanks ducks whats the process to file one (wheres it located)?

Bug Reports is the righ most link on the Calibre home page.
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