Help tweaking as to only use first author in the author_sort_copy_method tweak

Mriswith2k · 12-02-2010, 04:56 PM

After changing (and then changing back) my sorting method in the tweaks from library->alphabetical and the author_sort_copy_method from invert to copy.
I can't actually remember if I had this problem before or if I unintentionally broke it when I did

.
The problem I'm having however is that when I'm sorting my series (after inverting all the changed I did to default settings), My list looks like the following when using Authors/Series sort

Code:

Author1 - B Series
Author1 - Q Series
Author1 & Author 2 - A Series

this is not really a problem for me as long as an entire series has multiple but the same authors.

The problems is when there is a single series containing multiple authors ex.

Code:

Author1 - A Series (01) - title
Author1 - A Series (03) - title
Author1 - A Series (05) - title
Author1 - Q Series
Author1 & Author2 - A Series (02) - title
Author1 & Author3 - A Series (04) - title

My question / wish is that there was a way to use the tweak:
'author_sort_copy_method' to only copy the first author from 'author' to author_sort, whatever how many authors it actually contains. (using the & as a breaker).

chaley · 12-02-2010, 10:29 PM

Sorry, but I don't understand what you want to do. What list are you referring to in your examples? The examples look like something produced by a save template or a composite column. Are they? Are you trying to get only one author from author_sort when saving to disk/sending to device?

DoctorOhh · 12-03-2010, 02:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mriswith2k

The problems is when there is a single series containing multiple authors ex.

Code:

Author1 - A Series (01) - title
Author1 - A Series (03) - title
Author1 - A Series (05) - title
Author1 - Q Series
Author1 & Author2 - A Series (02) - title
Author1 & Author3 - A Series (04) - title

My question / wish is that there was a way to use the tweak:
'author_sort_copy_method' to only copy the first author from 'author' to author_sort, whatever how many authors it actually contains. (using the & as a breaker).

No there is no current tweak just to copy the first author to author sort. Go to the tag browser and right click on authors and select manage authors and fix the author sort manually.

There are some series that have so many authors I just enter various under author sort to keep the series together.

chaley · 12-03-2010, 03:26 AM

If what you want to do is really change author_sort to contain only one author, then you can do that with search replace. Select all your books, then go to search replace (hit 'E').

Code:

Search mode: regular expression
source: author_sort
search:^(.*?)&.*$
replace:\1
dest: author_sort (or empty)

This will remove the second and subsequent authors from author_sort.

You should test this on a couple of books before whacking your library with it.

DoctorOhh · 12-03-2010, 05:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chaley

If what you want to do is really change author_sort to contain only one author, then you can do that with search replace. Select all your books, then go to search replace (hit 'E').

Code:

Search mode: regular expression
source: author_sort
search:^(.*?)&.*$
replace:\1
dest: author_sort (or empty)

This will remove the second and subsequent authors from author_sort.

You should test this on a couple of books before whacking your library with it.

Another example of calibre's flexibility.

Mriswith2k · 12-03-2010, 01:21 PM

Great job thanks a lot, it would still be nice to have this as a tweak sometime in the future, but this will make life much easier in the meanwhile

(also I only used the names in the first post as a sorting example, my actual issue was with the John Ringo - Aldenata series)

It needs to be

Code:

^(.*?) & .*$

though, else the first author will have 2 spaces afterwards for each other author removed.

Result:

chaley · 12-03-2010, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mriswith2k

It needs to be

Code:

^(.*?) & .*$

though, else the first author will have 2 spaces afterwards for each other author removed.

Leading and trailing spaces are supposed to be removed by S/R. If they are not, then please file a ticket.

And FWIW: my original regexp would have left one space at the end. All the authors are removed at one go by the .*$, not author by author.

Mriswith2k · 12-03-2010, 03:16 PM

Ah yes your completely correct, I must have added the extra space after the \1 by mistake that time.
So

Code:

^(.*?) &.*$

works perfectly. (the extra space has to go as it does mess up the sorting order sadly)

12-02-2010, 04:56 PM	#1
Mriswith2k Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Help tweaking as to only use the first author in the author_sort tweak After changing (and then changing back) my sorting method in the tweaks from library->alphabetical and the author_sort_copy_method from invert to copy. I can't actually remember if I had this problem before or if I unintentionally broke it when I did . The problem I'm having however is that when I'm sorting my series (after inverting all the changed I did to default settings), My list looks like the following when using Authors/Series sort Code: Author1 - B Series Author1 - Q Series Author1 & Author 2 - A Series this is not really a problem for me as long as an entire series has multiple but the same authors. The problems is when there is a single series containing multiple authors ex. Code: Author1 - A Series (01) - title Author1 - A Series (03) - title Author1 - A Series (05) - title Author1 - Q Series Author1 & Author2 - A Series (02) - title Author1 & Author3 - A Series (04) - title My question / wish is that there was a way to use the tweak: 'author_sort_copy_method' to only copy the first author from 'author' to author_sort, whatever how many authors it actually contains. (using the & as a breaker). Last edited by Mriswith2k; 12-02-2010 at 05:10 PM.

12-03-2010, 03:26 AM	#4
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,396 Karma: 8012652 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	If what you want to do is really change author_sort to contain only one author, then you can do that with search replace. Select all your books, then go to search replace (hit 'E'). Code: Search mode: regular expression source: author_sort search:^(.?)&.$ replace:\1 dest: author_sort (or empty) This will remove the second and subsequent authors from author_sort. You should test this on a couple of books before whacking your library with it.

12-03-2010, 01:21 PM	#6
Mriswith2k Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Great job thanks a lot, it would still be nice to have this as a tweak sometime in the future, but this will make life much easier in the meanwhile (also I only used the names in the first post as a sorting example, my actual issue was with the John Ringo - Aldenata series) It needs to be Code: ^(.?) & .$ though, else the first author will have 2 spaces afterwards for each other author removed. Result: Last edited by Mriswith2k; 12-03-2010 at 01:46 PM.

12-03-2010, 03:16 PM	#8
Mriswith2k Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Ah yes your completely correct, I must have added the extra space after the \1 by mistake that time. So Code: ^(.?) &.$ works perfectly. (the extra space has to go as it does mess up the sorting order sadly)

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12-02-2010, 10:29 PM	#2
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,396 Karma: 8012652 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	Sorry, but I don't understand what you want to do. What list are you referring to in your examples? The examples look like something produced by a save template or a composite column. Are they? Are you trying to get only one author from author_sort when saving to disk/sending to device?

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