[old thread] filename and library structure /author and titel structure

[tscamera]

i am trying, yes i'm trying...
but.
this is my filename:
name, prename - title - title extra.ext

what do i have to do, tweaking .py etcpp to get:

I. name, prename to metadata authors... as it is: name, prename.
II. title - title extra to metadata title... as it is: title - title extra.

III. the same structure to the library,
{authors}/{title}/{authors} - {title}

i tried to tweak the global.py with:
filename_pattern = u'(?P<author>[^_]+) - (?P<title>.+)'
and the save_to_disk.py with:
template = u'{authors}/{title}/{authors} - {title}'

but as long as calibre imports the file und puts -prename name- as authors and -cutted filename- in the metadata (what i dont like..),
the filestructure in the library looks like:
prename name/title/title - prename name.ext

WHATs the trick?
shall i tweak the gui.py too?

+how can i change the (_) to (,)

please help, i don't get it (all)

[chaley]

(confusion) Are you changing the python files? Why? Isn't it enough to change the regexps in the preferences?

Regarding III: you have no control over how calibre stores files in the library, unless you rewrite a lot of the code in library.database2.py.

[tscamera]

concerning add I and add II:

tweaking the global.py works as described and wanted, if:
read_file_metadata = False
then calibre will read the filename and:
filename_pattern = u'(?P<author>[^_]+) - (?P<title>.+)'
will work! - with extended filenames too (author - filename - notes.ext)

unfortunatly i used a word-produced .rtf and the properties where filled with
an author in the format: prename name (pn ln).
am i stupid!
i didn't even know that a .rtf can carry metadata. now i know!

thanks for pushing me to the regex tweaks in the prefs,
copy author to author_sort value is: comma

great!

the save_to_disk.py tweak, as described before, works perfectly.
but just for -save to disk-, naturally.

add III:
i thinks i can live with it, cause of the add I+II solutions.
now the file structure is simular to the imported filename.
just the filename itself is vis versa (fn - pn, ln.ext)

you say, there is a lot of code to modify... i'm nosy.



to whom it may concern:

i try to keep my workflow simple.
if i'm working on different versions of an e-book,
i'm just saving under different/extended filenames, importing...
that's it. no hustle with overwriting older version.
an than all my files should have the same syntax: ln, pn - fn.ext

calibre now (then) holds it all.

[b00sh]

I hope bumping a thread this old isn't a big deal, but I'm pretty sure this is where I need to be.

TL;DR :
I'd like to change how Calibre stores books in my library.


Long version :
I am running into an issue with paths and filenames being longer than 260 characters.

I have my "save to disk" option as '{authors}/{title}/{title}' (although I may go back to '{author_sort}/{title}/{title})'. When I save to a backup folder, it saves as, within an "author_sort/title" folder structure '[title].epub / .oxf / .jpg

I have my "send to device" as '{author_sort}/{title}'. It saves the same as saving a backup.

Now, in "Adding Books", whether I have '(?P<title>.+)' or '(?P<title>.+) - (?P<author>[^_]+)', my EPUBS are always named, within an "author_sort/title" folder structure '[title] - [Author_Sort].epub'.

How do I drop that last "author_sort" from my .epub name? I don't need it there as I know the Author from the folder structure I am in.


It seems as though it isn't possible without a lot of Python re-writing. I'm up for it. It just seems like this would be a good thing to add into the options. Some people just don't need the Author's name and the book title listed over and over again in the same filename and path.

[theducks]

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