Naming conventions

Rusherman · 03-18-2011, 09:07 AM

Most of the titles I add to Calibre start out as "author - subject - title".
When it imports to Calibre it adds the subject to the author instead of to the title. Could someone tell me how and where to fix this. I have had no success tweaking stuff so far. I hope this is clearer to read than it looks.

Manichean · 03-18-2011, 09:42 AM

Is that the filename? If so, go to preferences->adding books.

Rusherman · 03-20-2011, 04:13 AM

I have tried many ways of setting this up in preferences >adding books. Regular Expression Syntax is not my long suit, medium suit or even short suit. Would you know how to do the expression that would put both " - " dashes on the Title side of the name?

Manichean · 03-20-2011, 04:34 AM

There's an introduction available for regular expressions, if you're interested. As for your problem, try the following:

Code:

(?P<authors>.*?) - (?P<title>.*? - .*?)

A note: This doesn't copy the first dash over into the title field, but only uses it to find the beginning of the title. I'm assuming that's what you wanted?

Rusherman · 03-20-2011, 12:50 PM

Thank you for the suggestion Manchean. I tried it and it didn't quite work out for me.
With one - after author I got Unkown Author - Title.
On books with two - in title I get Unkown First part of title and the - . I think Regular Expressions are beyond me. The more I experiment with them the worse I get. It doesn't mean I am going to quit trying though. I have the willpower if not the brain for it.

Manichean · 03-20-2011, 02:11 PM

Hm. I tested this one with the plain string on Python, so it should work in Calibre.

Code:

(?P<author>.*?) - (?P<title>.*)

Rusherman · 03-20-2011, 05:44 PM

Thank you Manchean. The second one works perfectly. I tried a bunch of stuff I wrote very similar to this (but not the same) and they failed miserably. I have added your line and now I won't have to keep editing the file name as I put it in and out of Calibre.

Manichean · 03-20-2011, 06:16 PM

Glad to help.

Rusherman · 03-21-2011, 12:49 AM

I have re-read my messages and find it amazing that you could figure out what I was looking for from them. They are sketchy at best.

Manichean · 03-21-2011, 04:28 AM

You get some experience after being a forum regular

Actually, it wasn't hard to figure out- the only part I had to guess at was that you were trying to read metadata from filenames.

03-18-2011, 09:07 AM	#1
Rusherman Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ontario Canada Device: Aluratek Libre ebook reader	Naming conventions Most of the titles I add to Calibre start out as "author - subject - title". When it imports to Calibre it adds the subject to the author instead of to the title. Could someone tell me how and where to fix this. I have had no success tweaking stuff so far. I hope this is clearer to read than it looks.

03-20-2011, 04:34 AM	#4
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	There's an introduction available for regular expressions, if you're interested. As for your problem, try the following: Code: (?P<authors>.?) - (?P<title>.? - .*?) A note: This doesn't copy the first dash over into the title field, but only uses it to find the beginning of the title. I'm assuming that's what you wanted?

03-20-2011, 02:11 PM	#6
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	Hm. I tested this one with the plain string on Python, so it should work in Calibre. Code: (?P<author>.?) - (?P<title>.) Last edited by Manichean; 03-20-2011 at 02:15 PM. Reason: Fixed regex, should've checked lookup names in the first place.

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03-18-2011, 09:42 AM	#2
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	Is that the filename? If so, go to preferences->adding books.

03-20-2011, 04:13 AM	#3
Rusherman Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ontario Canada Device: Aluratek Libre ebook reader	I have tried many ways of setting this up in preferences >adding books. Regular Expression Syntax is not my long suit, medium suit or even short suit. Would you know how to do the expression that would put both " - " dashes on the Title side of the name?

03-20-2011, 12:50 PM	#5
Rusherman Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ontario Canada Device: Aluratek Libre ebook reader	Thank you for the suggestion Manchean. I tried it and it didn't quite work out for me. With one - after author I got Unkown Author - Title. On books with two - in title I get Unkown First part of title and the - . I think Regular Expressions are beyond me. The more I experiment with them the worse I get. It doesn't mean I am going to quit trying though. I have the willpower if not the brain for it.

03-20-2011, 05:44 PM	#7
Rusherman Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ontario Canada Device: Aluratek Libre ebook reader	Thank you Manchean. The second one works perfectly. I tried a bunch of stuff I wrote very similar to this (but not the same) and they failed miserably. I have added your line and now I won't have to keep editing the file name as I put it in and out of Calibre.

03-20-2011, 06:16 PM	#8
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	Glad to help.

03-21-2011, 12:49 AM	#9
Rusherman Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Ontario Canada Device: Aluratek Libre ebook reader	I have re-read my messages and find it amazing that you could figure out what I was looking for from them. They are sketchy at best.

03-21-2011, 04:28 AM	#10
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	You get some experience after being a forum regular Actually, it wasn't hard to figure out- the only part I had to guess at was that you were trying to read metadata from filenames.

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