Tag browser searching

Stampercam · 06-25-2011, 12:42 AM

The recent change to allow clicking on a category in the tag broswer is a great new option, however it doesn't seem to be working quite right for me.

When I go into authors and click on I it, in the tag browser it shows me the authers whose surname starts with I, but in the book list it shows the authors whose FIRST name starts with I, so instead of Greg Isle books, I'm getting Isaac Asimov etc.

kovidgoyal · 06-25-2011, 01:51 AM

Hmm, maybe it should be searching author_sort not authors, chaley will have to comment.

chaley · 06-25-2011, 05:42 AM

This got complicated. Two problems:

1) must check each author in the author_sort, but that means a complicated regexp that checks for ampersands. Didn't need to do this for authors.
2) must build a character class to handle letter equivalences in some languages.

For an example or the second problem, in some locales the letters S and Š are to sort as equivalent letters. The search must find either letter whether it is a first or later author (later authors are identified by the & character). The regex that calibre now generates to do that is

Code:

author_sort:"~(^[ŠS])|(&\\s*[ŠS])"

Code changes submitted.

06-25-2011, 12:42 AM	#1
Stampercam Connoisseur Posts: 86 Karma: 19674 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: ipad, MiGear	Tag browser searching The recent change to allow clicking on a category in the tag broswer is a great new option, however it doesn't seem to be working quite right for me. When I go into authors and click on I it, in the tag browser it shows me the authers whose surname starts with I, but in the book list it shows the authors whose FIRST name starts with I, so instead of Greg Isle books, I'm getting Isaac Asimov etc. Last edited by Stampercam; 06-25-2011 at 12:44 AM. Reason: typo

06-25-2011, 05:42 AM	#3
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,526 Karma: 8065948 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	This got complicated. Two problems: 1) must check each author in the author_sort, but that means a complicated regexp that checks for ampersands. Didn't need to do this for authors. 2) must build a character class to handle letter equivalences in some languages. For an example or the second problem, in some locales the letters S and Š are to sort as equivalent letters. The search must find either letter whether it is a first or later author (later authors are identified by the & character). The regex that calibre now generates to do that is Code: author_sort:"~(^[ŠS])\|(&\\s*[ŠS])" Code changes submitted.

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06-25-2011, 01:51 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,626 Karma: 28549046 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Hmm, maybe it should be searching author_sort not authors, chaley will have to comment.

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