Articles with apostrophes in title_sort

riki · 08-13-2011, 01:24 PM

I searched the forums unsuccessfully before deciding to sign up and posting this question.

Problem - I have several ebooks where the title begins with an article ending with an apostrophe. Example: L'affaire Saint-Fiacre. I would like the title_sort value to be affaire Saint-Fiacre, L'.

My attempts at solving it - I have tried to change the setting in [Preferences -> Tweaks -> Set the list of words considered 'articles' when computing title_sort], so I edited the regexp adding |l' inside it, but it doesn't work. Next, I tried to add one and then two backslashes thinking I have to quote the apostrophe - which can be interpreted as a single quote, so I tried with l\' and l\\' but none of my attempts has had success.

Any advice?

kovidgoyal · 08-13-2011, 01:39 PM

Code:

r"^(A\s+|The\s+|An\s+|L')"

riki · 08-13-2011, 02:02 PM

Wow, that was quick - thanks!

I had also tried to factor articles that are followed by a space, but that didn't work either

Code:

SOMETHING LIKE THIS DOESN'T WORK
^((A|An|The|Un|Une)\\s+)|L')

chaley · 08-13-2011, 02:56 PM

FWIW: this topic was discussed in the thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=144900

08-13-2011, 01:24 PM	#1
riki Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: kindle	Articles with apostrophes in title_sort I searched the forums unsuccessfully before deciding to sign up and posting this question. Problem - I have several ebooks where the title begins with an article ending with an apostrophe. Example: L'affaire Saint-Fiacre. I would like the title_sort value to be affaire Saint-Fiacre, L'. My attempts at solving it - I have tried to change the setting in [Preferences -> Tweaks -> Set the list of words considered 'articles' when computing title_sort], so I edited the regexp adding \|l' inside it, but it doesn't work. Next, I tried to add one and then two backslashes thinking I have to quote the apostrophe - which can be interpreted as a single quote, so I tried with l\' and l\\' but none of my attempts has had success. Any advice?

08-13-2011, 01:39 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,631 Karma: 28549046 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Code: r"^(A\s+\|The\s+\|An\s+\|L')"

08-13-2011, 02:02 PM	#3
riki Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: kindle	Wow, that was quick - thanks! I had also tried to factor articles that are followed by a space, but that didn't work either Code: SOMETHING LIKE THIS DOESN'T WORK ^((A\|An\|The\|Un\|Une)\\s+)\|L')

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08-13-2011, 02:56 PM	#4
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,527 Karma: 8065948 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	FWIW: this topic was discussed in the thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=144900

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