A little no obvious help

mabia · 11-06-2012, 02:07 PM

Hi to everybody:
I would want to do 2 things in Calibre I don´t arrive at.
First: when I edit the metadates from a book with "e" it appears several fields f.e. tags, ids, date, published....and finally language. I would like to add another one called: awards. Is it possible there? I know that I could create a personalized column but this is not what I want. Any idea?
Second: in the same place, in language, could I limit to three, the loads of language that appear here. I don´t know where Calibre stores all of these languages to delete them.
Sorry if my english is not very refined.
Thanks in advance.

susan_cassidy · 11-06-2012, 02:11 PM

You can't add metadata, because the file format does not support it.

Don't know about your second question.

theducks · 11-06-2012, 03:01 PM

The list is all available language coded. It get revised frequently.
(it is included in the program code. You would need to 'Run from source (your hacked source)'.

Most list will scroll to the first occurrence of the letter typed, that usually gets you close.

PeterT · 11-06-2012, 03:10 PM

You could try changing Preferences | Behaviour | Edit metadata (single) layout to Compact. This will put everything but the covers on the edit screen, so if Awards is a user added column it will appear on the edit screen.

BetterRed · 11-06-2012, 08:48 PM

To add to PeterT's suggestion - I use the Compact View - it made things a lot easier since I discovered it about a month ago.

I added my own Languages column (Zhargon) with only 4 values - I was making too many keyboard slips with the big Language list.

I'd like to hide the Languages item from the Metadata Edit window, but ...

BR

mabia · 11-07-2012, 11:19 AM

Thank you to all of you.
The conclussion seem to be that they are no direct solutions to my requests:
-no possible to add a new metadata field
-no possible to limit language
I try something with the suggestions from PeterT (I didn´t know that trick) and BetterRed.
If anyone has another idea it will be welcome.
Thanks

theducks · 11-07-2012, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mabia

Thank you to all of you.
The conclussion seem to be that they are no direct solutions to my requests:
-no possible to add a new metadata field
-no possible to limit language
I try something with the suggestions from PeterT (I didn´t know that trick) and BetterRed.
If anyone has another idea it will be welcome.
Thanks

You can add a Custom Column: #awards
The point someone was trying to make is many formats will not STORE custom metadata and many devices won't even use all of what is stored

Calibre, The Catalog and Content server will all display the custom column data.

mabia · 11-07-2012, 02:54 PM

Thanks theducks
It could be a solution joint the one that PeterT proposes.

11-06-2012, 02:07 PM	#1
mabia Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Bilbao - Spain Device: Kindle Touch	A little no obvious help Hi to everybody: I would want to do 2 things in Calibre I don´t arrive at. First: when I edit the metadates from a book with "e" it appears several fields f.e. tags, ids, date, published....and finally language. I would like to add another one called: awards. Is it possible there? I know that I could create a personalized column but this is not what I want. Any idea? Second: in the same place, in language, could I limit to three, the loads of language that appear here. I don´t know where Calibre stores all of these languages to delete them. Sorry if my english is not very refined. Thanks in advance.

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susan_cassidy Wizard Posts: 2,251 Karma: 3720310 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)	You can't add metadata, because the file format does not support it. Don't know about your second question.

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theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,048 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	The list is all available language coded. It get revised frequently. (it is included in the program code. You would need to 'Run from source (your hacked source)'. Most list will scroll to the first occurrence of the letter typed, that usually gets you close.

11-06-2012, 03:10 PM	#4
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,511 Karma: 78910202 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	You could try changing Preferences \| Behaviour \| Edit metadata (single) layout to Compact. This will put everything but the covers on the edit screen, so if Awards is a user added column it will appear on the edit screen.

11-06-2012, 08:48 PM	#5
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,722 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	To add to PeterT's suggestion - I use the Compact View - it made things a lot easier since I discovered it about a month ago. I added my own Languages column (Zhargon) with only 4 values - I was making too many keyboard slips with the big Language list. I'd like to hide the Languages item from the Metadata Edit window, but ... BR

11-07-2012, 11:19 AM	#6
mabia Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Bilbao - Spain Device: Kindle Touch	Thank you to all of you. The conclussion seem to be that they are no direct solutions to my requests: -no possible to add a new metadata field -no possible to limit language I try something with the suggestions from PeterT (I didn´t know that trick) and BetterRed. If anyone has another idea it will be welcome. Thanks

11-07-2012, 02:54 PM	#8
mabia Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Bilbao - Spain Device: Kindle Touch	Thanks theducks It could be a solution joint the one that PeterT proposes.

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