Export - Formatting Filenames

[marcl]

I have some issues while exporting ebooks and formatting the filename.

I use the followig formatstring for export:

{author_sort} - {series}{series_index:0>2s| | - }{title}

In some cases if the title contains an article (the or german "der die das") the article will be placed at the end of the title with a comma separated. I want the title in normal order and not the sorted title.

In the title the ":" were replaced with "_". I would like to have " - ".

[theducks]

Originally Posted by marcl

I have some issues while exporting ebooks and formatting the filename.

I use the followig formatstring for export:

{author_sort} - {series}{series_index:0>2s| | - }{title}

In some cases if the title contains an article (the or german "der die das") the article will be placed at the end of the title with a comma separated. I want the title in normal order and not the sorted title.

In the title the ":" were replaced with "_". I would like to have " - ".

The first case is controlled by a tweak: save_template_title_series
You want strictly Alphabetical.

IMHO the second is a a lot of work, if at all doable.
colons (and others) are illegal in file names, so calibre's core substitutes them

[chaley]

Originally Posted by marcl

In the title the ":" were replaced with "_". I would like to have " - ".

Try

{title:re(:, - )}

or perhaps more readable

{title:'re($, ':', ' - ')'}

[marcl]

Thanks theducks and chaley! Both solutions worked fine.