Template to properly title manga on my device

eosrose · 02-02-2019, 04:15 PM

I have been using the following plugboard for my entire library:
{series}{series_index:0>2s| #| – }{title}

Unfortunately, this plugboard has some undesirable results for my manga and graphic novels. I end up with titles like:

Kasan #01 – Kasan, Vol. 1
Kasan #02 – Kasan, Vol. 2

I was wondering if anyone had come up with a way to remove the redundancy of series information like this? Is there a way to only show the series information if a book doesn't include a particular tag (like "Manga") or something like that?

I can't be the only one with a lot of books that are part of series, but don't have actual distinctive titles beyond volume information.

ilovejedd · 02-02-2019, 07:01 PM

Personally, I don't use Calibre for my manga. I just keep them in series folders as ZIP/CBZ and KOReader seems to just use the filename as title.

This works in template tester. Dunno if it'll work in the plugboard.

Code:

{tags:'contains($, 'Manga', '', strcat(field('series'), finish_formatting(field("series_index"), "02.0f", " #", " - ")))'}{title}

02-02-2019, 04:15 PM	#1
eosrose Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 14 Join Date: May 2010 Location: WI Device: Kobo Forma	Template to properly title manga on my device I have been using the following plugboard for my entire library: {series}{series_index:0>2s\| #\| – }{title} Unfortunately, this plugboard has some undesirable results for my manga and graphic novels. I end up with titles like: Kasan #01 – Kasan, Vol. 1 Kasan #02 – Kasan, Vol. 2 I was wondering if anyone had come up with a way to remove the redundancy of series information like this? Is there a way to only show the series information if a book doesn't include a particular tag (like "Manga") or something like that? I can't be the only one with a lot of books that are part of series, but don't have actual distinctive titles beyond volume information.

02-02-2019, 07:01 PM	#2
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,110 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	Personally, I don't use Calibre for my manga. I just keep them in series folders as ZIP/CBZ and KOReader seems to just use the filename as title. This works in template tester. Dunno if it'll work in the plugboard. Code: {tags:'contains($, 'Manga', '', strcat(field('series'), finish_formatting(field("series_index"), "02.0f", " #", " - ")))'}{title}

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