title and title_sort produce same result in save template

[bensmuda]

Is this a bug? I'm new to Calibre and this is my first time using template language. The template worked when I defined it a couple of weeks ago but I think I've updated Calibre since then and found the template didn't work today.

Example

Title: The Book: A Novel
Authors: Jane Doe & John Buck

Template

{authors:list_item(0,&)}/{title:list_item(0,:)}/{title:list_item(0,:)}

Actual Result

Jane Doe/Book, The/Book, The

Expected Result

Jane Doe/The Book/The Book

[kovidgoyal]

Preferences->Tweaks->Control formatting of title and series when used in templates

[bensmuda]

Well, well. I guess it's time I read through the tweaks.

Thank you! I appreciate the work you do.

[xenduro]

ps i sent both tks if i am out of line i'm sure the duck guy will not help me.

# Control formatting of title and series when used in templates

save_template_title_series_sorting = 'strictly_alphabetic'
did restart
still
Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 10, The - Jonathan Strahan

sent u 10.00 send 10.00 more
for how to
make
2022 SciFi Anthology_ The Science Fiction Novelists - S. A. Gibilip Cahill & Jon Anthony Perrotti & J. I. Rogers & John Bowers
=
2022 SciFi Anthology_ The Science Fiction Novelists - S. A. Gibilip Cahill & Jon
set a max author list length

[xenduro]

semmed to work(with no restart)?
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# Control formatting of title and series when used in templates

save_template_title_series_sorting = 'strictly_alphabetic'

now a set length of title and author and i all set....

[DNSB]

I think you are looking for the sublist option. I only use the first author_sort entry and the first author entry when sending to device so my template is:

Elibrary/{author_sort:sublist(0,1,&)}/{title} - {authors:sublist(0,1,&)}

If you substitute sublist(0,1,&) with sublist(0,2, & ), you will get the first two entries with ' & ' as the separator.

Since I use Kobo ereaders and series is supported by the device so I don't need to add it.