current_library_name shows previous library after switching

[Rui Hanazawa]

I have a custom column "#sendtopath" with either of the two values:

{:'current_library_name()'}/{publisher:||/}{tags:sublist(0,1,\,)||/}{authors:sublist(0,1,&)}/{series:||/}{series_index:0>4.1f|[|] }{title}

{:'current_library_name()'}/{authors:sublist(0,1,&)}/{series:||/}{series_index:0>4.1f|[|] }{title}

This way, I can have the Sending books to devices > Save template set to {#sendtopath} and I don't have to keep changing the preferences when I switch libraries.

The current library name is displayed correctly when starting Calibre. However, it displays the previous library name instead of the current library name after switching libraries. I have to restart Calibre for it to display the correct library name.

I've also tried creating a template function devicePath which calls current_library_name and basically does the same thing as the two templates above and used that function for the #sendtopath column but it gave me the same issue.

This is with calibre 0.8.54 tested on both 32-bit Windows XP and 7. I haven't tried 0.8.55 yet. I'm currently on cellular data so download's gonna take a while. However, I checked the changelog and I don't think any changes were made to the current_library_name function so I'm guessing behavior on 0.8.55 would be the same as 0.8.54.

Thanks!

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

Changing the component for this bug.

 assignee cbhaley
 status triaged

[Charles Haley (cbhaley)]

Fix submitted.

Workaround, at least for the value displayed in a custom column: select two or more books, press E for edit metadata (bulk), then press OK without changing anything.

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

Fixed in branch lp:calibre. The fix will be in the next release. calibre is usually released every Friday.

 status fixreleased