Someone produced a patch to ensure that the artists are sorted
regardless of case and ignoring any leading "The", which I found
really useful - Hate having all my music archived under the "T"
section!
Anyway in case anyone else prefers this format, I've re-attached the
patch, thanks to the original poster.
diff -Naur mythmusic/mythmusic/metadata.cpp mythmusic2/mythmusic/metadata.cpp
--- mythmusic/mythmusic/metadata.cpp 2005-02-10 07:20:39.000000000 +0000
+++ mythmusic2/mythmusic/metadata.cpp 2005-02-15 17:40:42.301763784 +0000
@@ -441,7 +441,15 @@
else if (field == "splitartist")
{
bool set = false;
- QString firstchar = FormatArtist().left(1).upper();
+ QString firstchar;
+ if (FormatArtist().left(4).lower() =="the ")
+ {
+ firstchar = FormatArtist().mid(4,1).upper();
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ firstchar = FormatArtist().left(1).upper();
+ }
for (int i = 0; i < kSplitArray_Max; i++)
{
if (splitArray[i].testStr.contains(firstchar))
@@ -752,6 +760,8 @@
root_node->sort();
bool something_changed;
+ QString Title1;
+ QString Title2;
// sort top level nodes
@@ -765,7 +775,24 @@
something_changed = false;
for(uint i = 0; i < top_nodes.count() - 1;)
{
- if(qstrcmp(top_nodes.at(i)->getTitle(), top_nodes.at(i+1)->getTitle()) > 0)
+ Title1 = top_nodes.at(i)->getTitle();
+ Title2 = top_nodes.at(i+1)->getTitle();
+
+ // Transform title, so we get case insensitive ordering of nodes:
+ Title1 = Title1.lower();
+ Title2 = Title2.lower();
+ // Remove any prepending "The ":
+ if (Title1.left(4)=="the ")
+ {
+ Title1 = Title1.mid(4);
+ }
+
+ if (Title2.left(4)=="the ")
+ {
+ Title2 = Title2.mid(4);
+ }
+
+ if(qstrcmp(Title1, Title2) > 0)
{
something_changed = true;
MusicNode *temp = top_nodes.take(i + 1);
@@ -1190,6 +1217,8 @@
Metadata *inserter, uint depth)
{
QString a_field = "";
+ QString a_lowercase_field = "";
+ QString a_title = "";
//
// Search and create from my node downards
@@ -1203,11 +1232,28 @@
else
{
inserter->getField(tree_levels, &a_field, m_paths, m_startdir, depth);
+
+ // Get field contents in lowercase without prepending "the ":
+ a_lowercase_field = a_field.lower();
+ if (a_lowercase_field.left(4) == "the ")
+ {
+ a_lowercase_field = a_lowercase_field.mid(4);
+ }
+
QPtrListIterator<MusicNode> iter(my_subnodes);
MusicNode *search;
while( (search = iter.current() ) != 0)
{
- if(a_field == search->getTitle())
+
+ // Find the correct node (we don't want to be case sensitive or look for any prepending "the "):
+ a_title = search->getTitle();
+ a_title = a_title.lower();
+ if (a_title.left(4) == "the ")
+ {
+ a_title = a_title.mid(4);
+ }
+
+ if(a_lowercase_field == a_title)
{
return( search->findRightNode(tree_levels, inserter, depth + 1) );
}
@@ -1322,6 +1368,8 @@
void MusicNode::sort()
{
bool something_changed;
+ QString Title1;
+ QString Title2;
// Sort any tracks
@@ -1361,7 +1409,23 @@
something_changed = false;
for(uint i = 0; i < my_subnodes.count() - 1;)
{
- if(qstrcmp(my_subnodes.at(i)->getTitle(), my_subnodes.at(i+1)->getTitle()) > 0)
+ Title1 = my_subnodes.at(i)->getTitle();
+ Title2 = my_subnodes.at(i+1)->getTitle();
+
+ // Transform title, so we get case insensitive ordering of nodes:
+ Title1 = Title1.lower();
+ Title2 = Title2.lower();
+ // Remove any prepending "The ":
+ if (Title1.left(4)=="the ")
+ {
+ Title1 = Title1.mid(4);
+ }
+ if (Title2.left(4)=="the ")
+ {
+ Title2 = Title2.mid(4);
+ }
+
+ if(qstrcmp(Title1, Title2) > 0)
{
something_changed = true;
MusicNode *temp = my_subnodes.take(i + 1);
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