# Configuration

The Configuration Dialog contains all the options for changing some of the default behaviour of &appname;.

Clicking the Apply button causes the changes to take effect immediately without closing the dialog, while OK applies the changes and closes the dialog. Cancel closes the dialog, but any changes already made and applied will remain. The Defaults button reverts the options on the current page of the dialog to their default values, while Help opens the &khelpcenter; to the relative section of the &appname; manual.

Some minor settings can only be changed by editing the configuration file itself. See Hidden Options.

## General Options

The General Options Dialog

The General Options control the general behavior. Images may be saved in the data file itself, saved separately in the common &appname; application folder, or saved to a directory with the same name as the data file, with _files appended to the name. For collections with many images, saving them in the data file is much slower to use. When &appname; is started, it can automatically reopen the last data file that was open. The Quick Filter in the toolbar is useful for easily filtering through your collection and can utilize regular expressions.

The Formatting Options control the level of automatic formatting that &appname; does. For examples, see the Field Formatting section. Capitalization and formatting are distinct options, since a field may be capitalized without having the order of the words changed, and vice-versa. The auto-capitalization can be changed to ignore certain words. The automatic formatting includes grammatical articles in titles, along with prefixes and suffixes for personal names. The values are case-insensitive, and should be separated by a semi-colon.

The formatting rules follow general English usage, which may not work for other languages. Articles are appended to the end of the title, with a comma. Personal names are formatted to have the last name first, followed by a comma, then the first name. Personal suffixes, such as Jr., are kept with the last name. Prefixes, such as von, are kept with the last name, but are ignored when the values are being sorted.

John Q. von Public, III would become von Public, III, John Q. and Public would be used as the sort key.

Only single word prefixes are supported. If a name includes van der, for example, both van and der should be included in the surname prefix list. Articles ending with an apostrophe are supported for sorting order, as well.

The actual values in the collection are not changed, only the visible text used for the interface. So the formatting options can be changed back and forth without affecting any of the data in the collection.

## Printing Options

&appname; uses an &xslt; template for creating &HTML; and then passes that to the &kde; printing service. Only the fields visible in the Column View are printed. Furthermore, if the collection is being filtered, only the visible entries will be printed. Initially, a warning message is shown if filtering is active.

The Print Options Dialog
The Print Options Dialog

The Printing Options allow you to change some formatting when printing a collection. If Format titles and names is checked, then the fields are auto-formatted when they are printed. Otherwise, they are printed exactly as they were entered.

The default printing stylesheet prints the collection with the field values in columns. Print field headers controls whether the field title is printed at the top of the column.

In the printout, the entries will be sorted as they are in the Column View. Additionally, they may be grouped as they are in the Group View.

Finally, when image fields are included in the printout, the images may be resized, while maintaining their aspect ratio. The maximum image width and height define the largest possible size of the image, though it will never be increased.

## Template Options

The Entry View uses templates to show the field values. You can specify a different template for each collection type. Some templates, such as the Album or Video templates are for a specific collection type, and a short error message will appear in the Entry View if they are used for other types. The Preview button pops up a window to show you a preview of what the template looks like. Custom fonts and colors may be passed to the template, and all of the default templates will honor those settings. However, custom template may choose to ignore them.

Additional templates may be installed directly, or downloaded from store.kde.org by clicking the Download button. Any templates installed by the user may also be deleted. Entry templates are saved in `~/.local/share/tellico/entry-templates/`.

If you create a new template, please consider submitting it at store.kde.org!

The Template Options Dialog
The Template Options Dialog

## Data Sources Options

&appname; can use various sources for importing data, which can be configured in the Data Sources Dialog. There are many available types and sources. A few of them are listed below, while the full list is available on the Tellico web site.

- Amazon.com Web Services,

- ISBNdb.com,

- OpenLibrary.org,

- OPDS catalogs,

- the Internet Movie Database,

- TheMovieDB.org,

- the Open Movie Database,

- FilmAffinity,

- BDGest,

- Comic Vine,

- Discogs.com,

- MusicBrainz.org,

- iTunes,

- TheGamesDB.net,

- GiantBomb.com,

- MobyGames.com,

- IGDB.com,

- VideoGameGeek,

- BoardGameGeek,

- arxiv.org,

- Entrez (PubMed) databases,

- z39.50 servers,

- SRU servers,

- Colnect,

- Numista,

- other external scripts or applications, and

- combinations of any of the above sources.

The Data Sources Options Dialog
The Data Sources Options Dialog

New sources may be added by clicking the New... button, while existing ones may be modified or deleted, using the Modify... or Delete buttons. The order of the sources, which shows up in the entry updating menus, can also be changed.

Many of the data sources offer more information than the default fields in &appname;. Those other fields are shown on the right of the configuration box. If any of those fields are checked, they will be added to the collection when an entry is added from that source.

### Book and Bibliographic Data Sources

#### z39.50 Servers

The z39.50 protocol is used to access libraries and bibliographic information providers around the world. Lists of public z39.50 servers are available from indexdata.dk, among others. &appname; comes with several preset configurations for major libraries, or you can specify the connection information manually.

&appname; is able to read data in the MODS, USMARC/MARC21, or UNIMARC format, using the yaz library. In addition, there is limited support for the GRS-1 format.

To use one of the preset libraries, check the box and then select the library. The other configuration entries will be disabled. If you need to set the information manually, uncheck the preset box.

The default port for z39.50 access is 210, but some servers may use a different one. &appname; assumes the server uses the MARC-8 character encoding, unless configured otherwise. If an incorrect character encoding is used, an error message may appear on the program output, or possibly no entries are retrieved.

Some servers require a username and password for access. &appname; can use and save that password, but be aware that is written to the &appname; configuration file in plain text and is not secure. For most public servers, the username and password fields may be left empty.

#### SRU Servers

SRU stands for Search/Retrieve via &URL; and is a standard search protocol for Internet searches. Some libraries use it for providing access to their data catalogs. Among them, the US Library of Congress is probably the best known.

Custom fields can be added to tweak Tellico's interaction with the SRU server. To override particular query protocols, use the x-tellico prefix and the desired field name. For example, to query ISBN using the bib schema instead of the bath schema, set `x-tellico-isbn`=`bib.isbn`. &tellico; can also make the SRU request by the POST method, if `x-tellico-method`=`POST`. In order to override the record schema, add a custom field setting `recordSchema`=`unimarcXchange`.

#### Entrez Databases

Entrez is the integrated, text-based search and retrieval system used at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). The most well-known Entrez database is PubMed, the database for life science articles from many biological journals. At the moment, the only Entrez database supported by &appname; is PubMed.

#### Bibliographic Databases

arXiv.org, Bibsonomy, and CrossRef are online databases for academic articles and bibliographic information. For access to the CrossRef source, you must request an account and add your account information to the data source configuration.

#### ISBNdb.com

ISBNdb.com is an online book database, from libraries around the world.

#### OpenLibrary.org

OpenLibrary.org is an online book database that aims to have one page for every book.

#### OPDS Catalogs

OPDS catalogs provide a means for searching (and distributing) digital books. &tellico; can use many OPDS catalogs as a data source, such as Project Gutenberg. Enter the link to the catalog and verify the access and format to confirm &tellico; can read the link.

### Comic Book Data Sources

#### Bedetheque

Bedetheque is a French comic book database, managed by BDGest.

#### Comic Vine

Comic Vine is billed as the largest comic book wiki in the universe.

### Movie Data Sources

#### Internet Movie Database

The Internet Movie Database provides information about movies and videos. When a search is conducted for a Person, if more than one possible result is returned, a dialog box is opened to allow you to select the correct person. The configuration options include selecting which IMDb nationality to use and whether images are fetched or not. Since IMDb can return a large number of cast members, you can limit that to a certain number.

#### TheMovieDB.org

TheMovieDB.org is a free and open online movie database. Registration for a free account is required.

#### The Open Movie Database

The Open Movie Database (OMDBAPI.com) is a free web service to obtain movie information.

#### FilmAffinity

FilmAffinity is an independent film site.

### Music Data Sources

#### Discogs.com

Discogs.com is a user-built music database containing information on artists, labels, and their recordings. Registration for a free account is required.

#### MusicBrainz.org

MusicBrainz.org is a community music metadatabase that attempts to create a comprehensive music information site.

#### iTunes Search

The iTunes Search provides information on content within the iTunes Store and Apple Books Store. You can search for a variety of content; including books, movies, podcasts, music, music videos, audiobooks, and TV shows.

### Video Game Data Sources

#### GiantBomb.com

GiantBomb.com is a large community-driven video game database. Registration for a free account is required.

#### TheGamesDB.net

TheGamesDB.net is an open, online database for video game fans.

#### MobyGames

MobyGames.com is self-described as the oldest, largest and most accurate video game database.

#### IGDB.com

IGDB.com calls itself a gaming website for everyone that loves game.

#### VideoGameGeek

VideoGameGeek is an online video gaming resource and community.

### Board Game Data Sources

#### BoardGameGeek

BoardGameGeek is an online board gaming resource and community.

### Coin & Stamp Data Sources

#### Colnect

Colnect is an online community for collectibles providing personal collection management. &tellico; can search Colnect for coin and stamp information, as well as comic books, sports card, and video games.

#### Numista

Numista is a world coin catalog which grows thanks to member contributions, offering online collection management, tools to easily exchange with other collectors, and a forum.

### Data Sources for Multiple Collection Types

#### Amazon.com

Using the Amazon Web Services, &appname; can search any of 14 different international sites operated by Amazon.com for information: United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, China, Spain, Italy, Brazil, Australia, India, Mexico, and Turkey.

Configuring each Amazon.com source involves three settings: the server location, image size, and associate's ID. Some information from Amazon.com may include an image, such as a book or video cover. That image may be downloaded in three different sizes, depending on the item. The associate's ID must be used to access the Amazon.com Web Services, and is included in the links back to the item, as dictated by the license agreement for the use of the Amazon.com Web Services.

Access to the Amazon Product Advertising API may have restrictions related to sales referrals or advertising. Refer to the Amazon documentation for further information when signing up for API access.

#### External Scripts or Applications

As an easier way for &appname; to integrate with third-party plugins, external scripts or applications may be used as an interface for searching other information sources. &appname; will execute a command, and pass the search terms as command-line options.

Some scripts are distributed with &appname; itself. Python is required to search Dark Horse Comics, a comic book publisher, for example.

The collection type returned by the script must be set, along with the data format. Not only can &appname; import data from scripts that use the default &appname; &XML; format, but it can also import other formats as well, such as bibtex.

The full path to the application should be entered in the source options. Check the boxes next to the search keys supported by the application, and enter the required command line options in the edit box. The search value will be inserted where `%1` appears.

Never install and run a script from an untrusted source. They are executed with the same permissions as the user, and as a result, could modify or delete files or otherwise mess up your system.

For updating entries already in the collection, the final check box and edit box are used to determine the command-line options. The entry fields used to find an update must be entered, in the same format as used for derived value fields.

### Multiple Combined Data Sources

Combinations of up to eight existing data sources can be used as a single source, where each search result from the first source is updated from the subsequent sources. The collection type to be used must be set before adding sources.

Only existing data sources can be used in combination. Only the search type for the first source can be used in this source since the results come from the first data source. For example, a UPCitemDb search may first be done, with each result then updated from the TheMovieDB.