Support replacements on alternates

[mathstuf]

This can be used to support making an alternate for placing on a restricted filesystem (such as FAT) while leaving the main library intact. Basically, this is a request to support the top-level replace configuration in an alternate.

[geigerzaehler]

Hi @mathstuf, I don’t quite understand what you mean by “support replacements” and what the replace command should do. Can you maybe give an example?

[mathstuf]

It's the same as the top-level replace configuration. It should support rewriting characters in filenames (e.g., to make them vfat-safe). I don't want my main library to have it, but the alternatives for USB keys or phones should do such replacements.

[geigerzaehler]

Now I understand, Thanks for the clarification. I’m not actively maintaining this project, so it is unlikely that I’m going to work on it. If anybody is up to adding this feature, I’d gladly support them.

[daviddavo]

You can use %asciify{text}

https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference/pathformat.html

[kergoth]

You can use %asciify{text}

https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference/pathformat.html

It's a good point, you can use a custom path format function in a plugin to apply more specific replacements instead of or in addition to an asciify as well.

[kergoth]

You can use %asciify{text} https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference/pathformat.html

It's a good point, you can use a custom path format function in a plugin to apply more specific replacements instead of or in addition to an asciify as well.

https://github.com/kergoth/Beets-Library/blob/master/Beets/plugins/replace_format.py

[geigerzaehler]

Thanks for the nice solution @daviddavo and @kergoth.