From 1dd662e7c166b7c66cb82b2df196dcd29d1c06d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Moussouni=2C=20Ya=C3=ABl?= <yael-ii@noreply.codeberg.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:59:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] 2025-10-22: Automatic update

---
 src/arxtic.py |  1 +
 src/utils.py  | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/arxtic.py b/src/arxtic.py
index f571e4c..6afa3fe 100644
--- a/src/arxtic.py
+++ b/src/arxtic.py
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     libraries["local"] = local_api.update_local_pdf(library=libraries["local"])
     libraries["read"] = local_api.update_library(libraries["local"], "read")
     libraries["unread"] = local_api.update_library(libraries["local"], "unread")
+
     while not q:
         print(COLOUR_INPUT + "Select an action")
         val = input("> " + COLOUR_DEFAULT)
diff --git a/src/utils.py b/src/utils.py
index 10e775d..551bfdb 100644
--- a/src/utils.py
+++ b/src/utils.py
@@ -415,8 +415,13 @@ def arxtic_library_add(key, library, value):
     block = find(key, library)
     old_value = block["arxtic_library"]
     new_value = old_value + "," + value
-    if new_value[0] == ",": new_value = new_value[1:]
-    if new_value[-1] == ",": new_value = new_value[:-1]
+    if new_value == "":
+        None
+    elif new_value == ",":
+        new_value = ""
+    else:
+        if new_value[0] == ",": new_value = new_value[1:]
+        if new_value[-1] == ",": new_value = new_value[:-1]
     block["arxtic_library"] = new_value
     return library
 
@@ -424,8 +429,13 @@ def arxtic_library_remove(key, library, value):
     block = find(key, library)
     old_value = block["arxtic_library"]
     new_value = old_value.replace(value, "").replace(",,", ",")
-    if new_value[0] == ",": new_value = new_value[1:]
-    if new_value[-1] == ",": new_value = new_value[:-1]
+    if new_value == "":
+        None
+    elif new_value == ",":
+        new_value = ""
+    else:
+        if new_value[0] == ",": new_value = new_value[1:]
+        if new_value[-1] == ",": new_value = new_value[:-1]
     block["arxtic_library"] = new_value
     return library
 
@@ -433,8 +443,13 @@ def arxtic_keywords_add(key, library, value):
     block = find(key, library)
     old_value = block["arxtic_keywords"]
     new_value = old_value + "," + value
-    if new_value[0] == ",": new_value = new_value[1:]
-    if new_value[-1] == ",": new_value = new_value[:-1]
+    if new_value == "":
+        None
+    elif new_value == ",":
+        new_value = ""
+    else:
+        if new_value[0] == ",": new_value = new_value[1:]
+        if new_value[-1] == ",": new_value = new_value[:-1]
     block["arxtic_keywords"] = new_value
     return library
 
@@ -442,8 +457,13 @@ def arxtic_keywords_remove(key, library, value):
     block = find(key, library)
     old_value = block["arxtic_keywords"]
     new_value = old_value.replace(value, "").replace(",,", ",")
-    if new_value[0] == ",": new_value = new_value[1:]
-    if new_value[-1] == ",": new_value = new_value[:-1]
+    if new_value == "":
+        None
+    elif new_value == ",":
+        new_value = ""
+    else:
+        if new_value[0] == ",": new_value = new_value[1:]
+        if new_value[-1] == ",": new_value = new_value[:-1]
     block["arxtic_keywords"] = new_value
     return library