From 6f02c4939282efec7077c1fc655082d95a2b777f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Haley <>
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:19:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Don't offer delete on categories that require special
 processing, such as authors.

---
 src/calibre/gui2/tag_browser/view.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/tag_browser/view.py b/src/calibre/gui2/tag_browser/view.py
index a03d16283c..f2e1513f18 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/tag_browser/view.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/tag_browser/view.py
@@ -349,9 +349,11 @@ class TagsView(QTreeView): # {{{
                                                     _('Rename %s')%display_name(tag),
                             partial(self.context_menu_handler, action='edit_item',
                                     index=index))
-                        self.context_menu.addAction(self.delete_icon,
+                        if key in ('tags', 'series', 'publisher') or \
+                                self._model.db.field_metadata.is_custom_field(key):
+                            self.context_menu.addAction(self.delete_icon,
                                                     _('Delete %s')%display_name(tag),
-                            partial(self.context_menu_handler, action='delete_item',
+                                partial(self.context_menu_handler, action='delete_item',
                                     key=key, index=tag))
                         if key == 'authors':
                             self.context_menu.addAction(_('Edit sort for %s')%display_name(tag),