From f6a4ec5c57984567f348f9671df11332ecd9757c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 15:05:34 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Bulk metadata editing working

---
 src/calibre/gui2/custom_column_widgets.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/custom_column_widgets.py b/src/calibre/gui2/custom_column_widgets.py
index 35d9f04e1f..611590f2c7 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/custom_column_widgets.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/custom_column_widgets.py
@@ -218,7 +218,10 @@ class Text(Base):
     def getter(self):
         if self.col_metadata['is_multiple']:
             val = unicode(self.widgets[1].text()).strip()
-            return [x.strip() for x in val.split(',')]
+            ans = [x.strip() for x in val.split(',') if x.strip()]
+            if not ans:
+                ans = None
+            return ans
         val = unicode(self.widgets[1].currentText()).strip()
         if not val:
             val = None