Cannot get indexFormat to do anything

[simoncn]

As it says in the documentation, you cannot replace an existing tag value using indexFormat (except for Artist). This limitation cannot be removed. You should be able to do something like this:

In aliasTags:
artists:my_artists

In itemTags:
add my_artists to the list of tag names

In tagFomat:
Artists.indexFormat={$my_artists$artists_sort^^^:}

The "conflicting option" message will be produced if you have tried to set both Artists.displayFormat and multiTag={Artists}.