Search filters: accented characters not matching plain ones

riki · 11-26-2011, 06:38 AM

I've searched these forums to find a previous answer to this question; I suppose there must be one, and if so I apologize for wasting everybody's time, but I couldn't find it.

My problem: Calibre's filter/search doesn't match accented characters to their plain equivalents. In other words, when searching for "le carre" it won't find "le Carré"; same with "asa" vs. "Åsa" etc.

This would be a nice option to have: the database would contain the correct spelling ("le Carré"), while searches for a simplified text ("le carre") would return the intended results even when the user doesn't know/remember the correct diacritics or can't enter them anyway because in lack of a proper localized keyboard (Scandinavian letters such as 'ð', 'å' and 'ø' being the most troublesome for me in particular).

Does Calibre have such an option already?

kovidgoyal · 11-26-2011, 06:52 AM

authors:~carr.

riki · 11-26-2011, 07:18 AM

Wow, Kovid - incredibly quick as usual, thanks!

Your suggestion works, but it requires the user to remember that there is a problem with unusual characters in that search string and use a wildchard to circumvent it. It would still be nice to have a solution that works even when the user types a less-than-exact spelling of the search term, as could happen with Nordic names and other names where the simplified spelling is widespread - such as "Indriðason/Indridason", "Åsa/Asa", "Nesbø/Nesbo", "Miéville/Mieville".

kovidgoyal · 11-26-2011, 07:32 AM

https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/879729

riki · 11-26-2011, 07:38 AM

Aha - so the issue had come up already.
Sorry I couldn't find the message in the bug tracker myself.
Thanks for the quick and exhaustive reply!

11-26-2011, 06:38 AM	#1
riki Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: kindle	Search filters: accented characters not matching plain ones I've searched these forums to find a previous answer to this question; I suppose there must be one, and if so I apologize for wasting everybody's time, but I couldn't find it. My problem: Calibre's filter/search doesn't match accented characters to their plain equivalents. In other words, when searching for "le carre" it won't find "le Carré"; same with "asa" vs. "Åsa" etc. This would be a nice option to have: the database would contain the correct spelling ("le Carré"), while searches for a simplified text ("le carre") would return the intended results even when the user doesn't know/remember the correct diacritics or can't enter them anyway because in lack of a proper localized keyboard (Scandinavian letters such as 'ð', 'å' and 'ø' being the most troublesome for me in particular). Does Calibre have such an option already?

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11-26-2011, 06:52 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	authors:~carr.

11-26-2011, 07:18 AM	#3
riki Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: kindle	Wow, Kovid - incredibly quick as usual, thanks! Your suggestion works, but it requires the user to remember that there is a problem with unusual characters in that search string and use a wildchard to circumvent it. It would still be nice to have a solution that works even when the user types a less-than-exact spelling of the search term, as could happen with Nordic names and other names where the simplified spelling is widespread - such as "Indriðason/Indridason", "Åsa/Asa", "Nesbø/Nesbo", "Miéville/Mieville".

11-26-2011, 07:32 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/879729

11-26-2011, 07:38 AM	#5
riki Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: kindle	Aha - so the issue had come up already. Sorry I couldn't find the message in the bug tracker myself. Thanks for the quick and exhaustive reply!

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