Accented characters

bingle · 07-24-2007, 05:35 PM

Hi all,

I know this has been answered before, but my search-fu is weak and I couldn't find the answer.

I had an ebook that had accented characters in it. When importing into BookDesigner, these were replaced by various Cyrillic characters. I manually replaced them, but when I exported to LRF and looked at the book, they were replaced by character codes.

So, question 1 - How do I get BookDesigner to leave accented characters alone?

And question 2 - How do I get the Reader to correctly interpret accented characters in BookDesigner LRFs? Does the default font not include them? (that seems bizarre...)

JSWolf · 07-24-2007, 05:44 PM

You need to set the language in the options for German before you load your source file. If you already have the HTML0, then you need to change the laguage to German and resave it.

Also go to https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11649 and download the Book Cleaner files to fix some gotchas in BD such as emdashes. For emdashes to work, when you make the LRF, set dashes to as-is.

bingle · 07-24-2007, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

You need to set the language in the options for German before you load your source file. If you already have the HTML0, then you need to change the laguage to German and resave it.

Thanks!

That will fix both the initial display issues and the LRF issues? And... Why German, just out of curiosity? The accents I'm having trouble with I usually associate with French... (é and ê, for example)

JSWolf · 07-24-2007, 06:04 PM

Because German also uses accented characters and using French as the language causes odd things to happen. German works fine.

bingle · 07-24-2007, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Because German also uses accented characters and using French as the language causes odd things to happen. German works fine.

Thanks, I'll try German!

NatCh · 07-24-2007, 08:28 PM

I used French for a while, then gave up and switched to German. I found it to do weird stuff with French too.

Dr. Drib · 07-25-2007, 06:27 AM

If you try to open that file that was set in something other than German, and if for some reason it keeps reverting back to your previous langauge, then this is a trick that worked for me:

Open the file you would normally open. Open a Blank BookDesigner file and change THAT file to German. Now, go back to your original file [that is still open] and copy and then paste into the file that you designated as German.

This is just a suggestion, since it worked for me. I no longer use French; rather, I use German for everything now.

Don

JSWolf · 07-25-2007, 06:36 AM

What I did recently to fix an accent problem was switch to German (wasn't my HTML0 originally) and then changed the book encoding to Western European (Windows) and put in the accented character that was incorrect and it worked fine.

07-24-2007, 05:35 PM	#1
bingle Addict Posts: 273 Karma: 499 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Francisco Device: Sony Reader	Accented characters Hi all, I know this has been answered before, but my search-fu is weak and I couldn't find the answer. I had an ebook that had accented characters in it. When importing into BookDesigner, these were replaced by various Cyrillic characters. I manually replaced them, but when I exported to LRF and looked at the book, they were replaced by character codes. So, question 1 - How do I get BookDesigner to leave accented characters alone? And question 2 - How do I get the Reader to correctly interpret accented characters in BookDesigner LRFs? Does the default font not include them? (that seems bizarre...)

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,974 Karma: 128903378 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	You need to set the language in the options for German before you load your source file. If you already have the HTML0, then you need to change the laguage to German and resave it. Also go to https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11649 and download the Book Cleaner files to fix some gotchas in BD such as emdashes. For emdashes to work, when you make the LRF, set dashes to as-is.

07-24-2007, 06:04 PM	#4
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,974 Karma: 128903378 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Because German also uses accented characters and using French as the language causes odd things to happen. German works fine.

07-24-2007, 08:28 PM	#6
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	I used French for a while, then gave up and switched to German. I found it to do weird stuff with French too.

07-25-2007, 06:27 AM	#7
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 44,747 Karma: 55645321 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: Kindle: Oasis 3, Voyage WiFi; Kobo: Libra 2, Aura One	If you try to open that file that was set in something other than German, and if for some reason it keeps reverting back to your previous langauge, then this is a trick that worked for me: Open the file you would normally open. Open a Blank BookDesigner file and change THAT file to German. Now, go back to your original file [that is still open] and copy and then paste into the file that you designated as German. This is just a suggestion, since it worked for me. I no longer use French; rather, I use German for everything now. Don

07-25-2007, 06:36 AM	#8
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,974 Karma: 128903378 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	What I did recently to fix an accent problem was switch to German (wasn't my HTML0 originally) and then changed the book encoding to Western European (Windows) and put in the accented character that was incorrect and it worked fine.

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