Special Character searches

ElMiko · 09-02-2011, 09:41 PM

I swear, every day that I use Calibre, I'm more and more impressed with it.

There are a couple things that I haven't quite figured out, though, and I'm wondering if it's because I'm just too simple-minded or because they are features Calibre doesn't support.

The one i keep running up against in the last few weeks is doing author searches ("authors:") for names with special characters (eg. Carré or Indriðason or Márquez). Is there any way for me to type "Carre" or "Indridason" or "Marquez" and have them yield the names I want? Or do I have to change all the authors' names to the standard English 26-letter alphabet?

kovidgoyal · 09-02-2011, 09:43 PM

There's no way to do that, though you can use a wildcard syntax instead

author:~M.rqu.z

ElMiko · 09-05-2011, 10:52 PM

Thanks for the prompt reply! That should work nicely for the time being.

09-02-2011, 09:41 PM	#1
ElMiko Addict Posts: 320 Karma: 56788 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle	Special Character searches I swear, every day that I use Calibre, I'm more and more impressed with it. There are a couple things that I haven't quite figured out, though, and I'm wondering if it's because I'm just too simple-minded or because they are features Calibre doesn't support. The one i keep running up against in the last few weeks is doing author searches ("authors:") for names with special characters (eg. Carré or Indriðason or Márquez). Is there any way for me to type "Carre" or "Indridason" or "Marquez" and have them yield the names I want? Or do I have to change all the authors' names to the standard English 26-letter alphabet?

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09-02-2011, 09:43 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,842 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There's no way to do that, though you can use a wildcard syntax instead author:~M.rqu.z

09-05-2011, 10:52 PM	#3
ElMiko Addict Posts: 320 Karma: 56788 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle	Thanks for the prompt reply! That should work nicely for the time being.