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Asmod · 08-19-2011, 09:00 AM

Not sure if this should be submitted as a bug, so i'll see what the response in here is first.
because of the way CHM files work you cannot use the hash character (#) in it's filename or in the folder which contains it (just try it to see for yourself).
As it happens to be I have a few ebooks about C# in my library, and they are in chm format.
So I could convert them to epub, pdf or something else, but i like the chm format and most conversions make it uglier/less usable.
I gather it's also not good practice to try and tinker with the file/folder names yourself so that only leaves one option, to request a change in the code to change the behaviour of Calibre in such a way that it doesnt use the # character in folder or filenames when storing chm files.
Any idea if requesting such a change would be feasible or should I just convert them and forget about it ?

08-19-2011, 09:00 AM	#1
Asmod Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: none	CHM with hash character (#) in title won't open Not sure if this should be submitted as a bug, so i'll see what the response in here is first. because of the way CHM files work you cannot use the hash character (#) in it's filename or in the folder which contains it (just try it to see for yourself). As it happens to be I have a few ebooks about C# in my library, and they are in chm format. So I could convert them to epub, pdf or something else, but i like the chm format and most conversions make it uglier/less usable. I gather it's also not good practice to try and tinker with the file/folder names yourself so that only leaves one option, to request a change in the code to change the behaviour of Calibre in such a way that it doesnt use the # character in folder or filenames when storing chm files. Any idea if requesting such a change would be feasible or should I just convert them and forget about it ?