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Old 09-28-2013, 02:25 AM   #11
DoctorOhh
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You seem to be suggesting there's been a change in calibre's 'restrictions' regarding folder & file naming that results in truncation and transliteration. Is that really the case or are your book titles becoming longer.
Calibre reduced the length used for filenames (?) when moving to the new database backend. Many folks commented on it at the time. I don't recall the details because I don't care, but it was done.

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To avoid folder & file name truncation I usually leave straplines and such out of the book Titles. I put them in a Text, column shown in the tag browser' custom column called Strapline, that I include in 'Columns to search' but hide in the Tag browser
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