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skipster10 · 01-17-2018, 09:21 PM

Huge fan of Calibre (3.15 Win x64), but I'm getting regular complaints about this...

iOS 11 (e.g., iPad/iPhone) introduced "Smart Punctuation" that auto-replaces straight quotes with "Smart Quotes" and made this the default setting. This is actually useful in many cases/applications, but the Calibre Content Server search function requires straight quotes as delimiters (e.g., title:"this and that").

iOS doesn't have the ability to insert by character code or a Character Map applet, so these aren't viable work-arounds. Further, since the Content Server interface is designed to be accessed by regular users (not necessarily technically sophisticated), suggesting regular expressions or other non-intuitive work-arounds that the user must remember isn't viable. I'd also prefer not to instruct all users to change a default setting on their iDevice just to access the Calibre content server.

It'd be VERY useful if there was a tweak or Search preference that allowed the Search capability to treat smart quote delimiters as straight quote delimiters for users that desired. If it exists, I haven't found it yet.

Any suggestions?

01-17-2018, 09:21 PM	#1
skipster10 Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2013 Device: iPad Pro 10.5	iOS 11 Smart Punctuation Fouls Content Server Searches Huge fan of Calibre (3.15 Win x64), but I'm getting regular complaints about this... iOS 11 (e.g., iPad/iPhone) introduced "Smart Punctuation" that auto-replaces straight quotes with "Smart Quotes" and made this the default setting. This is actually useful in many cases/applications, but the Calibre Content Server search function requires straight quotes as delimiters (e.g., title:"this and that"). iOS doesn't have the ability to insert by character code or a Character Map applet, so these aren't viable work-arounds. Further, since the Content Server interface is designed to be accessed by regular users (not necessarily technically sophisticated), suggesting regular expressions or other non-intuitive work-arounds that the user must remember isn't viable. I'd also prefer not to instruct all users to change a default setting on their iDevice just to access the Calibre content server. It'd be VERY useful if there was a tweak or Search preference that allowed the Search capability to treat smart quote delimiters as straight quote delimiters for users that desired. If it exists, I haven't found it yet. Any suggestions? Last edited by skipster10; 01-17-2018 at 09:25 PM.