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edeniz · 05-29-2019, 08:34 AM

I have a question regarding the plugin:

Is there any way to do a search and have the plugin disregard the difference between plain and typographic punctuation? Because that small but important difference is a hindrance to the "search epub" option of the plugin.

This is why this question has come up for me:

Some time ago, I was trying to figure out which ebook among the several hundreds I have a certain quote was from. I was pretty sure I remembered the sentence verbatim, and just in case tried out several possible variations, so as to help me find the correct ebook with the help of the quality check plugin's "search epubs" feature.

I couldn't find the book, so I gave up. Several days later, I *accidentally* found the correct book, and noticed this:

The quote I tried to search was indeed verbatim. The reason why the plugin would not find the ebook is the fact that the apostrophes in the quote were typographic ones instead of the plain ones, and me using the plain ones in the phrase I searched with caused the plugin to disregard the ebook.

So is there any way to make sure that problem never pops up again?

Thank you kindly!

05-29-2019, 08:34 AM	#917
edeniz Zealot Posts: 132 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2015 Device: Sony Reader, Tolino Shine, Samsung Galaxy S3	I have a question regarding the plugin: Is there any way to do a search and have the plugin disregard the difference between plain and typographic punctuation? Because that small but important difference is a hindrance to the "search epub" option of the plugin. This is why this question has come up for me: Some time ago, I was trying to figure out which ebook among the several hundreds I have a certain quote was from. I was pretty sure I remembered the sentence verbatim, and just in case tried out several possible variations, so as to help me find the correct ebook with the help of the quality check plugin's "search epubs" feature. I couldn't find the book, so I gave up. Several days later, I accidentally found the correct book, and noticed this: The quote I tried to search was indeed verbatim. The reason why the plugin would not find the ebook is the fact that the apostrophes in the quote were typographic ones instead of the plain ones, and me using the plain ones in the phrase I searched with caused the plugin to disregard the ebook. So is there any way to make sure that problem never pops up again? Thank you kindly!