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davidfor · 03-10-2021, 07:39 PM

@Rob557: It is almost definitely something in the search criteria breaking things. We'd need to see exactly what it was to have an idea. I don't know exactly how it does the search (regex, plain text or something else) but you might have hit a combination that needs some escaping to work properly.

You could try running calibre in debug mode to see if the log shows anything. Though you will probably need to start it from the command-line using "calibre-debug -g".

Uninstalling/repairing calibre does not touch the configuration. Neither does uninstalling a plugin touch its configuration. The search options are in the file "gui.json". This is in the calibre configuration directory. The simplest way to get to that is from the Miscellaneous page of the preferences. Edit this with calibre closed. Look for "quality check plugin:search epub dialog:search_opts". Following this is the epub search configuration. Mine looks like:

Code:

  "quality check plugin:search epub dialog:search_opts": {
    "ignore_case": true,
    "previous_finds": [
      "dresden"
    ],
    "scope_css": false,
    "scope_html": true,
    "scope_ncx": false,
    "scope_opf": false,
    "scope_plaintext": false,
    "scope_zip": false,
    "show_all_matches": false
  },

Deleting the whole block will remove the configuration. Deleting whatever is between the square brackets after "previous_finds" should be enough to reset the searches.

03-10-2021, 07:39 PM	#1045
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	@Rob557: It is almost definitely something in the search criteria breaking things. We'd need to see exactly what it was to have an idea. I don't know exactly how it does the search (regex, plain text or something else) but you might have hit a combination that needs some escaping to work properly. You could try running calibre in debug mode to see if the log shows anything. Though you will probably need to start it from the command-line using "calibre-debug -g". Uninstalling/repairing calibre does not touch the configuration. Neither does uninstalling a plugin touch its configuration. The search options are in the file "gui.json". This is in the calibre configuration directory. The simplest way to get to that is from the Miscellaneous page of the preferences. Edit this with calibre closed. Look for "quality check plugin:search epub dialog:search_opts". Following this is the epub search configuration. Mine looks like: Code: "quality check plugin:search epub dialog:search_opts": { "ignore_case": true, "previous_finds": [ "dresden" ], "scope_css": false, "scope_html": true, "scope_ncx": false, "scope_opf": false, "scope_plaintext": false, "scope_zip": false, "show_all_matches": false }, Deleting the whole block will remove the configuration. Deleting whatever is between the square brackets after "previous_finds" should be enough to reset the searches.