Search for title starting with 'Not'

MerlinMama · 02-04-2016, 10:02 AM

I was trying to find the title "Not What I Wanted", but I came up empty. A search by author showed that I did have that title in my library. I later realized that it didn't work because the title starts with the word 'Not'.

I wondered if there was some option I missed to address this. This is the first time I've noticed this in the 3 or so years I've been using Calibre, so doubt it is something that needs a 'fix' but there might be something I missed somewhere.

kovidgoyal · 02-04-2016, 10:07 AM

not, or and and are keywords for the search mini-language. If you want to search for them literally, enclose in quotes.

02-04-2016, 10:02 AM	#1
MerlinMama Evangelist Posts: 498 Karma: 32554 Join Date: May 2014 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Sage	Search for title starting with 'Not' I was trying to find the title "Not What I Wanted", but I came up empty. A search by author showed that I did have that title in my library. I later realized that it didn't work because the title starts with the word 'Not'. I wondered if there was some option I missed to address this. This is the first time I've noticed this in the 3 or so years I've been using Calibre, so doubt it is something that needs a 'fix' but there might be something I missed somewhere.

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02-04-2016, 10:07 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,279 Karma: 27111060 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	not, or and and are keywords for the search mini-language. If you want to search for them literally, enclose in quotes.

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