arbitrary filename change in calibre2.70

Danesh · 12-16-2016, 04:39 AM

Hi all,
When adding a book, calibre (2.70 [64bit]; Windows7 x64) changes its file name to something weird, especially if the file name is in non-Latin scripts, say Persian (Farsi). How can I make calibre leave the file name intact and as it is?
Regards,

BetterRed · 12-16-2016, 06:22 AM

@Danesh - in a word, you can't. The author and book folder names and book file names will always be 'ASCII-ised', as I recall it's because some Operating/File System combinations can't cope with non ASCII directory and file names.

E.g. the French writer Irène Némirovsky becomes Irene Nemirovsky, and the Russian writer iʁɛn nemiʁɔfski becomes iRen nemiRofski - they are of course the same person

And it's arguably worse for a LTR language like Farsi where نادر نادرپور becomes nadr nadrpwr, or for Mandarin where 励婕 becomes Li Jie

I put 'Anglicised' names (e.g. Nader Naderpour) and titles (Zamin-o Zaman) into the standard Authors and Title columns. I have a custom column for the title in the original script, and I link authors to an Authors database I maintain in Evernote via the Author Link column in Manage Authors.

BR

12-16-2016, 04:39 AM	#1
Danesh Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2015 Device: none	arbitrary filename change in calibre2.70 Hi all, When adding a book, calibre (2.70 [64bit]; Windows7 x64) changes its file name to something weird, especially if the file name is in non-Latin scripts, say Persian (Farsi). How can I make calibre leave the file name intact and as it is? Regards,

12-16-2016, 06:22 AM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,725 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@Danesh - in a word, you can't. The author and book folder names and book file names will always be 'ASCII-ised', as I recall it's because some Operating/File System combinations can't cope with non ASCII directory and file names. E.g. the French writer Irène Némirovsky becomes Irene Nemirovsky, and the Russian writer iʁɛn nemiʁɔfski becomes iRen nemiRofski - they are of course the same person And it's arguably worse for a LTR language like Farsi where نادر نادرپور becomes nadr nadrpwr, or for Mandarin where 励婕 becomes Li Jie I put 'Anglicised' names (e.g. Nader Naderpour) and titles (Zamin-o Zaman) into the standard Authors and Title columns. I have a custom column for the title in the original script, and I link authors to an Authors database I maintain in Evernote via the Author Link column in Manage Authors. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 12-16-2016 at 07:02 AM.

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