Feature request: accented characters and plain-text copy & paste

holymadness · 07-15-2014, 10:30 AM

Hello,

I edit a lot of book metadata manually and I'd like to request two features that would make that a lot easier for me.

First, it would be great if Calibre for OS X supported adding accented characters by long-pressing a key. In all native apps and lots of other programs, pressing and holding the letter 'a' will pop up a contextual menu that lets you select between à, á, â, and so on. In Calibre, long-pressing just repeats the character like so: aaaaaaa.

Second, it would be great if I could check a preference that would always strip the HTML formatting from any summary text pasted into the Comments box of the edit metadata window. Often I copy/paste directly from a website and I just want the text, not any of the formatting.

Thanks.

kovidgoyal · 07-15-2014, 11:05 AM

Right click and select paste and match style.

holymadness · 07-15-2014, 12:03 PM

Great tip, thanks! Do you think the accented characters popup is possible?

kovidgoyal · 07-15-2014, 02:47 PM

No not really. It would require re-implementing a whole bunch of Qt widgets, which is way too work. There will be some keyboard shortcuts you can use to type accented characters, however not being an OS X user I have no idea what they are.

07-15-2014, 10:30 AM	#1
holymadness Guru Posts: 722 Karma: 2084955 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: iPhone	Feature request: accented characters and plain-text copy & paste Hello, I edit a lot of book metadata manually and I'd like to request two features that would make that a lot easier for me. First, it would be great if Calibre for OS X supported adding accented characters by long-pressing a key. In all native apps and lots of other programs, pressing and holding the letter 'a' will pop up a contextual menu that lets you select between à, á, â, and so on. In Calibre, long-pressing just repeats the character like so: aaaaaaa. Second, it would be great if I could check a preference that would always strip the HTML formatting from any summary text pasted into the Comments box of the edit metadata window. Often I copy/paste directly from a website and I just want the text, not any of the formatting. Thanks.

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07-15-2014, 11:05 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,866 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Right click and select paste and match style.

07-15-2014, 12:03 PM	#3
holymadness Guru Posts: 722 Karma: 2084955 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: iPhone	Great tip, thanks! Do you think the accented characters popup is possible?

07-15-2014, 02:47 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,866 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No not really. It would require re-implementing a whole bunch of Qt widgets, which is way too work. There will be some keyboard shortcuts you can use to type accented characters, however not being an OS X user I have no idea what they are.

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