French accents and the point while saving

myki · 04-12-2015, 01:24 PM

Greetings,
I need your help to set calibre in the way it treats the french titles :

1) When I send books to my device, the accents in titles are stripped, and I would like to keep them... How can I do that ?

2) When an author's name ends with a point, it is replaced with an underscore.
Is it possible to replace them by nothing ?

Thanks for your help

theducks · 04-12-2015, 03:45 PM

Spaces and special (non-ASCII or punctuation) can cause file system issues on some devices. Calibre simplifies the file name to keep things simple

with all devices by default.

Preference Save to disk has some options ONLY if you use that method

Some devices use Embedded (not Library) metadata. Polish may update-fix that
Save to disk, Connect to folder use 'device type' rules to update the DELIVERED book
Plugboards are used to sneak additional metadata into the fields. Reading-up (the Calibre help) on these methods is suggested.

myki · 04-12-2015, 06:25 PM

Thanks again for your help theducks

I use a folder device, and nothing in its options can help me...
I use koreader and I don't use metadata to find my books, but folders and filenames.
That's why it would be good if I could keep accents...

myki · 04-13-2015, 09:15 AM

I think I didn't understand what you said, sorry for my english.
I understood after reading this post :
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...hlight=accents

As you said Ascii characters are only kept when using the "saving to disc" feature.
And sorry again, I didn't understand when you say :

Quote:

Polish may update-fix that Save to disk, Connect to folder use 'device type' rules to update the DELIVERED book Plugboards are used to sneak additional metadata into the fields. Reading-up (the Calibre help) on these methods is suggested.

What did you mean ?

davidfor · 04-13-2015, 10:11 AM

When you change the metadata or cover for a book using calibre, the book is not updated. The changes are made in the database calibre uses. You have to do something more to get the books updated. Sending the book outside the library using "Send to device" or "Save to disk" will update the copy of the book that is created on the device or disk.

When doing these there are also the "Metadata plugboards". These are ways to fiddle with some of the metadata when the books are sent. A popular plugboard is to add the series name and number to the title of the book as most ereaders have no other way to display this. The plugboards can be created for each format and for each type of device and for "Send to device".

Ghitulescu · 04-14-2015, 03:16 AM

French accented letters are not within the basic ASCII, but in Latin-1 Supplement, which may or may not be present in the default font/s of your reader.

Embedding fonts may be the only hope.

04-12-2015, 01:24 PM	#1
myki Zealot Posts: 126 Karma: 20236 Join Date: May 2014 Device: Kinde PW v1, Kobo H2O, Onyx Boox T68	French accents and the point while saving Greetings, I need your help to set calibre in the way it treats the french titles : 1) When I send books to my device, the accents in titles are stripped, and I would like to keep them... How can I do that ? 2) When an author's name ends with a point, it is replaced with an underscore. Is it possible to replace them by nothing ? Thanks for your help

04-12-2015, 06:25 PM	#3
myki Zealot Posts: 126 Karma: 20236 Join Date: May 2014 Device: Kinde PW v1, Kobo H2O, Onyx Boox T68	Thanks again for your help theducks I use a folder device, and nothing in its options can help me... I use koreader and I don't use metadata to find my books, but folders and filenames. That's why it would be good if I could keep accents... Last edited by myki; 04-13-2015 at 09:15 AM.

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theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,086 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Spaces and special (non-ASCII or punctuation) can cause file system issues on some devices. Calibre simplifies the file name to keep things simple with all devices by default. Preference Save to disk has some options ONLY if you use that method Some devices use Embedded (not Library) metadata. Polish may update-fix that Save to disk, Connect to folder use 'device type' rules to update the DELIVERED book Plugboards are used to sneak additional metadata into the fields. Reading-up (the Calibre help) on these methods is suggested.

04-13-2015, 10:11 AM	#5
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	When you change the metadata or cover for a book using calibre, the book is not updated. The changes are made in the database calibre uses. You have to do something more to get the books updated. Sending the book outside the library using "Send to device" or "Save to disk" will update the copy of the book that is created on the device or disk. When doing these there are also the "Metadata plugboards". These are ways to fiddle with some of the metadata when the books are sent. A popular plugboard is to add the series name and number to the title of the book as most ereaders have no other way to display this. The plugboards can be created for each format and for each type of device and for "Send to device".

04-14-2015, 03:16 AM	#6
Ghitulescu Fanatic Posts: 563 Karma: 403106 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: PRS-T1	French accented letters are not within the basic ASCII, but in Latin-1 Supplement, which may or may not be present in the default font/s of your reader. Embedding fonts may be the only hope.

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