About diacritics

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Jose Hidalgo
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About diacritics

Post by Jose Hidalgo »

Hi everybody, I'm running version 1.4.1.935 (x64) on Windows 7 SP1.

I have this filter as my default filter :
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As you can see, the "Match diacritics" checkbox is UNCHECKED.
However, for some reason, it doesn't work :
  • If I type "téléchargements", Everything Search finds my "Téléchargements" folder.
  • However if I type "telechargements" it doesn't find it.
Could somebody please help ? Thanks in advance.
Jose Hidalgo
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Re: About diacritics

Post by Jose Hidalgo »

Found why !

It was because "Enable RegEx" was selected.

Weird though...
raccoon
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Re: About diacritics

Post by raccoon »

If you want to match diacritics, then shouldn't you have the checkbox checked, not unchecked?
And yeah, regex is ascii until you specify one of the unicode flags.

I do have my own diacritics question, though, to ask of Mr. Void. Why do the default Filters have Match Diacritics checked, when it exists as a global option (Ctrl+M). Shouldn't the global option be respected, instead of being overridden by Filters, by default? Seems like a strange design, unless I'm just not understanding how diacritic matching works.
therube
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Re: About diacritics

Post by therube »

Regex may have been playing in, but...


If you Match Diacritics then é & e are treated separately.
If you want to find é or e, then you should uncheck Match Diacritics.

Or you could check Match Diacritics & search for each possibility separately:
téléchargements | telechargements
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