more inclusive search (to ignore accents)

[dbample]

I have a lot of argentinian song titles in MMC. A lot of them have typical spanish accented characters like ñ, á, é, í, ú.

When I search in MMC, I would like to type "portena" and get a hit for "porteña", or search for "corazon" and get hits for "corazón". The reason is that it is hard to type these characters quickly on a standard US keyboard - for example ñ is ALT+0241. I would like my search for these words to be quicker and easier - by ignoring accents and returning all hits with and without accented characters.

It is standard to ignore accents when searching, for example try Google search. I would like, if possible, MMC to ignore accents when searching, so that in search mode o and ó are the same, and so are ñ and n, or é and e and so on.

Thanks!

[dbample]

Re: more inclusive search (to ignore accents)

I have a lot of argentinian song titles in MMC. A lot of them have typical spanish accented characters like ñ, á, é, í, ú.

When I search in MMC, I would like to type "portena" and get a hit for "porteña", or search for "corazon" and get hits for "corazón". The reason is that it is hard to type these characters quickly on a standard US keyboard - for example ñ is ALT+0241. I would like my search for these words to be quicker and easier - by ignoring accents and returning all hits with and without accented characters.

It is standard to ignore accents when searching, for example try Google search. I would like, if possible, MMC to ignore accents when searching, so that in search mode o and ó are the same, and so are ñ and n, or é and e and so on.

Thanks!

Hi Spoon,

Is the above (not distinguishing between accented and unaccented characters when searching) possible to do in MMC at all?

Cheers and happy holidays!

[Spoon]

Re: more inclusive search (to ignore accents)

If you create a list then it can be done, the list should have accented character and normal, ie

ñ n

[dbample]

Re: more inclusive search (to ignore accents)

If you create a list then it can be done, the list should have accented character and normal, ie

ñ n

Hi Spoon,

A list that is sufficient for Spanish is the following:

á a
é e
í i
ñ n
ó o
ú ü u
¡ !
¿ ?
Á A
É E
Í I
Ñ N
Ó O
Ú Ü U

(the line with "ú ü u" means all three should be treated as if it is a "u"; same for "Ú Ü U" -> "U")

Is this the sort of list you mean?

Thanks!! :komisch12

[Spoon]

Re: more inclusive search (to ignore accents)

Perfect thanks.