Bug 158365

Summary:	Autocomplete fileds should match vocals with/without accents (áéíóú)
Product:	[Applications] kaddressbook	Reporter:	Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	kde-2011.08, tokoe
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
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Description Iñaki Baz Castillo 2008-02-24 22:21:05 UTC

Version:           desconocido (using 3.5.9, Kubuntu (gutsy) 4:3.5.9-0ubuntu1~gutsy1~ppa1)
Compiler:          Target: i486-linux-gnu
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.22-14-generic

I use Kontact in Spanish language and have two contacts in Kaddressbook called:

- Maria A
- María B   <-- Note the accent "í" !!!

When I start writting in Kmail "To" field the letters "mari" there just 
appears "Maria A" (written with no accents).

Note also that any internet browser (Google, Yahoo) matches words with or 
without accents even if the user searched the word with or withour accent. 
For example, if I search in Google:
  "Maria"
then Google will also match "maría".

I think Kontact should do the same when searching for a contact name, or mail 
subject... Many times I write a mail direction in "To" header and it's autocompleted with a mail received in a previous mail but not stored in my Kaddressbook. In these cases is difficult to know how the sender wrote him name in the "From" field.

So I suggest to improve the mathing algorithm for the autocomplete behaviour in many Kontact fields.

Comment 1 Dotan Cohen 2009-05-30 17:36:05 UTC

See also related bug #169403, which asks that certain characters be ignored in searches.

Comment 2 Christophe Marin 2011-02-02 02:10:56 UTC

*** Bug 169403 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Christophe Marin 2011-02-02 02:11:32 UTC

Still valid in kdepim git

Comment 4 Dotan Cohen 2011-02-02 21:19:23 UTC

As modern Hebrew does not have the J sound, when transliterating non-Hebrew
names we sometimes use the G (ג) letter with an apostrophe. For instance, the
name Jarred could be written as either "ג'רד" or "גרד". Therefore, as either
way could be written (even inconsistently by the same person), Korganizer
should ignore the apostrophe in searches. A search on "ג'רד" should match both
"ג'רד" and "גרד", and a search on "גרד" should also match both "ג'רד" and
"גרד".

Note that some other characters should be ignored in searches as well, such as
the Hebrew vowel points. When a contact is named "דוֹתָן" then a search for
"דותן" should turn him up as well.

Thanks.

Comment 5 Dotan Cohen 2011-02-02 21:20:19 UTC

In English an example of such a character would be the hyphen. The name
"Ben-Solman" could be typed "Ben Solman" for instance. In Hebrew the letter Yod
and the character Geresh (apostrophe) are often eliminated in names, and just
as often included. This is very problematic and even strict adherence to either
an "include all" or "eleminate all" policy from the user's perspective is not
enough to eliminate the problem.

Comment 6 Justin Zobel 2021-03-09 02:34:24 UTC

Thank you for the bug report.

As this report hasn't seen any changes in 5 years or more, we ask if you can please confirm that the issue still persists.

If this bug is no longer persisting or relevant please change the status to resolved.