1. Search/Create bar cannot find top-level files that contain the characters [ or { 2. the chars cause problems in subfolders

Two related bugs :

As I described in Cognitive Productivity, I have file naming conventions for random access of my files using LaunchBar. For example, I prefix my meeting notes with {{ and I prefix my notes about knowledge resources with [ . That way, with LaunchBar I can type { followed by part of the person's name or title of the source document , to quickly access meeting minutes/prep notes and notes about resource (meta-docs), respectively

Here are some of my file names:

{{Carolxyz Next Meeting

{cameron

{mum

[Brel http-/www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAZ55Gz-zto.txt

[Dennet Inside jokes.rtf

Bug # 1: When I type the foregoing in the Search/Create bar nvUltra returns no result.

However, if I search for any of the following, nvUltra correctly finds matching files listed above

Carolxyz

cameron

mum

Brel

That is to say that nvUltra has trouble with those characters. (They also cause problems if they are not at the beginning of the file)

Workaround: omit the special character ([ or { ).

Bug #2:

nvUltra has an extra problem with those characters when they appear in the name of files in subfolders. For instance, when I search for

Betroffenheit.txt

nvUltra fails to find this file:

Meta\ docs/\[Betroffenheit.txt

But if I search for "ZV4X7-Y5Z2K" it will find the file named "ZV4X7-Y5Z2K tmp.txt" in the same folder.

1. Search/Create bar cannot find top-level files that contain the characters [ or { 2. the chars cause problems in subfolders

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