diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 76e521c..4f7c447 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ That's all there is to it! + [How is this different from [bulk-rename tool X]?](#how-is-this-different-from-bulk-rename-tool-x) + [What about FileBot?](#what-about-filebot) + [Sonarr/Radarr?](#sonarrradarr) + + [I use Windows and I'm getting "invalid character" errors](#i-use-windows-and-im-getting-invalid-character-errors) ## Quickstart / Demo @@ -432,3 +433,16 @@ These tools are fantastic, and I highly recommend them if you need/want the functionality they provide. But they are *way* overkill for my needs. To install software like this simply to pull API data and rename files is... too much! (For me, at least.) + +### I use Windows and I'm getting "invalid character" errors + +Windows support for Unicode in the command-line is dicey. See the ["Important +note for Windows users!"](https://github.com/keithfancher/kept#important-note-for-windows-users) +section in the readme for `kept`, another tool of mine, for a workaround. +See also [this StackOverflow +post](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49476326/displaying-unicode-in-powershell/49481797#49481797) +for more details. + +In the future, I also intend to add an option to limit filenames to the [Portable Filename Character +Set](https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap03.html#tag_03_282), +which will be handy for this and other reasons.