Is there a function in MP3Tag that I can use that will always make the same change in whatever tags I’ve loaded in MP3Tag?
In this specific case I would like to change the serif apostrophe (I believe is the result of people using Apple devices instead of real computers) in all instances to the sans-serif apostrophe.
Sort of a ready to click macro maybe?
Select the files that you want to treat.
Try an action of the type "Replace" for _ALL
and set the search and replace parameters.
Out of interest, what are serif and sans-serif apostrophes?
Do you mean
’ a RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK {single comma quotation mark} = correct typographic apostrophe
vs.
' or an APOSTROPHE {single quote; APL quote} = typewriter style, wrong for typography
?
Or one of the many similar looking characters:
I’m lost here. I have a tab called ‘action’s. but I don’t see something called ‘_ALL’
It’s the weird punctuation mark that Apple devices use > ´
The correct one should be > ‘
Between "actions" and "_all" there was the "Replace". Once you found that, "_all" would be clear.
In general: there is no function in MP3tag that manipulates tag data automatically. Any changes always have to be triggered by the user.
Okay, it took some time to find it. It’s not under Actions but under Actions (Quick). I am not sure what the difference is.
The thing is though, can I make a macro for this?
I thought maybe that it’s possible to have it the same way as ‘case conversion’ under Actions.
You will find Replace in both: Actions and Actions (Quick).
In Actions you can group multiple single actions together. This ways you can collect various Actions and re-use it whenever you want. This is what you are looking for as a "Macro".
In the Actions (Quick), you can only perform one action manually after another.
Only the actions with the title "Case conversion", "CD-R" and "Standard" are part of a default installation. So someone with access to your computer must have created all the other ones like e.g. "space) - )".
See also the documentation:
Okay., I finally got it. That + sign is hard to distinguish in dark theme.
Pretty sure I did that myself many, many years ago.
Only other option would be that it was part of the portable install I downloaed back in the day.
The only real difference between the standard and the portable installation is the shell extension for the explorer context menu.
The portable installation does not feature modified internal functions.
The list only seems to show to me that actions should not be something new for you.
No, definitely not. The entire point of using portable software is so you don't have to reset settings or collect addons, etc when you use the software in a new environment.
Scroll up for the screenshot if you want to see how it is done. Someone already posted it exactly how it should look.
What is the use of a lone acute accent symbol in any language, for it to be assigned a code point in a finite 8-bit Western codepage? There are letters that include an acute accent. On Macintosh, the letters get decomposed into a base letter + 0x301 "Combining acute accent".
I can't think of any useful purpose for a single acute accent other then keyboards where such characters (like é) are not directly accessible and therefore need an e and ´.
