Searching for shows by name not as expected

[martin-grannis]

We append an underscore to some show names, and later would like to search for those shows and delete.
Typing *_ into the search box turns up nothing.
I could be misunderstanding the search syntax - and in any case would like to search just show name.
Any ideas?
Grateful as ever !

[vassbo]

Thanks! Special chars like underscores are ignored. If it's to mark them for deletion, why not append " - DELETE" or something?

[vassbo]

I guess we could not ignore if the search input contains any special characters.

[martin-grannis]

Yes could do but just makes the show list look cluttered when in use. Maybe I could a small tidy up app to achieve the same thing...will look more, cheers! (Or could you allow shows to be in multiple categories...then we could add 'for delete' category, but suspect that would get messy code wise)

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On 19 Jan 2026 at 11:50, Kristoffer Vassbø ***@***.***> wrote: Thanks! Special chars like underscores are ignored. If it's to mark them for deletion, why not append " - DELETE" or something? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[vassbo]

Nice. What is the use case for creating temporary shows?

[martin-grannis]

We have two distinct services types which have shows with similar names. I managed one if the two types, and have been asked to delete our material after use. We import fresh from exported project. So I figured we would name our shows distinctly and delete after use. If we created another Mac user and installed freeshow in that user would that keep everything totally separate?

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On 19 Jan 2026 at 13:46, Kristoffer Vassbø ***@***.***> wrote: Nice. What is the use case for creating temporary shows? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[vassbo]

I do recommend using Profiles (in the settings) that way you can hide shows in certain categories, hide projects, and more from other users.

[martin-grannis]

Thank you ...I'll dig into this. Does each profile have it's own settings, or is it a visibility thing? Sorry lots if questions...last one for today lol

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On 19 Jan 2026 at 14:16, Kristoffer Vassbø ***@***.***> wrote: I do recommend using Profiles (in the settings) that way you can hide shows in certain categories, hide projects, and more from other users. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[vassbo]

No worries. :) It's a visibility thing, but let me know if you need profiles to do anything more specific.

Also in the latest beta there's a new cloud sync where you can set up multiple "Teams" that can have completely different settings, and can be accessed on multiple computers by different users.

[martin-grannis]

Fantastic...this software is such a blessing!!!!

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On 19 Jan 2026 at 14:26, Kristoffer Vassbø ***@***.***> wrote: No worries. :) It's a visibility thing, but let me know if you need profiles to do anything more specific. Also in the latest beta there's a new cloud sync where you can set up multiple "Teams" that can have completely different settings, and can be accessed on multiple computers by different users. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>