From 069c9fb9258bb10bc1b66547d7dbec6e8a1296e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:32:30 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #771

---
 src/calibre/gui2/library.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/library.py b/src/calibre/gui2/library.py
index 6acbe54848..1130a141c5 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/library.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/library.py
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ class SearchBox(QLineEdit):
         QLineEdit.mouseReleaseEvent(self, event)
     
     def text_edited_slot(self, text):
-        text = str(text)
+        text = qstring_to_unicode(text) if isinstance(text, QString) else unicode(text)
         self.prev_text = text
         self.timer = self.startTimer(self.__class__.INTERVAL)