From a719ed8fd9512659204237817db53fe5cf41b922 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Haley <>
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:32:06 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Better exception handling in tag_view

---
 src/calibre/gui2/tag_view.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/tag_view.py b/src/calibre/gui2/tag_view.py
index b9c4464c57..f6eac49426 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/tag_view.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/tag_view.py
@@ -785,13 +785,14 @@ class TagsModel(QAbstractItemModel): # {{{
                         try:
                             sk = sort_key(ts)[0]
                         except:
-                            sk = ' '
+                            sk = ts[0]
+
                         if sk != collapse_letter_sk:
                             collapse_letter = upper(ts[0])
                             try:
                                 collapse_letter_sk = sort_key(collapse_letter)[0]
                             except:
-                                collapse_letter_sk = ' '
+                                collapse_letter_sk = collapse_letter
                             sub_cat = TagTreeItem(parent=category,
                                      data = collapse_letter,
                                      category_icon = category_node.icon,