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[Feature] Allow searching for strings in named People where strings are wrapped with special characters like quotes or parenthesis

Source: immich-app/immich#17067 · opened by @schrauger
I have searched the existing feature requests, both open and closed, to make sure this is not a duplicate request. • Yes The feature I have named many people with extra details in addition to their first and last name. For example, Susan "Su" Smith (Baker) (Applezon). I add details such as a nickname, their maiden name, or the group of how I know them (work, social group, etc). When searching by person name, however, the search seems to only match on strings that start with the exact character after a space. So I can't search for Applezon to find all the pictures I have of coworkers; I have to start the search with a parenthesis (Applezon), or at least the starting (Ap. The same goes with any special characters. Presumably, the search is set up this way for some optimization or speed, as it is only matching on the start of words, separated by spaces. It would be nice to be able to search anywhere in the string, or at least ignore special characters in th…

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