: Scrivener for windows, adding a website with special characters to research? I think I'm asking this correctly, but I'm trying to add a website to my research https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n_line

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I just received a response from Scrivener's support forum, and it looks like I came across what is a known error and has been for some time (Odd that I couldn't find much about it in my googling, but that was probably more user error than anything). Here is a copy of the response:

You've encountered both one of the biggest shortcomings (the biggest,
IMHO) in the current Windows version, and the most common solution to
it. Importing Web pages has not worked properly for a couple of years.
I think this is due to advances in Web page formatting that
Scrivener's underlying program code could not address. The new version
(which is currently in advanced beta testing, and will be version 3)
should have this fixed. Until it's released (that date is not
officially made known), the PDF method is about all there is.

So it looks like the work around I commented about on the question (using the browser to save the page as a pdf, then loading the file into Scrivener) is the only current work around.

That seems to be about all there is to it. The work around is a bit annoying but it isn't too far out of the way, but it does the job I'd want it too, onward to more writing and less procrastinating!

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I duplicated the problem and came up with a solution that (in the end) uses Scrivener's own feature.

Use TinyURL to convert the website address into a shorter form. This converts en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n_line into tinyurl.com/adv89oc. In Scrivener, use Research > Add > Web Page . . . and enter the converted URL.

Note that the problem continues to exist in the September beta of the new Scrivener 3.0 for Windows. So, raising the question with them to address the underlying issue is good.

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