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@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ Major new features:
   `Deezer`_ database.
   Thanks to :user:`rhlahuja`.
   :bug:`3355`
+* A new :doc:`/plugins/bareasc` provides a new query type: `bare ASCII`
+  which ignores accented characters, treating them as though they
+  were the base ASCII character. To perform `bare ASCII` searches, use
+  the ``#`` prefix with :ref:`list-cmd` or other commands.
+  :bug:`3882`
 
 Other new things:
 
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+Bare-ASCII Search Plugin
+========================
+
+The ``bareasc`` plugin provides a prefixed query that searches your library using
+simple ASCII character matching, with accented characters folded to their base
+ASCII character. This can be useful if you want to find a track with accented
+characters in the title or artist, particularly if you are not confident
+you have the accents correct. It is also not unknown for the accents
+to not be correct in the database entry or wrong in the CD information.
+
+First, enable the plugin named ``bareasc`` (see :ref:`using-plugins`).
+You'll then be able to use the ``#`` prefix to use bare-ASCII matching::
+
+    $ beet ls '#dvorak'
+    István Kertész - REQUIEM - Dvořàk: Requiem, op.89 - Confutatis maledictis
+
+Notes
+-----
+
+If the query string is all in lower case, the comparison ignores case as well as
+accents.
+
+The default ``bareasc`` prefix (``#``) is used as a comment character in some shells
+so may need to be protected (for example in quotes) when typed into the command line.
+
+The bare ASCII transformation is quite simple. It may not work perfectly for all
+languages and does not handle transformations which change the number of letters.
+For example, German u-umlaut ``ü`` is transformed into ASCII ``u``, not into ``ue``.
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+To configure the plugin, make a ``bareasc:`` section in your configuration
+file. The only available option is:
+
+- **prefix**: The character used to designate bare-ASCII queries.
+  Default: ``#``, which may need to be escaped in some shells.