Search & Replace with lf and/cr

Richmond richmondmathewson at gmail.com
Tue Aug 27 05:33:30 EDT 2013


On 08/27/2013 12:21 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote:
> Hi Richmond,
>
> I don't understand why this is a poblem and why you would try this in LibreOffice.
>
> put the script of myControl into myScript
> replace ")" & break with ")" & cr & "beep" & cr & "break" in myScript
> set the script of myControl to myScript
> put the result into rslt
> if rslt is not empty then
>    beep
>    answer error rslt
> end if
>
> You could also put the script into a field and write more complex scripts to edit that script before you set the script of the control.

Actually, in the light of what I have found I can do with Komodo Edit 
even that seems cumbersome.

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> On 27 aug 2013, at 10:56, Richmond wrote:
>
>> This is a really hard nut to crack:
>>
>> I have a very long script that features lines that end like this:
>>
>> & numToChar(2325))
>>
>> and lines that end like this
>>
>> & numToChar(2325))
>>
>> the top example is followed by a line that starts with "set",
>> and the lower example is followed by "break":
>>
>> & numToChar(2325))
>> set
>>
>> & numToChar(2325))
>> break
>>
>> now I want to "mess around with" the lower type of script line and NOT
>> the upper one.
>>
>> AS the script contains somewhere over 5000 lines, and about 50 of those sort of lines
>> that need to be operated on I don't feel a high level of motivation to go through
>> the thing line by line . . .
>>
>> . . . if I have to I will (the blasted thing is mission critical) . . .
>>
>> Tried to do the above in LibreOffice and as soon as I pasted the lower
>> phrase into the search box it turned the thing into
>>
>> & numToChar(2325)) break
>>
>> i.e. stripped out the linefeed. Obviously that is no good.
>>
>> I would be extremely grateful for any constructive help.
>>
>> [ for choice I would prefer to work on Linux; however I have access to Mac 10.6 and Windows XP and 7 should the need arise ].
>>
>> Richmond.
>
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