To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=108273 Issue #|108273 Summary|regular expression skips paragraphs Component|Word processor Version|OOo 3.1.1 Platform|PC URL| OS/Version|Linux Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|DEFECT Priority|P3 Subcomponent|editing Assigned to|writerneedsconfirm Reported by|badrian
------- Additional comments from [email protected] Wed Jan 13 03:55:59 +0000 2010 ------- Hi! I hope this is not a duplicate issue. Here is description of the problem. I noticed that if the size of a paragraph is relatively large (more than one page Letter), the a search using regular expressions skips that paragraph. I mention that I am aware of the fact that there is a limit size of characters in a paragraph, however the issue is with "normal" sizes. Attached it is included a test doc file. It includes 3 paragraphs, with the 2nd the largest. The point of interest is the quoted text that it is emphasis. 1. Put the cursor at the beginning of the 1st para. 2. Ctrl+f to open the search engine. 3. In the "search for" field put “(.*)” Please copy and paste the above text exactly, since the quotation characters are different at the beginning and at the end of string. You can look to see the difference better in the attached file. The search string should capture all the text in between two quotation marks. 4. Select Regular expressions from More Options expansion. 5. Click once Find button. The text “Evidently some ...” should be highlighted. 6. Click Find one more time Notice that the 2nd para is skipped although it has text in quotes, and only the text in 3rd para is selected. Here there are 2 observations. a) If the 2nd para is broken in 2 almost equal sizes and perform the same operations as above, the find will identify the text quoted in the 2 para (that is now in 2 parts). b) Let's go back at the 3rd para. Notice that the text identified include 2 consecutive sentences that are quoted, i.e. the text FROM “The promises were ... TO with the promise”. This is not normal. It should find the two different sentences, first “The promises were ...his seed” and after that the following sentence "“What I mean ... with the promise”. Note that if I use the adds-on "AltSearch" extension http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/AltSearch the search in 3rd para identifies the 2 sentences correctly. However, the issue with searching in 2nd para persists. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
