On Oct 9, 7:34 am, Dennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Oct 9, 2008, at 8:07 AM, rowen wrote:
>
> > The simplest fix is simply not to scroll the window to the found text
> > after doing a "redo". I am used to this behavior from other editors
> > and it works amazingly well (though I realize it may sound a bit
> > strange if you've never tried it).

Another way to think of it is: when doing an undo or a redo, stay
where you are as long as you can. I think most editors do this. It
means that you can see exactly the effects of what you are undoing.

Consider this sequence:
- find-and-replace XXX with YYY
- perform this twice
- undo; you see the last replaced YYY return to an XXX (instead of, as
now, seeing the next XXX)
- redo; you see that YYY turn into an XXX again


> I admit it does sound a bit strange to me. But, as you suggest, maybe  
> it's because I've never tried it. ;-)
>
> But maybe an even better solution is to simply use BBEdit's Search ->  
> Compare Against Disk File command before you save your changes. This  
> will highlight *exactly* what has been changed since your last save,  
> right down to the individual characters of each find & replace  
> operation. If you don't like what you see, justundoyour changes or  
> revert to the last saved document.

My desire is to see the effects of one particular replace operation.
Seeing a global set of changes would be overwhelming -- though it
sounds like a technique I may find useful for other things.

-- Russell
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