Thanks Chris. I did know about the selection operations but when you have to do this repeatedly in a file, it's not as efficient. Scripting is probably a better option but I'll have to improve my Applescript skills to be able to do this faster.
For any Barebones guys, adding something like to to a future BBedit would be a killer feature. With the help of some books, I've used vi to rearrange sections of large documents by using commands like this to find and move sections. The problem is while you can do this with a single line in vi, it can take 30 minutes to figure out what to type in that line! Mark On Mar 9, 5:26 pm, Christopher Stone <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mar 09, 2011, at 10:28, Simdude wrote:> Is there a way in BBedit to > operate on ranges of data? For example, when I use vi, if I want to do a > search and replace on all text from my current cursor to the line that > contains "HELLO", I would do this: > > > :.,/HELLO/ s/this/that/g > > > Can BBedit do this sort of range stuff? > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Hey Mark, > > Not directly. But you can script that kind of search, or you can > find/replace in the current selection. So you could find + 'extend > selection' to select your range and then find/replace *within* the range. > > -- > Best Regards, > Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>
