Ollie, I don’t think that method will work either. Basically, I am trying to change the titles and positions of words in over 6,000 HTML documents. In other words, this is NOT a standard set of the same exact words which are found in every single document.
Unless I am working on changing the data in a series — in which case the titles would match, except for the part number -- each title is quite unique. So again, global find and replace will not work in this instance. I actually use global find and replace quite heavily in my work every single day. However, in this case, the data to be changed is non-contiguously spread across one to four lines of text in each HTML document, and there are non-changeable words between the words that need to be altered. If a non-contiguous text selection option was available in BBEdit, I could very quickly change each document. Bill > On Feb 5, 2017, at 8:49 AM, Oliver Boermans <[email protected]> wrote: > > Oops sorry, I see I replied without reading thoroughly. > BBEdit’s answer to this task is search and replace. > > Try this thread > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/bbedit/search$20AND$20replace$20AND$20keyboard%7Csort:relevance/bbedit/reWifyGwqLQ/xxaS9pPFDAAJ > > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/bbedit/search$20AND$20replace$20AND$20keyboard%7Csort:relevance/bbedit/reWifyGwqLQ/xxaS9pPFDAAJ> > > On 5 February 2017 at 09:12, Oliver Boermans <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hi Bill, > What you are looking for is “Rectangular Selections”. > Search for it in the user manual. > I use them every day > <3 > > Cheers > Ollie > > On 5 February 2017 at 09:08, Bill Kochman <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hello Chris, > > In reading online info dating back as far back as fourteen years ago, I > likewise arrived at the assumption that this feature might not yet be > available in BBEdit. > > Yet, at the same time, considering what a fantastic coding genius Rich is — > up there with a number of other mythical app developers whose names are > included in someone’s hall of greatness somewhere in some far place out there > — I find myself compelled to hold to the belief that he will discover a way > and coding method to overcome the challenge of text data which is actually > physically dispersed across one’s hard drive in zeroes and ones, and not > truly linear and neatly lined up in sentences, as we see it with our physical > eyes. > > Thus, speaking in faith, I say “might not yet be available.” > > I rest my case, with eager anticipation of hearing soon of an amazing coding > breakthrough. :) > > Oh great one, slay those demons! > > Bill > > >> On Feb 5, 2017, at 8:13 AM, Christopher Stone <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> On Feb 04, 2017, at 16:04, Bill Kochman <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> Maybe I am just missing something, but I can’t for the life of me figure >>> out how to select non-contiguous text for the purposes of changing its >>> capitalisation. >> >> >> Hey Bill, >> >> As far as I know BBEdit does not support non-contiguous text-selection and >> never has. >> >> -- >> Best Regards, >> Chris > > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a > feature request or would like to report a problem, please email > "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>" rather than posting to > the group. > Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit > <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit > <https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit>. > > > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. 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 > <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit > <https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit>. -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. 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> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit.
