Yeah, I don't know if I would use "replace all" on a large program. I do a lot of short ones where I sometimes don't pick a descriptive variable. Those would be ideal scenarios for me to use "replace all".
-- Bob On Friday, May 4, 2018 at 7:52:01 PM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote: > > One thing I find useful is to set a shortcut for "Replace and Find Next". > I use "Cmd-Opt-F" which is normally "Live Search" I guess. > > I use Cmd-E and Cmd-Opt-E as described to set up a search/replace and then > cycle through the document doing Cmd-G to advance to the next instance and > either Cmd-G to skip it or Cmd-Opt-F to replace and advance. That way I can > contemplate each replacement to make sure I'm not going to change something > I don't intend. And then if it does seem safe and there are a lot of > instances I do a Cmd-Opt-= to finish the job. > > Replace all makes me nervous, but that's what version control is for, > right? > > [fletcher] > > > > On May 4, 2018, at 4:01 PM, Néstor E. Aguilera <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > > Remember that "Cmd-Opt-E" is "Use Selection for Replace", complementing > "Cmd-E (use selection for find), so a sequence could be > > > > 1. select text, > > > > 2. Cmd-E (use selection for find), > > > > 3. replace the text with what you want, > > > > 4. Cmd-Opt-E (use the new text for replace) > > > > 5. Dangerous part: Cmd-Opt-= (replace all). > > > > Best, > > > > Nestor > > > > =============================================== > > > >> On 4 May 2018, at 10:13, Robert <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> > >> On Friday, May 4, 2018 at 2:06:28 AM UTC-4, Vlad Ghitulescu wrote: > >> On 4 May 2018, at 5:26, Christopher Stone wrote: > >> > >> On 05/03/2018, at 22:20, Robert <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > >> > >> If I have a word highlighted throughout my code, is there a key combo > that allows me to replace the one instance and it replaces them all? > >> > >> Hey Bob, > >> > >> Not at present. > >> > >> You can use Cmd-E to “Use Selection for Find” though. > >> > >> … and then ALT-CMD-= for "Replace All". > >> > >> And if you feel courageous ;-) you could combine the both with a > KeyboardMaestro-Macro in the wished key combo. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Vlad > >> > >> > >> Awesome, I will try that out. :) > >> > >> -- > >> Bob > >> > >> -- > >> 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] <javascript:>" 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] <javascript:>. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > >> Visit this group at 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] <javascript:>" 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] <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > > Visit this group at 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.
