i was responding to your specific example… which is easily handled by find and
replace. for me, it’s as simple as… without looking at my hands:
command-e - pack find field
command-option-e - pack replace field
command-f
select ‘selected text only’
replace all
not sure what your flow is, but this is so second nature to me that it takes <
15 seconds. and… i trust bbedit to find ALL instances of something (selected
text only, or not) more than i trust myself… yet another argument for my
method. using combinations of keyboard and mouse gives the best results AND
flow (imho).
on the other hand, i could use a ‘select non-contiguous text’ feature when in
applied bullshitology mode and writing copy for my clients’ websites. it would
be nice to be able to select non-continguous sentences (for example) and then
paste them into a new/re-assembled paragraph.
bruce
> On Oct 11, 2019, at 8:34 AM, Sam Hathaway <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> I don’t really know how to articulate this.
>
> Maybe: opening the dialog box breaks flow.
>
> Or: it feels more natural to do this with multiple selections.
>
> In a sense, it’s more of a “direct manipulation” than using the find/replace
> tool.
>
> Also: selecting a large range of text (a complete function, including the
> prototype, etc.) is often awkward, requiring use of the mouse or a lot of
> fiddling with arrow keys. The multiple selection workflow is completely
> keyboard-based.
>
> I’m not disputing that there may be ways to achieve the same goal in BBEdit
> currently. My claim is that multiple selection has advantages over the
> current methods.
>
> Hope this helps.
> -sam
>
> On 11 Oct 2019, at 10:58, bruce linde wrote:
>
> wait…
>
> 1. select your ‘want to change things in this block of text’ section.
>
> 2. set your ‘find ____’ text and your ‘replace with ______’ text
>
> 3. check the ‘search and replace in selected text only’ checkbox.
>
> unless i’m missing something?
>
> bruce
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>> On Oct 11, 2019, at 7:48 AM, Sam Hathaway <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>> On October 11, 2019 3:26:56 AM Gustave Stresen-Reuter [email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> What else would you use discontiguous selections for (serious question)?
>>
>> Lack of multiple selection is one of several things that make me jealous of
>> VSCode/Atom/SublimeText users. In one of those editors, I would change the
>> types of some variables in a struct like this:
>>
>> select a word (say, uint16_t)
>> hit a key combo to also select the next instance of the selected word
>> and the next one
>> and the next one
>> ok, I've selected all the instances of uint16_t in this struct that I want
>> to change
>> type: uint32_t
>> This is different from editing all instance of some text. If I’m changing a
>> few variables in one struct from being 16-bit to 32-bit, that doesn’t mean I
>> want to change every single uint16_t in the file.
>>
>> I can get close with current BBEdit like this:
>>
>> select a word (say, uint16_t)
>> hit Cmd-E (to set find text)
>> type: uint32_t
>> hit Opt-Shift-Left to select the word I just typed
>> hit Cmd-Opt-E (to set replace text)
>> hit Cmd-G
>> hit Cmd-T
>> hit Cmd-T
>> hit Cmd-T
>> This is… okay… I guess… but the keyboard acrobatics are a little stressful
>> on my fingers, and I don’t like that I have to enter the replacement text
>> first, before selecting all the instances that I want to change. It’s
>> conceptually cleaner for me to “grab” all the text I want to change, and
>> then change it all at once.
>>
>> If all the words I want to change are on adjacent lines and lined up
>> vertically, I can use a rectangular selection and this works pretty well (as
>> long as I remember to use Cmd-Z rather than Backspace if I make a mistake).
>> I wish I could do this even when things are not lined up nicely.
>>
>> Does that make sense?
>> -sam
>>
>> On 11 Oct 2019, at 3:26, Gustave Stresen-Reuter wrote:
>>
>> Not sure if this is what you want but you can edit all instances of found
>> text. Not at my computer so can't consult the docs but it is possible.
>>
>> What else would you use discontiguous selections for (serious question)?
>>
>> Ted
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 11, 2019, 3:45 AM Tom Robinson <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> See the ungimmicky footer of every message to this group:
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>> > On 2019-10-11, at 14:20, 'Tom' via BBEdit Talk <[email protected]
>> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hey guys,
>> >
>> > as much as I like the Playground thingy for regexen, it’s nothing we
>> > didn’t do already on regex101 for the last years.
>> >
>> > So, instead of those gimmicky (though nice) additions, I really would like
>> > to see non-contigous selection. As almost any other text program on macOS
>> > can do.
>> >
>> > Any thoughts/timeline?
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