Yeah, I'll give you the option in the Text Factory of "Replace All" is a bit odd rather than just something like "Find & Replace". As for the rest. I have a few text factories that don't rely on any saved search pattern other than the string used in the text factory itself. The only time I don't get the desired result is when I don't/forget to check the grep box option in the lower right of the text factory window...that little bugger is easy to overlook. I can't really say I've had any problems with the manual. On Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 3:28:51 PM UTC-4 mwra wrote:
> I'm currently re-using grep find/replace via the Find dialog because I > can't find a way to save and sequentially apply a number of find/replace > tasks (e.g. 4 or 5 discrete tasks) to a file. > > It feels like a Text Factory is the place to do this but it's not to > clear. It looks like the rather un-intuitively titled "Replace all" option > is the way to go but to to easily re-use find/Replace parings you need to > save those as a saved pattern (correct term?) > > So, I *think* I've found all the pieces of the task but the documentation > could surely be improved as nowhere I can find is this collection of steps > hinted at in order to do the predictable task of using Find & Replace in a > Text Factory. > > I love this app but the manual could do with some review to check items > hasn't hidden from search by use of feature terminology that someone new to > the feature is unlikely to know. > > In another context, I sit on the other end of this task, so I know it > seems like a thankless documentation task. For the user of the > documentation, the upside is considerable if terminology-obscured features > are made more findable. > > Thanks > > Mark > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/b94beeb6-1cae-4ab3-a821-d3105d28859en%40googlegroups.com.
