Great thanks to all those who answered. This is a great forum. - avi
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 2:56 PM, David A Starr <dastarr at ra.rockwell.com>wrote: > I'm not sure this is helpful at this time, but Using FrameMaker 5 has a > Chapter 8 titled Searching. The Index for this manual has a reference > from searching to See 'finding'. Finding has a long list of search tools > and methods, and also cross references 'changing' and 'navigating'. > > I'm wondering if some of these old terms may hide in the current help > files? > > Dave Starr > > Sr. Technical Information Developer | Architecture and Software > Phone: 952.942.3617 > Email: dastarr at ra.rockwell.com > Rockwell Automation | 10120 West 76th St, Suite B | Eden Prairie, MN 55344 > > > > "David Spreadbury" <dspreadb at yahoo.com> > Sent by: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > 10/05/2009 04:02 PM > > To > "'Matt Sullivan'" <matt at grafixtraining.com>, <peter at knowhowpro.com>, > "'Les > Smalley'" <l_c_smalley at yahoo.com> > cc > framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject > RE: Replace on part of a wildcards search > > > > > > > You are quite right. > > The Frame 5.5 User Guide has about eight pages, starting on page 55, on > performing searches. > > There is a half-page table on page 57, the same one that is in the > referenced handout, on Using Wildcards in a Search. > > Somewhere I should have a copy of the Frame 4 User Guide, which probably > goes into even more depth. Need to do some more digging. > > David Spreadbury > Sr. Technical Writer > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Sullivan [mailto:matt at grafixtraining.com] > Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 2:53 PM > To: 'David Spreadbury'; peter at knowhowpro.com; 'Les Smalley' > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: RE: Replace on part of a wildcards search > > Part of what you may be looking for was in an FM 5.5 handout I got as part > of the FrameMaker Classroom in a Box product. > > I've posted the PDF here > http://www.grafixtraining.com/reference/ > And the information on wildcard searches is in Handout 6-3 on page 12 > > The info is (obviously) from FM 5.5, but still quite current. > > > -Matt > > Matt Sullivan > GRAFIX Training > > matt at grafixtraining.com > www.grafixtraining.com > office 714 960-6840 > cell & txt 714 585-2335 > sms message > skype: mattrsullivan > twitter: mattrsullivan > > > linkedin > > > facebook > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of David > Spreadbury > Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 11:54 AM > To: peter at knowhowpro.com; 'Les Smalley' > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: RE: Replace on part of a wildcards search > > Searching for "framemaker grep" brought what might be a source for using > GREP with Adobe products. Apparently it is not limited to FrameMaker. Try > reading what is available at http://carijansen.com/. If this doesn't help, > maybe contacting the author, Cari Jansen, in Perth, Australia, would > provide > the answers. > > HTH > > David Spreadbury > Sr. Technical Writer > > > -----Original Message----- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Peter Gold > Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 1:32 PM > To: Les Smalley > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re: Replace on part of a wildcards search > > FrameMaker has long a GREP-like search feature, in FM, and some > documentation for it. However, the replace wasn't GREP-like. But worse > yet, > there doesn't seem to be a trace of the documentation for it in FM9. I've > forgotten how to use it, and without the doc, I'm not sure that my couple > of > quick tests were failing because the feature's gone from the product as > well > as the doc, or if I just didn't enter the search string correctly. > > I don't have an earlier FrameMaker installed, and don't have the earlier > docs handy. Perhaps someone on the list can respond. > > > HTH > > Regards, > > Peter > _______________________ > Peter Gold > KnowHow ProServices > > > > On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Les Smalley <l_c_smalley at yahoo.com> > wrote: > > Hi Avi, > > > > The asterisk ( * ) wildcard matches any character EXCEPT spaces or > > punctuation; the wildcard character to use for those is the verticle > > bar ( | ) but also remember that the tab character is "\t" (no > > quotes) ... > > > > Regardless, unfortunately you can't do it with FrameMaker as you > > describe attempting. The search tool removes everything matched by > > the search string and inserts the replace string in its place, so you > > will also lose the "Command" string. It is a great disappointment > > that a real GREP search capability (or even more general awk text > > processing features) has never been implemented in FM. > > > > If > > you search for just "Unit32" and replace that with "SHORT_ID" you can > > do what you want by careful use of the 'Change & Find' or just 'Find' > > buttons (and I understand how tedious and error-prone this can > > be.) > > > > It may be posible to do this via scripting (e.g. > > FrameScript, etc.; I'm sure others more knowledgeable will chime in) > > or possibly by saving to MIF and using a text based editor on that, > > then reopening it in FM to verify the results. > > > > FWIW, grep and awk > > (and a number of other unix tools) are available as utilities for > > Windows and any search engine can point you to places to get them. > > > > - Les > > > > --- On Mon, 10/5/09, Avraham Makeler <amakeler at gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > How do you do a Replace on part of a wildcards search? > > > > E.,g., I am looking for a line with: > > > > Uint32 Command > > > > where there can be any type and amount of white space between "Uint32" > > and "Command". > > > > So I guess the wild card search format will be > > > > Uint32*Command > > > > No? > > > > But then if I want to replace just the "Uint32" part with "SHORT_ID". > > How would i do that? > > > > TIA > > > > - avi > > _______________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as matt at grafixtraining.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/matt%40grafixtraining.co > > m > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. 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