Yeah, someone on the TCS Users list (where I cross-posted this) also reported having replace all with a space. I don't know what I would have done!
I love Frame, always have, but as with all previous versions I've used, there are some "what were they thinking" moments. On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Callie Bertsche <c.bertsche at tecplot.com>wrote: > I just had to reply that it's nice to hear from another framer out there > who has had the same trouble with Ctrl-f and typing being misinterpreted by > FM 9! I used to do this habitually in FM 7 to navigate quickly in my huge > books. Now with FM 9, as you said, the focus is unpredictable and it has > also bitten me a couple times!! Most recently I accidentally did a book > global "find all note text and replace with space" with 57 instances > accidentally when I only meant to type a word into the Find text field!! > Unfortunately I hadn't checked my files into source control in a couple days > so I had to painstakingly go through and re-add all of my note > text...fortunately I had a built PDF to copy from, but still took me quite a > while and was infuriating. Quite an unfortunate change of behavior from FM > 7! > > > > It's nice to know that someone else out there has shared my frustration. :) > > Cheers, Callie > > > > > > Message: 5 > > Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:02:52 -0400 > > From: David Dorbin <ddorbin at gmail.com> > > Subject: Beware the Inadvertent Global Search and Replace > > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > > Message-ID: > > <53bd0cb50910141202u199cdd63x9ac9bad94f3fecef at mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > Argh. > > > > Before I had Frame 9, I had Frame 7, and I used to would Find things > thusly: > > > > 1. Press Ctrl-f > > 2. Start typing the text to find. > > 3. Press Enter. > > > > Now in Frame 9, when I press ctrl-f, the Find/Change pod displays, but the > cursor is rarely waiting there in the text box. In fact, the "focus" seems > to be unpredictable. > > > > This has bitten me a few times already. I hit ctrl-f and start typing, and > Frame decides that I meant to do a global search and replace. It might be > that I'm typing "c" and that activates the Change button. Lucky for me, I've > usually got the Document rather than the Book radio button selected, so it > only makes the change in the current chapter. And I can do a quick Undo > Replace. > > > > Lucky until today, that is. This time the Book radio button was lit up, and > Frame replaced x with y 27 times across all chapter files. And it opens each > one, makes the changes, and closes it, so there is no Undo. I had to open up > each of 18 chapter files, search for the replace text, evaluate each > occurrence with my actual mind to see if was one of the inadvertent > replacements, and fix it back. > > > > Anyone else experienced this? Any advice, other than to slow down and to > rely less on keyboard shortcuts? > > > > Dave D. > > > > > > *Callie Bertsche** > *Technical Writer > Phone: 425.653.1200 x278 > > Email: *c.bertsche at tecplot.com <.c.bertsche at tecplot.com> > ** > Tecplot Inc. | Enjoy the View > *3535 Factoria Blvd. SE, Ste. 550 > Bellevue, WA USA 98006 > Fax: 425.653.9200 > Web: *www.tecplot.com* >
