https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66208
Priority: medium
Bug ID: 66208
Assignee: [email protected]
Summary: EDITING backreference in Search must be written with
backslash, backreference in Replace must be written
with dollar sign
Severity: normal
Classification: Unclassified
OS: All
Reporter: [email protected]
Hardware: Other
Status: NEW
Version: 4.0.4.2 release
Component: Libreoffice
Product: LibreOffice
New regex engine is great, but backreferences in Search field must be written
with backslash (\1, \2 etc.), while backreferences in Replace field must be
written with dollar sign ($1, $2 etc.).
This is inconsistent and brings confusion to user.
To see what I mean:
1. Create new Writer document. Write "test test"
2. Open search and replace dialog, check "Regular expression"
3. In Search enter:
\b(\w+)\b
in replace:
$1ing
press "Replace all".
You should get "testing testing"
4. In Search enter:
\b(\w+)\b\s*$1
in replace
$1
press "Replace all"
Error will occur that match could not be found.
5. In Search enter
\b(\w+)\b\s*\1
in replace
$1
press "Replace all"
duplicated string will be deleted.
tested under LO 4.0.4, Debian testing amd64.
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