click on the arrows in find/replace window... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Litt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LyX users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 8:54 AM Subject: Re: Dangerous BUG: Search/Replace
> I had a problem in which I could not do a find without a replace within LyX. > I finally solved the problem by doing the find in VI. > > Steve > > -- > _____________________________________________________________ > Steve Litt > Author: > * Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist > * Rapid Learning: Secret Weapon of the Successful Technologist > http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/ > > Troubleshooters.Com Webmaster > (Legal Disclaimer) Follow these suggestions at your own risk. > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > On Tuesday 19 March 2002 09:09, Rem wrote: > > Lyx 1.1.6 fix4 Mandrake 8.1 > > > > I imported a long article (LaTeX) that is in AMS class, and then performed > > the search for in, in_, in_a, etc... It finds everything and there is no > > deletion. I even tried the space alone... > > > > Now this is what I call complexity and unpredictability! No wonder people > > try to model business processes by processes of computing! > > > > Remzi > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Laszlo E Szabo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "LyX users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 7:26 PM > > Subject: Dangerous BUG: Search/Replace > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > RedHat 7.2 (Default=Hungarian) + LyX 1.1.6fix4 > > > > > > I reported a dangerous bug some days ago, but I made a mistake. The > > > actual problem is even more dangerous: > > > Enter a word into the search box AND PRESS <SPACE> (sorry, I wrote > > > <ENTER> > > > > in > > > > > my previous mail). It starts to DELETE all instances of the word you > > > entered. It is dangerous if you have a long part of the document which > > > was not yet saved. Because you cannot step by step undo deleting say 5000 > > > > "The"-s > > > > > in a book (it would take a few hours). The other possibility is to close > > > > the > > > > > file without saving and opening it again without using the autosaved > > > > version, > > > > > which means you lost the not yet saved part of the document. So, you are > > > enforced to make a choice between loosing 5000 "the"-s or loosing the new > > > part of the text you wrote. So, you cannot search, "the apple", for > > > > example, > > > > > because of the space. > > > > > > Laszlo > > > -- > > > > > > Laszlo E. Szabo > > > Department of Theoretical Physics > > > Department of History and Philosophy of Science > > > Eotvos University, Budapest > > > H-1518 Budapest, Pf. 32, Hungary > > > Phone/Fax: (36-1)372-2924 > > > Home: (36-1) 200-7318 > > > Mobil/SMS: (36) 20-366-1172 > > > http://hps.elte.hu/~leszabo > >
