Hi all, Today I have to replace about 350 instances of one word with another. Unfortunately, it also requires human intervention because other, unpredictable changes in the surrounding text may be necessitated by the change.
I've been using LyX's Find facility to find each instance of the target word. Unfortunately, I cannot use the "Replace" button because the "Replace" button first replaces and then finds the next instance of the target word, which is usually exactly what you want. But in my case, the fact that it moves down the document ruins it for me, because I can no longer look at and change the context around the item I just changed. Nor can I search up and find it, because it's already been changed. So I've been clicking the find button, then Alt+Tab to go to the document, then typing in the new word, changing any necessary context, then Ctrl+F to go back to the find dialog, then Alt+N to next. Ugh! What would be nice for people in my situation, which I admit doesn't happen too often, would be to add a fifth button to the find dialog -- one that replaces and stays where it is. Admittedly for most tasks this would be more work, so the current Replace button must be kept, but for occasions like mine, the new button would GREATLY reduce the work. SteeT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt
