On 1/4/12 4:26 PM, Herbert Duerr wrote:
Thanks! I think we will need to make more clear to the users this change:
many old documents with macros that rely on the old syntax will not
work on
AOO 3.4.
Yes, it should be pointed out that there are quite a number of different
regexp flavors and that people should try to stay on the common ground.
For the specific example of the RE-extension "\<" the more common syntax
for it is "\b" and that is also understood by almost all regex engines
including the ones used in old and new OOo.
we should check the help files for this and should may include a link to
http://www.regular-expressions.info/reference.html. But that requires
translation :-(
We should keep this in mind for the release notes and should update the
docu, help as soon as possible
Juergen
Also, I think I found a problem. Suppose you have a text like "He heard
quiet quiet steps". By using a regexp like
(\w+) \1\b
(notice the space before the \1) you'll find the repeated word without
problems, but if you use $1 on "Replace with" instead of obtaining "He
heard quiet steps" you get "He heard steps", with two spaces between
"heard" and "steps": the reference is not inserted!
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=118723
I'll look into it.
Herbert
