This user would very much like to have something like that. Something similar was a feature of Lotus WordPro which was easy to use if you wanted to take out spaces and carriage returns and the like and I miss it in OO.o
On 28 Jun 2012 at 18:48, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: Send reply to: [email protected] Date sent: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 18:48:19 +0200 Subject: Re: Space before every line From: Johnny Rosenberg <[email protected]> To: [email protected] > I would guess that a non-regular-expression search and replace > dialogue that supports things like \n, \t and maybe those joker > characters would be enough for most users. Maybe with the addition of > characters for page break and other types of breaks. Those could be > available in a listbox or something. > > Maybe \n would not be an obvious syntax for non programmers, so > another approach would probably be something like [newline], > selectable in a list box. > > For example, the user want to find a space after a new line: > 1. Select New line in the list box, click Add (or whatever a > proper name for the button would be) or just double click New line > in the list box. 2. The entry field now looks like: [newline] (or > maybe <newline> or whatever is decided to be a good syntax). 3. The > user press the space key or select Space from the list box. > > When something is selected from the list box, the focus should remain > in the input field, so the user can enter more stuff there without > moving focus. Niall Martin Phone 0131 4678468 Please reply to: niall<at>rndmartin.cix.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
