Re: [Framers] Old bug: Find does not find - character CR stops search
Could this also come from documents that were edited in Notepad (eg XML modules) and Wordpad? Alan On 25/07/17 23:53, Rick Quatro wrote: Hi Klaus, Text imported from word contains a line-feed/return combination at the end of each paragraph. In many of my scripts, I strip out the invisible line-feed character to "normalize" things in the document. Round-tripping to MIF does the same thing. The import filter should do this automatically, but it doesn't, at least since the last time I checked. Rick Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. r...@frameexpert.com 585-366-4017 -Original Message- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Klaus Daube Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 3:49 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: [Framers] Old bug: Find does not find - character CR stops search Dear all, A colleague in Germany again run into this old trap. Hence I have filed bug FRMAKER-3169 : Find does not find - character CR stops search I have first documented this problem for FM-7. At that time the reason was an import from Word. But it turns out that is not the only possible cause (as the colleague said). It was quite difficult to shrink down his file to a two-page test case: As soon as I cut out some text, the problem was gone! So it took me several attempts to shrink down the document to a short test case (2h). There are other strange things with these \x0d: «It also happens that opening the file multiple times - with searching for the word - and then closing without save - suddenly lets you find the word... If once found, you need to restart FM (without save of cours) to get the Find problem again. It even may happen that intensive scrolling back and forth 'cleans' the document.» MIF wash cures the document! But first you must have the idea that it can be cured... Klaus~~ Klaus Daube Phone: +41-44-381 37 77 Schäracher 11 Mail: kl...@daube.ch CH-8053 Zürich Web:www.daube.ch ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com -- Dr Alan Litchfield AlphaByte PO Box 1941 Auckland, New Zealand 1140 ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
Re: [Framers] Old bug: Find does not find - character CR stops search
Hi Klaus, Text imported from word contains a line-feed/return combination at the end of each paragraph. In many of my scripts, I strip out the invisible line-feed character to "normalize" things in the document. Round-tripping to MIF does the same thing. The import filter should do this automatically, but it doesn't, at least since the last time I checked. Rick Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. r...@frameexpert.com 585-366-4017 -Original Message- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Klaus Daube Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 3:49 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: [Framers] Old bug: Find does not find - character CR stops search Dear all, A colleague in Germany again run into this old trap. Hence I have filed bug FRMAKER-3169 : Find does not find - character CR stops search I have first documented this problem for FM-7. At that time the reason was an import from Word. But it turns out that is not the only possible cause (as the colleague said). It was quite difficult to shrink down his file to a two-page test case: As soon as I cut out some text, the problem was gone! So it took me several attempts to shrink down the document to a short test case (2h). There are other strange things with these \x0d: «It also happens that opening the file multiple times - with searching for the word - and then closing without save - suddenly lets you find the word... If once found, you need to restart FM (without save of cours) to get the Find problem again. It even may happen that intensive scrolling back and forth 'cleans' the document.» MIF wash cures the document! But first you must have the idea that it can be cured... Klaus~~ Klaus Daube Phone: +41-44-381 37 77 Schäracher 11 Mail: kl...@daube.ch CH-8053 Zürich Web:www.daube.ch ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
[Framers] Old bug: Find does not find - character CR stops search
Dear all, A colleague in Germany again run into this old trap. Hence I have filed bug FRMAKER-3169 : Find does not find - character CR stops search I have first documented this problem for FM-7. At that time the reason was an import from Word. But it turns out that is not the only possible cause (as the colleague said). It was quite difficult to shrink down his file to a two-page test case: As soon as I cut out some text, the problem was gone! So it took me several attempts to shrink down the document to a short test case (2h). There are other strange things with these \x0d: «It also happens that opening the file multiple times - with searching for the word - and then closing without save - suddenly lets you find the word... If once found, you need to restart FM (without save of cours) to get the Find problem again. It even may happen that intensive scrolling back and forth 'cleans' the document.» MIF wash cures the document! But first you must have the idea that it can be cured... Klaus~~ Klaus Daube Phone: +41-44-381 37 77 Schäracher 11 Mail: kl...@daube.ch CH-8053 Zürich Web:www.daube.ch ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com