Re: [libreoffice-users] Re-flow text in Writer
On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 03:49:47PM +1200, Steve Edmonds composed: > If there are multiple line breaks between your sections you can get what > you want in 3 passes. > Replace $$ with *-* say (assuming *-* isn't in your text). > Replace $ with "" globally. > Replace *-* with \n > > There is bound to be a more elegant solution. In my case a slight variation of the above works: Replace ^$ with *-* Replace $ with space Replace \*-\* (asterisks escaped) with \n I'm getting the idea, thanks everyone. -- Jason -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re-flow text in Writer
Hi. On 17/04/2020 15:04, Jason wrote: > On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 02:58:12AM +0100, Brian Barker composed: >> At 18:00 16/04/2020 -0500, Jason Noname wrote: >>> Is there a way to force text to reflow in Writer? >> Text reflows automatically. >> >>> Say I have a file with hard wraps at the end of each line and I want to >>> reflow all the paragraphs. >> You mean that you want to *join* existing paragraphs, so that the entire >> (selected) text becomes a single paragraph? > I suppose that's what I wanted, I just didn't quite know how to ask the > question because the problematic document had multiple text sections > (separated by an empty line) which should have been paragraphs but each > line ended with a 'carriage return'; what I needed was to eliminate the > 'carriage returns' (I guess properly called paragraph breaks) within > those text sections. Basically, converting each text section to a proper > paragraph. > >> o Search for $ . >> o Replace with nothing. >> You will need to have "Regular expressions" ticked, of course. >> >> This will do exactly what you ask, so that paragraphs are joined without >> anything in between. In practice, you may wish to replace with a single >> space instead of nothing. >> >> Note that if you have empty paragraphs in your text, these will be removed - >> but they will prevent paragraphs preceding and following them from being >> merged. You could merely repeat the same Find & Replace, but that will >> duplicate the spaces, if you have included them. Instead, first replace $ >> with space and then replace $ with nothing. > Searching for $ and replacing with space works, except that I have to do > it selectively on each section--doing Replace All on the whole document > lumps everything into one giant paragraph. If there are multiple line breaks between your sections you can get what you want in 3 passes. Replace $$ with *-* say (assuming *-* isn't in your text). Replace $ with "" globally. Replace *-* with \n There is bound to be a more elegant solution. >>> Or alternately is there a way to find and replace line breaks (searching >>> for '\n' does not seem to work)? >> This is not an alternative to your other question but a different >> requirement. If you indeed have line breaks, \n will match them. But >> paragraph breaks are not line breaks, and \n will not match paragraph >> breaks. >> > Okay, I guess I didn't understand the difference between line breaks and > paragraph breaks; the ones I was interested in were the ones created by > pressing Enter. > >> I trust this helps. > It does, thank you. > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re-flow text in Writer
On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 02:58:12AM +0100, Brian Barker composed: > At 18:00 16/04/2020 -0500, Jason Noname wrote: > > Is there a way to force text to reflow in Writer? > > Text reflows automatically. > > > Say I have a file with hard wraps at the end of each line and I want to > > reflow all the paragraphs. > > You mean that you want to *join* existing paragraphs, so that the entire > (selected) text becomes a single paragraph? I suppose that's what I wanted, I just didn't quite know how to ask the question because the problematic document had multiple text sections (separated by an empty line) which should have been paragraphs but each line ended with a 'carriage return'; what I needed was to eliminate the 'carriage returns' (I guess properly called paragraph breaks) within those text sections. Basically, converting each text section to a proper paragraph. > o Search for $ . > o Replace with nothing. > You will need to have "Regular expressions" ticked, of course. > > This will do exactly what you ask, so that paragraphs are joined without > anything in between. In practice, you may wish to replace with a single > space instead of nothing. > > Note that if you have empty paragraphs in your text, these will be removed - > but they will prevent paragraphs preceding and following them from being > merged. You could merely repeat the same Find & Replace, but that will > duplicate the spaces, if you have included them. Instead, first replace $ > with space and then replace $ with nothing. Searching for $ and replacing with space works, except that I have to do it selectively on each section--doing Replace All on the whole document lumps everything into one giant paragraph. > > > Or alternately is there a way to find and replace line breaks (searching > > for '\n' does not seem to work)? > > This is not an alternative to your other question but a different > requirement. If you indeed have line breaks, \n will match them. But > paragraph breaks are not line breaks, and \n will not match paragraph > breaks. > Okay, I guess I didn't understand the difference between line breaks and paragraph breaks; the ones I was interested in were the ones created by pressing Enter. > I trust this helps. It does, thank you. -- Jason -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re-flow text in Writer
On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 01:20:55PM +1200, Steve Edmonds composed: > > > On 17/04/2020 13:19, Steve Edmonds wrote: > > Also not long ago in this list if you can search this. > > steve > 27 March Sorry, I had should have thoroughly read that thread before asking the question. Search for $ and replace with space seems to be the solution. Thanks, -- Jason -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re-flow text in Writer
At 18:00 16/04/2020 -0500, Jason Noname wrote: Is there a way to force text to reflow in Writer? Text reflows automatically. Say I have a file with hard wraps at the end of each line and I want to reflow all the paragraphs. You mean that you want to *join* existing paragraphs, so that the entire (selected) text becomes a single paragraph? o Search for $ . o Replace with nothing. You will need to have "Regular expressions" ticked, of course. This will do exactly what you ask, so that paragraphs are joined without anything in between. In practice, you may wish to replace with a single space instead of nothing. Note that if you have empty paragraphs in your text, these will be removed - but they will prevent paragraphs preceding and following them from being merged. You could merely repeat the same Find & Replace, but that will duplicate the spaces, if you have included them. Instead, first replace $ with space and then replace $ with nothing. Or alternately is there a way to find and replace line breaks (searching for '\n' does not seem to work)? This is not an alternative to your other question but a different requirement. If you indeed have line breaks, \n will match them. But paragraph breaks are not line breaks, and \n will not match paragraph breaks. I trust this helps. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re-flow text in Writer
On 17/04/2020 13:19, Steve Edmonds wrote: > Also not long ago in this list if you can search this. > steve 27 March > > On 17/04/2020 12:55, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: >> On 17/04/2020 00:00, Jason wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Is there a way to force text to reflow in Writer? >> Yes. >> >>> Say I have a file with hard wraps at the end of each line and I want to >>> reflow all the paragraphs. Or alternately is there a way to find and >>> replace line breaks (searching for '\n' does not seem to work)? >> A simple search "replace line breaks Libre Office" should help. It >> produced a multitude of useful answers via duckduckgo. >> -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re-flow text in Writer
Also not long ago in this list if you can search this. steve On 17/04/2020 12:55, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > On 17/04/2020 00:00, Jason wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Is there a way to force text to reflow in Writer? > Yes. > >> Say I have a file with hard wraps at the end of each line and I want to >> reflow all the paragraphs. Or alternately is there a way to find and >> replace line breaks (searching for '\n' does not seem to work)? > A simple search "replace line breaks Libre Office" should help. It > produced a multitude of useful answers via duckduckgo. > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re-flow text in Writer
On 17/04/2020 00:00, Jason wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a way to force text to reflow in Writer? Yes. > Say I have a file with hard wraps at the end of each line and I want to > reflow all the paragraphs. Or alternately is there a way to find and > replace line breaks (searching for '\n' does not seem to work)? A simple search "replace line breaks Libre Office" should help. It produced a multitude of useful answers via duckduckgo. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[libreoffice-users] Re-flow text in Writer
Hi, Is there a way to force text to reflow in Writer? Say I have a file with hard wraps at the end of each line and I want to reflow all the paragraphs. Or alternately is there a way to find and replace line breaks (searching for '\n' does not seem to work)? Thanks, -- Jason -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
