Yep, that makes sense. Looks nice! On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 1:28 PM Brian Milby via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> One option to use an external editor would be ScriptTracker. You could > export the scripts, do your bulk changes, and then import them back. > > Brian Milby > br...@milby7.com > > > On Nov 22, 2022, at 4:10 PM, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > A random thought: if you converted to script-only stack behaviors first, > > then you would have a bunch of text files you can use whatever tool you > > like on. > > > > gc > > > >> On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 1:25 PM J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < > >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> > >> I'm updating a very old set of stacks that use old HC syntax for "lock > >> screen". A search with > >> LC's Find utility says there are 723 instances that may need to be > >> changed. Right now they look > >> like this: > >> > >> lock screen > >> -- do any number of things > >> unlock screen with <effect> > >> > >> These all need to be changed to: > >> > >> lock screen for visual effect > >> -- do any number of things > >> unlock screen with visual effect <effect> > >> > >> The challenge is that not all "lock screen" commands use a visual > effect, > >> some are simple > >> lock/unlock pairs. I need to automate this. The visual effects are not > all > >> the same. Some > >> handlers have multiple instances of locking the screen with or without a > >> visual effect. > >> > >> I'd use a regex if I could, but back references aren't supported (or are > >> they now?) I really > >> don't want to do this manually. > >> > >> -- > >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> use-livecode mailing list > >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode