2011/9/1 Tom Davies <[email protected]>: > Hi :) > The Return looks different in different apps, for example in GEdit it shows > as a > > /n
Really? Isn't it \n? Kind regards Johnny Rosenberg ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ > I tend to select an area that includes a carriage-return and then try > find&replace to see what character is put in the Find box. Sometimes i have > to > copy&paste the selected area into the Find box. > > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Brian Barker <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, 1 September, 2011 3:13:51 > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Search and replace > > At 19:42 31/08/2011 -0400, Cecilie Aux wrote: >> I'm looking for a way to search and replace "carriage returns." For example, >>if there are 3 hard returns in a row between every paragraph and I want to >>change it to 2, or vice versa. > > In one sense, you cannot: every return *defines* the end of a paragraph, so if > you have three consecutive returns you have two additional, empty paragraphs, > in > fact. And empty paragraphs are generally a bad idea: instead, set paragraph > spacing to establish what you need. > >> Any recommendations? > > Use Find & Replace to search for ^$ (an empty paragraph) and replace it by > something that won't already occur in your document - perhaps ##. (You need > "Regular expressions" to be ticked.) This appears to catch only alternate > consecutive empty paragraphs, which is ideal in your case. Then search for ## > and replace it with nothing. > > But better still, simply replace ^$ with nothing - to remove all empty > paragraphs - and then set spacing before or after paragraphs to achieve the > layout you need. > > I trust this helps. > > Brian Barker > > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
