On 17 Mar 2022 at 9:01, Steve Edmonds wrote: Date sent: Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:01:42 +1300 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with find & replace. To: [email protected] From: Steve Edmonds <[email protected]>
> > > On 17/03/2022 08:34, Dave Barton wrote: > > On 16/03/2022 18:27, Brian Barker wrote: > >> At 16:29 16/03/2022 +0000, Dave Barton wrote: > >>> I am looking for a find & replace solution in Writer, where there is a > >>> blank space as the last character of a paragraph (eg. last word > >>> <space><LF><CR>). In the original OOo and most of the text editors I > >>> use the simple solution that worked/works perfectly is: Find = > >>> <space>$ Replace = $ (Note: I use <space> here to represent a single > >>> space character). This does not work in LO Writer, so I am forced to > >>> fiddle around copying from LO and pasting into AOO, running F&R in > >>> AOO, then copy/paste back again. Any pointers would be welcome. > >> I'm surprised that exactly what you say works in OpenOffice. Don't you > >> need to find space-dollar, just as you describe, but to replace with > >> nothing? Replacing with dollar will surely insert an unwanted dollar > >> character? > >> > >> Or have you forgotten to click "Other options" in the Find and Replace > >> dialogue and to tick "Regular expressions"? > >> > >> I trust this helps. > >> > >> Brian Barker > > Hi Brian, > > > > After 22 Years of you and I being involved in this project, I genuinely > > bow to your superior knowledge in this area. However, I do assure you > > that the convoluted LO->AOO->LO nonsense works for me, exactly as it > > did in the days of OOo. > > > > No, I have not forgotten to click "Other options in the Find and Replace > > dialogue and to tick "Regular expressions", please see my screen capture: > > https://www.mediafire.com/view/80552jkp3qw6o8x/F%2526R_LO.png/file > > > > Here is a very simplistic file illustrating the <space><CR><LF> > > paragraph endings: > > https://www.mediafire.com/file/vmixa9r4dhjpc9e/F%2526R_LO.odt/file > > > > Version: 7.3.1.3 (x64) / LibreOffice Community > > Build ID: a69ca51ded25f3eefd52d7bf9a5fad8c90b87951 > > CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19043; UI render: default; VCL: win > > Locale: es-ES (en_IE); UI: en-US > > Calc: threaded > > > > If you can please show me where I am going wrong, I would be extremely > > grateful. > > > > Dave Barton > > > > > May be this is sorted and I have received the emails out of order, but > assuming you just want to remove the trailing space from each line, both > Johnny's and Michael's methods work for me on your sample file. > > Find= [:space:]{1,}$ > Replace= empty > > Find= <space>$ > Replace= empty > > Use regular expression= checked > Steve Just to make sure it is clear <space>$ will only remove 1 space at end of line <space>{1,}$ or [:space:]{1,}$ will remove all spaces 1 to whatever. > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > 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 +------------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor (Retired) mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] Guam - Where America's Day Begins G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ +------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] 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
