Fantastic, but why does the LO project *_NOT_* inform it's users about this *_HIDDEN_* option?
Please provide links to the the TDF/LO Help/Documentation files that provide this information to our users. -------- Original Message -------- From: Michael D. Setzer II [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2022, 20:53 UTC To: Dave Barton; [email protected] Subject: [libreoffice-users] Help with find & replace. > On 16 Mar 2022 at 20:41, Dave Barton wrote: > > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with find & > replace. > To: [email protected] > From: Dave Barton <[email protected]> > Date sent: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 20:41:43 +0000 > >> On 16/03/2022 20:01, Steve Edmonds wrote: >>> >>> >>> 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 >> >> >> Thanks Steve, but no it's NOT sorted. >> >> You have "Kinda" given me 1/2 a clue. >> >> What does {.1.} mean? > file:///opt/libreoffice7.3/help/en-US/text/shared/01/02100001.html?&DbPAR=WRITER > > {N} > > The post-fix repetition operator that specifies an exact > number of occurrences ("N") of the regular expression > term immediately preceding it must be present for a > match to occur. For example, "tre{2}" matches "tree". > > {N,M} > The post-fix repetition operator that specifies a range > (minimum of "N" to a maximum of "M") of occurrences of > the regular expression term immediately preceding it > that can be present for a match to occur. For example, > "tre{1,2}" matches "tre" and "tree". > > {N,} > > The post-fix repetition operator that specifies a range > (minimum "N" to an unspecified maximum) of > occurrences of the regular expression term immediately > preceding it that can be present for a match to occur. > (The maximum number of occurrences is limited only by > the size of the document). For example, "tre{2,}" > matches "tree", "treee", and "treeeee". > > So, [:space:]{1,}$ matches one or more spaces at end of > line. > <space>{1,}$ does the same with <space> actually > being a single space. >> >> In all my researching of regular expressions, I have never encountered >> this option. The wonderful thing about *_STANDARDS_* is that there are >> such a wide variety of different ones to randomly chose and use. >> >> Dave >> -- 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
