On 15-08-03 02:37 PM, Pedro Albuquerque wrote:
Well, I didn't mean to start a discussion, although it sometimes is healthy.
Anyway, when we find in files, currently, we get a list of files on the bottom panel. From there, we can open those files, one by one, and replace the strings. Which is, to say the least, very time consuming.
Of course, such a feature involves risks. I'm not a developer, coder, programmer or anything like it, but I know for sure that, before doing such an operation, even for a single file, I should make a backup of all it's involved.
If this feature where to be implemented, maybe a suggestion to the user or even an automatic backup for undo operation could accompany it.
It was just an idea. I'm using command line to do it (find, sed, bla, bla), as I know what I'm doing. I just thought it would make life easier for gui users. :-/ Sorry for disturbing!
Not at all. I agree it would make life easier (for me too), and asking about it might give "someone" a nudge to implement improvements here. If I get some time I might have a look at the difficulty of implementing the two things I mentioned that you echoed (easier to open all files with matches[0] and global undo operation for "replace in session"). No promises though :)
Cheers, Matthew Brush
[0]: I kind of remember some patches about this, need to look into it.