While we're on the subject of find and replace, a nice feature would be to be able to limit the action to a blocked section of code. Example: Assume I want to change all occurences of a string WITHIN a certain section such as an output block, etc. Being able to block then perform the action and have it limited to the highlighted area I think would be quite productive.
Just my $.02 worth.
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On 03/08/15 23:02, R. Mariotti wrote:
While we're on the subject of find and replace, a nice feature would be to be able to limit the action to a blocked section of code. Example: Assume I want to change all occurences of a string WITHIN a certain section such as an output block, etc. Being able to block then perform the action and have it limited to the highlighted area I think would be quite productive.
You can already do that: just highlight a section of text and click the ‘In Selection’ button in the Replace dialog. It’s one of my favourite Geany features.
On 15-08-03 03:11 PM, James Brierley wrote:
On 03/08/15 23:02, R. Mariotti wrote:
While we're on the subject of find and replace, a nice feature would be to be able to limit the action to a blocked section of code. Example: Assume I want to change all occurences of a string WITHIN a certain section such as an output block, etc. Being able to block then perform the action and have it limited to the highlighted area I think would be quite productive.
You can already do that: just highlight a section of text and click the ‘In Selection’ button in the Replace dialog. It’s one of my favourite Geany features.
+1
IMO the "Replace" dialog shouldn't have such useful features hidden inside a collapsed expander by default.
Cheers, Matthew Brush
While we are on the topic of searches I have noticed that if the find or replace dialog is already open, highlighting a variable and doing a ctl-f or ctl-h doesn't replace the existing "search for" with the new highlighted value. This would be a very nice feature for us when doing successive search/replace.
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On 15-08-03 03:11 PM, James Brierley wrote:
On 03/08/15 23:02, R. Mariotti wrote:
While we're on the subject of find and replace, a nice feature would be to be able to limit the action to a blocked section of code. Example: Assume I want to change all occurences of a string WITHIN a certain section such as an output block, etc. Being able to block then perform the action and have it limited to the highlighted area I think would be quite productive.
You can already do that: just highlight a section of text and click the 'In Selection' button in the Replace dialog. It's one of my favourite Geany features.
+1
IMO the "Replace" dialog shouldn't have such useful features hidden inside a collapsed expander by default.
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Am 04.08.2015 um 14:34 schrieb Drake, JD:
While we are on the topic of searches I have noticed that if the find or replace dialog is already open, highlighting a variable and doing a ctl-f or ctl-h doesn't replace the existing "search for" with the new highlighted value. This would be a very nice feature for us when doing successive search/replace.
Someone recently asked for that as well. The problem is that not everyone likes to lose his search term when doing another search.
It is easy enough to simply close the search window when you're planning to search for a different word. In fact, Geany even has the nice option to automatically close the search window. You can continue search with keybindings (I think ctrl+g and ctrl+shift+g by default). Naturally, if you hit ctrl+f again in this scenario the search term will be replaced.
This is IMO the most convinient search mode.
PS: Please do not top-post.
Best regards.