[Geany-Users] replace: please don't convert characters

Lex Trotman elextr at xxxxx
Sun May 27 06:23:54 UTC 2018


Turn off "use escape sequences"

On Sun, 27 May 2018 at 15:23, ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo at zoho.com> wrote:

> Hi All,

> Geany 1.33

> Is there a way when your are doing a search and replace to tell Geany
> not to interpret characters in the search and/or replace fields?
> Just to take then literally as entered?

> for instance

> Replace:

> print( "abc\n" );

> comes out

> print( "abc
> " );

> In other words, it caught my `\n` and turned it into a return.

> I got some that start with `&` and oh boy.

> Many thanks,
> -T

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