[TxMt] search and replace within selection ?

[Michael Bayer]

OK, "Replace All Scope" was not clear to me that it was "replace all  
in selection".

Why not have "In Selection" as the default when text is selected  
(actually i dont like that much, i still think a checkbox is  
clearer) ?  At least, have some kind of visual cue on the dialog box  
that this is the keystroke required...  I know that you are going for  
keystroke consistency here, but its at the expense of ergonomic comfort.

anyway Ill shut up now that I know how to do it....


On Jan 4, 2006, at 9:07 PM, Brad Miller wrote:

> From the first entry in the Release Notes:
>
> [NEW] The find dialog now has a toggle button to change the text  
> fields into multi-line text fields. In this mode, arrow down will  
> move the caret. The pop-up menu can still be reached using ctrl-N.  
> To insert a literal tab or return, you still need to use option tab  
> and option return. The Replace All Scope has been removed and  
> instead you need to hold down shift (or option) when clicking the  
> Replace All button (the label will change) -- this is consistent  
> with how ctrl-cmd F is Replace All and ctrl-shift-cmd F is Replace  
> All in Selection. I have removed some use of bindings from the  
> window, in an attempt of avoiding the crash that some experience  
> when advancing the key focus in that window, should there still be  
> a problem, please report the crash (using the Crash Reporter with  
> the Smart Crash Reports (from Unsanity) installed is enough).
>
> Brad
> On Jan 4, 2006, at 7:53 PM, Michael Bayer wrote:
>
>> Hi there -
>>
>> Ive been a textmate user for many months now.  I notice the most  
>> recent download (rev 898) has dramatically changed the "find"  
>> dialog, most importantly in that it has removed the option to  
>> search and replace within a selection !
>>
>> I noticed that the "edit" menu has a selection "replace all in  
>> selection".  There are two problems with this.  One is, it doesnt  
>> work !  I click on it when i have some text selected, and nothing  
>> happens.  If it is in fact using my previous selection, thats not  
>> very convenient since I dont get a chance to tell it what i want  
>> to search and replace.  Also, the key comibination - shift+ctrl 
>> +apple+F ... a little excessive perhaps ?
>>
>> Why cant the "replace in selection" checkbox be present in the  
>> default "find" dialog like it was, and more importantly, why cant  
>> this checkbox be automatically selected when I have text  
>> selected ?   this is how TextPad does it and it is by far the most  
>> intutive way to do it.
>>
>> - mike
>>
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