[TxMt] Find, convert and replace image paths

[Allan Odgaard]

On 6. Oct 2006, at 18:43, <thelittleredhen at mac.com> wrote:

> I have an xml file that contains numerous image paths in this  
> format <Pic_path href="HD2:Working Files:images:testpic.jpg"/>
>
> I need to convert them to this format <Pic_path href="file:/// 
> Volumes/HD2/Working Files/images/testpic.jpg"/>
>
> Is there any way I can get TM to search for the paths and convert  
> the text?

If all the images are in the same location, you can enable Regular  
Expressions, then search for: ‘<Pic_path href="HD2:Working  
Files:images:(.*?)"/>’ and replace with: ‘<Pic_path href="file:/// 
Volumes/HD2/Working Files/images/$1"/>’.

If however they vary in path, you will need to first do a replace  
from: ‘<Pic_path href="HD2:’ to ‘<Pic_path href="file:///Volumes/HD2/’.

Then repeat a (regular expression) replace of: ‘(<Pic_path  
href="file:///Volumes/HD2/[^":]+):’ with ‘$1/’ until no replacements  
are done.

Do a backup first!