[TxMt] Re: Replace without finding

[Donald I Macdonald]

Thanks, I appreciate the tip, and it was of some help to me.

However I still feel (though I accept I may be in the minority) it is a backward step in usability. Even if the old "replace" button would appear when a modifier key was pressed (as "replace in selection" used to work in TextMate 1) that would satisfy me. This is not a complaint exactly, just my two cents as to what works for me.

As a side issue I noticed that the  replace function occasionally matched a regex, but then replaced it with the unmodified string in the replace box, complete with back-references as literal characters. A simple ctrl-z and a repeat of the search fixed the problem both times.

Thanks again,

Donald


On 26 Jun 2013, at 11:10, Tim Bates <timothy.c.bates at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you do "find all" or find in selection you get a list of all the found items. click in the replace box and you see list of all the "what it will look like then" lines
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> On 26 Jun 2013, at 11:39, "Donald I. Macdonald" <donald_i at madasafish.com> wrote:
>>> As a long-time TextMate user I've really been enjoying using the new TextMate alpha. There is one feature from 1.5 that I sorely miss -- or at least, can't see how to replicate in v2.
>>> 
>>> I've checked the FAQ and mailing list but can't see if this was covered before. Apologies if it has been.
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>>> I often use quite complex regexes on large files and I want to see what result my replace has had before moving on to the next match.
>>> 
>>> In v1.5 you did this by clicking "Replace" -- this enabled you to see the result of your substitution (and back out of it if needed). You then clicked "Find" to move to the next match, and so on.
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>>> Now however I only see a "Replace and Find" which means I have to remember the line number of the replace then manually scroll back to see if my regex did what I expected (or not).
>>> 
>>> Is there a new way of doing this? If so, it's not obvious to me.
>>> 
>>> Many thanks,
>>> 
>>> Donald
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