To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=110755 Issue #|110755 Summary|Unable to Find & Replace Regular Expression $ with \t |Tab Component|Word processor Version|OOo 3.2 Platform|PC URL| OS/Version|Windows Vista Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|DEFECT Priority|P3 Subcomponent|editing Assigned to|writerneedsconfirm Reported by|ppww
------- Additional comments from p...@openoffice.org Fri Apr 9 22:50:38 +0000 2010 ------- I'd like to append a tab, followed by additional text (the digit 1), to the end of each line of a selection. In the Find & Replace dialog, I enter Search for: $ Replace with: \t1\n (Regular expressions checkbox selected) But this appends a literal "\t1" to the end of each line, instead of the tab character. Same with \x0009, which inserts those literal characters instead of the tab control character. Workaround: Search for: (.*)$ Replace with: $1\t1 A few more possible bugs are evident when using the workaround: The back-reference \1 does not work, it must be $1. The expression does not find blank lines, even though the any-character (.) is optional (*). And in the workaround case, it is not necessary to include \n in the replacement, as the newline is not removed by the search expression. (The newline is removed if only $ is specified as the search. Inconsistent behavior.) My reference is http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/How_Tos/Regular_Expressions_in_Writer#The_.27Replace_with.27_box_.5Ct_.5Cn_.26_.241_.242 which indicates that \t, \x0009 and \1 etc. are supposed to work in replacement expressions. \t does work as a replacement in cases other than a single $ search, but \x and \1 seem never to work as described. \n in the replacement works as expected in all cases that I've tried. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@sw.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@sw.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
