Hello, that sounds like a good idea. I'll have to look into it. Currently the search and replace in the editor is provided by the QScintilla editor widget. I have to check, if I can persuade it to do something similar to your suggestion.
Regards, Detlev Am 05.01.2012 um 15:17 schrieb Leonardo Giordani: > Sometimes when replacing with regular expressions (especially with > groups) I'm not totally sure that my substitution will be correct. > > With the current search and replace there is no easy way to know if it > went good since when hitting the replace button the selection jumps > immediately to the next match. > Even stopping the replace means that you have to search backwards the > last substitution, which is not simple if it went bad. > > Could it be possible to preview the line as it will be after the substitution? > I mean something like copying the line in a temporary buffer, perform > the substitution on it and show above the current line, with a colored > background. > > Thank you, > > Leo > _______________________________________________ > Eric mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/mailman/listinfo/eric Detlev Offenbach [email protected]
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