Another good tip. And since #%^$! was approximately the word in my head at the time anyway, I could use that!
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Jon Harvey <JHarvey at cambridgesoft.com>wrote: > One of the habits I've gotten into is to put some random characters in > the Change field while I'm looking for something, not wanting to do a > global change. For example, if I want to search for each instance of > "dog", I might put "XCLQF%$" in the Change field. That way, if things go > south, I just have to reverse the process, globally search for "XCLQF%$" > and change it back to "dog". To make this work, you have to use a random > string that you KNOW is not in your document anywhere. > > > Jon Harvey > Manager, Desktop Documentation > CambridgeSoft Corporation > 100 CambridgePark Drive > Cambridge, MA 02140 > (617) 588-9354 > -----Original Message----- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of David Dorbin > Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 3:03 PM > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Beware the Inadvertent Global Search and Replace > > Argh. > > Before I had Frame 9, I had Frame 7, and I used to would Find things > thusly: > > 1. Press Ctrl-f > 2. Start typing the text to find. > 3. Press Enter. > > Now in Frame 9, when I press ctrl-f, the Find/Change pod displays, but > the > cursor is rarely waiting there in the text box. In fact, the "focus" > seems > to be unpredictable. > > This has bitten me a few times already. I hit ctrl-f and start typing, > and > Frame decides that I meant to do a global search and replace. It might > be > that I'm typing "c" and that activates the Change button. Lucky for me, > I've > usually got the Document rather than the Book radio button selected, so > it > only makes the change in the current chapter. And I can do a quick Undo > Replace. > > Lucky until today, that is. This time the Book radio button was lit up, > and > Frame replaced x with y 27 times across all chapter files. And it opens > each > one, makes the changes, and closes it, so there is no Undo. I had to > open up > each of 18 chapter files, search for the replace text, evaluate each > occurrence with my actual mind to see if was one of the inadvertent > replacements, and fix it back. > > Anyone else experienced this? Any advice, other than to slow down and to > rely less on keyboard shortcuts? > > Dave D. > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as jharvey at cambridgesoft.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/jharvey%40cambridges > oft.com<http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/jharvey%40cambridges%0Aoft.com> > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > >