I applying a char style is not possible i guess the Search/replace dialog will do everything fine. But i'm trying with with paragraph style, and i think i have trouble with the magic :)
thanks a_l_e
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> for the first one:
> - get the string as a python variable
> - do some regexp magic on it to find out where the affected substrings are
> - record their positions
> - select each of the substrings ("scribus.selectText()")
> - apply the formatting
