[Bug 159607] RegEx based search should apply to entire document, not just current paragraph
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159607 --- Comment #17 from V Stuart Foote --- (In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #16) > > yes. what I'm trying to say, is a regex can't cross OVER the paragraph > > boundary (see attachment) > > feel free to suggest a better wording of course. > > > > Yes, exactly. And that needs to be the guidance in the the Help articles and userguide--that the regexp pattern can't match OVER|ACROSS bounds between paragraphs (currently, without needed look-behind/look-ahead implementation). -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Bug 159607] RegEx based search should apply to entire document, not just current paragraph
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159607 --- Comment #16 from V Stuart Foote --- (In reply to fpy from comment #13) > > yes. what I'm trying to say, is a regex can't cross OVER the paragraph > boundary (see attachment) > feel free to suggest a better wording of course. > Yes, exactly. > > We just can't match strings at the Paragraph bounds, e.g. a Paragraph ending > > with xyz$ or starting with ^abc > > huh? we definitely can! see 2nd attachment) > the only limitation is for "^" to be followed by something, example given in > the help. > Sorry, a fingerflub. Knew that was not perfect after I sent it, thought about submitting "s/xyz$ or starting with ^abc/xyz$.*^abc/" correction to merge the strings. But... BZ > > PS. this bugzilla is a pain for simple editing. need to upgrade or move to > Ask! :/ Yep BZ can be tedious/unforgiving, but not sure Ask or SE style would be any sort of improvement for organizing issues that BZ does well. Thanks for working on this. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Bug 159607] RegEx based search should apply to entire document, not just current paragraph
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159607 --- Comment #15 from f...@bger.ch --- Created attachment 195995 --> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=195995&action=edit match strings at the Paragraph bounds, e.g. xyz$ or ^abc -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Bug 159607] RegEx based search should apply to entire document, not just current paragraph
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159607 --- Comment #14 from f...@bger.ch --- Created attachment 195994 --> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=195994&action=edit regex can't cross OVER the paragraph boundary -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Bug 159607] RegEx based search should apply to entire document, not just current paragraph
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159607 --- Comment #13 from f...@bger.ch --- (In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #12) thanks Stuart for the feedback, > ... not sure we > yet have quite the correct wording about Regexp matches and Paragraphs. > > "A search using a regular expression will work only within one paragraph. > That is, a \n will match a line break within a paragraph." > > We can in fact match a string in *every* paragraph of a document in one pass. yes. what I'm trying to say, is a regex can't cross OVER the paragraph boundary (see attachment) feel free to suggest a better wording of course. > We just can't match strings at the Paragraph bounds, e.g. a Paragraph ending > with xyz$ or starting with ^abc huh? we definitely can! see 2nd attachment) the only limitation is for "^" to be followed by something, example given in the help. > (needing to implement support look-ahead / > look-behind syntax to be able to construct a pattern to match). PS. this bugzilla is a pain for simple editing. need to upgrade or move to Ask! :/ -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Bug 159607] RegEx based search should apply to entire document, not just current paragraph
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159607 --- Comment #12 from V Stuart Foote --- (In reply to Commit Notification from comment #11) > Pierre F committed a patch related to this issue. > It has been pushed to "master": > > https://git.libreoffice.org/help/commit/ > e3caa53e99709b7099611b67cf73e9bdbd8801ea > > more (simple) regex examples + fix note on paragraph limitation. tdf#38261, > tdf#159607 Thanks Pierre, documentation and examples getting better, but not sure we yet have quite the correct wording about Regexp matches and Paragraphs. "A search using a regular expression will work only within one paragraph. That is, a \n will match a line break within a paragraph." We can in fact match a string in *every* paragraph of a document in one pass. We just can't match strings at the Paragraph bounds, e.g. a Paragraph ending with xyz$ or starting with ^abc (needing to implement support look-ahead / look-behind syntax to be able to construct a pattern to match). -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Bug 159607] RegEx based search should apply to entire document, not just current paragraph
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159607 --- Comment #11 from Commit Notification --- Pierre F committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": https://git.libreoffice.org/help/commit/e3caa53e99709b7099611b67cf73e9bdbd8801ea more (simple) regex examples + fix note on paragraph limitation. tdf#38261, tdf#159607 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Bug 159607] RegEx based search should apply to entire document, not just current paragraph
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159607 Commit Notification changed: What|Removed |Added Whiteboard||target:25.2.0 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Bug 159607] RegEx based search should apply to entire document, not just current paragraph
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159607 f...@bger.ch changed: What|Removed |Added Status|NEW |ASSIGNED --- Comment #10 from f...@bger.ch --- (In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #6) > Actually the help article (par_id3153414) is not accurate. fixed here https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/help/+/171538 feek free to review ;) > A broader rework of regexp (more seamless use) is in see also bug 38261. trying to, progressively. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Bug 159607] RegEx based search should apply to entire document, not just current paragraph
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159607 V Stuart Foote changed: What|Removed |Added Resolution|INVALID |--- Status|RESOLVED|NEW --- Comment #9 from V Stuart Foote --- And sorry, meant to leave it NEW against documentation, not Resolved Invalid... -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Bug 159607] RegEx based search should apply to entire document, not just current paragraph
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159607
--- Comment #8 from V Stuart Foote ---
OK, we don't/can't test "paragraph" breaks with regexp because there are none
(that ICU can parses) and IIRC we would have to refactor to support the regexp
look-behind/look-ahead modes.
Otherwise, full document runs can be edited with regexp, just not in a single
pass.
But since it is trivial to replace all paragraph ends (our $ as represented by
Pilcrow glyph) with a marker. Then parse the entire document text run. And
after any changes restore the structure with a new paragraph ('\n' replacement
for "marker" to recreate the paragraph breaks.
Obviously can have issues with a heavily styled document.
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[Bug 159607] RegEx based search should apply to entire document, not just current paragraph
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159607 --- Comment #7 from Mike Kaganski --- (In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #6) I don't see how this "works". The problem is that it can't match anything across paragraphs' bounds, like "two last characters of paragraph and three first characters of the next paragraph". This is not a documentation issue; this is not "INVALID". But I'm sure we have this filed somewhere already. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Bug 159607] RegEx based search should apply to entire document, not just current paragraph
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159607 V Stuart Foote changed: What|Removed |Added Resolution|FIXED |INVALID -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Bug 159607] RegEx based search should apply to entire document, not just current paragraph
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159607 V Stuart Foote changed: What|Removed |Added Resolution|--- |FIXED Status|NEW |RESOLVED See Also||https://bugs.documentfounda ||tion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14 ||2574 CC||mikekagan...@hotmail.com, ||olivier.hallot@libreoffice. ||org, ||rafael.palma.l...@gmail.com Component|Writer |Documentation Blocks||146076 --- Comment #6 from V Stuart Foote --- Actually the help article (par_id3153414) is not accurate. Calc ICU lib regexp search/replace are a bit less "global" than ICU regexp searches in Writer. And there is also "match" mode for wildcard and interoperability with Excel XLS and XLSX sheet formats. [1][2][3] In other words, full document search and replace with ICU lib regular expressions *already* works by default in all modules. With the F&R dialog offering an "off" mode toggle in Writer or Calc While the "Replace" field of the F&R dialog does not directly execute the regexp. The comment "will work only within one paragraph..." in the help article (par_id3153414) should have been removed when Wildcard content was reworked for bug 142574 [4]. A broader rework of regexp (more seamless use) is in see also bug 38261. IMHO this bug reports a documentation issue. =-ref-= [1] https://books.libreoffice.org/en/CG24/CG2402-EnteringandEditingData.html#toc72 [2] https://books.libreoffice.org/en/WG75/WG7503-TextAdvanced.html#toc15 [3] https://help.libreoffice.org/24.8/en-US/text/swriter/guide/search_regexp.html?DbPAR=WRITER [4] https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/help/+/120573 Referenced Bugs: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146076 [Bug 146076] [META] Find & Replace Regular Expressions -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Bug 159607] RegEx based search should apply to entire document, not just current paragraph
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159607 f...@bger.ch changed: What|Removed |Added Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Ever confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #5 from f...@bger.ch --- (In reply to m_a_riosv from comment #4) > some[one] else well, can definitely "confirm" the problem, indeed far from new ... e.g. https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/find-replace-including-a-paragraph-mark/1390/9 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
[Bug 159607] RegEx based search should apply to entire document, not just current paragraph
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159607 V Stuart Foote changed: What|Removed |Added Summary|Bugs should be fixed and|RegEx based search should |not turned into "expected |apply to entire document, |behavior" to avoid that.|not just current paragraph CC||vsfo...@libreoffice.org Severity|normal |enhancement Alias|document, entire, for, | |RegEx, Search | -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
