Re: Can I have two documents open same time, side by side?

2019-04-29 Thread Jean-Christophe Helary
There is a free utility call Spectacle that helps you reorganize your windows, regardless of the application. Put a window front, move it left, put another window front, move it right. And you're done. You could also use AppleScript to do the same thing (@Christopher Stone wink wink :) > On A

Re: grep - add character before search result instead of replace

2019-04-29 Thread @lbutlr
On 29 Apr 2019, at 14:38, Archibald Campbell wrote: > Good to know. Unfortunately for us, this was answered in another thread. Ah yes, I see that now. That explains the feeling of déjà vu. > Not sure why there were two. Looks like the OP posted two nearly identical messages. -- These are the

Re: Can I have two documents open same time, side by side?

2019-04-29 Thread Bruce Van Allen
On 4/29/19 at 4:18 PM, doctorpitca...@gmail.com (Richard Pitcairn) wrote: Nestor, I can't see how to do that. I do have about 8 documents open right now. How do I select just two as the "top ones"? Click on one, then switch to the second. Those two will then be top-most. BTW, I use Moom, an

Re: grep search - insert character before search result

2019-04-29 Thread bruce linde
now you’re just showing off... guess i’m going to have to stare at the docs a bit to make sure i grok that 8-) bruce linde 5 happiness webmaster 510.530.1331 office 510.206.9730 mobile http://www.5happy.com bli...@5happy.com > On Apr 29, 2019, at 5:28 PM, Dave wrote: > > Or find: (?=\

Re: Can I have two documents open same time, side by side?

2019-04-29 Thread Richard Pitcairn
Nestor, I can't see how to do that. I do have about 8 documents open right now. How do I select just two as the "top ones"? On Monday, April 29, 2019 at 3:59:58 PM UTC-7, Richard Pitcairn wrote: > > I would like to visually compare two documents but can't see how to have > both open side by side

Re: grep search - insert character before search result

2019-04-29 Thread Dave
Or find: (?=\d{4}) replace: \t This finds the position before four consecutive digits and inserts a tab. -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbe

Re: Can I have two documents open same time, side by side?

2019-04-29 Thread Steve deRosier
Obviously the tile command that Nestor suggested will do it, but one of my favorite utilities for handling this is Moom. In particular because I might want to "tile" windows from multiple apps. https://manytricks.com/moom/ - Steve On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 4:08 PM Nestor Aguilera wrote: > > Hi Ric

Re: Can I have two documents open same time, side by side?

2019-04-29 Thread Nestor Aguilera
Hi Richard: You could arrange the two front windows with "Window -> Arrange -> Tile Front Two Windows Across", scroll them until the same lines are adjacent, and then use "Window -> Syncrho scrolling". Hope this helps. Nestor === > On 29 Apr 2019,

Can I have two documents open same time, side by side?

2019-04-29 Thread Richard Pitcairn
I would like to visually compare two documents but can't see how to have both open side by side. I have searched user manual and on line and not finding an answer. Is it possible? Thanks, — Richard -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need techn

Re: grep - add character before search result instead of replace

2019-04-29 Thread Archibald Campbell
Good to know. Unfortunately for us, this was answered in another thread. Not sure why there were two. > On Apr 29, 2019, at 13:10, @lbutlr wrote: > > On 29 Apr 2019, at 11:20, Archibald Campbell wrote: >> In the search, put parentheses around your search pattern, ala (\d\d\d\d), >> and then

Re: grep - add character before search result instead of replace

2019-04-29 Thread @lbutlr
On 29 Apr 2019, at 11:20, Archibald Campbell wrote: > In the search, put parentheses around your search pattern, ala (\d\d\d\d), > and then on the replace, try \t\1. The "\1" is a backreference to the > pattern, so it'll put that pattern after the tab. There's more in the manual > about it. Th

Re: grep - add character before search result instead of replace

2019-04-29 Thread Archibald Campbell
geb, In the search, put parentheses around your search pattern, ala (\d\d\d\d), and then on the replace, try \t\1. The "\1" is a backreference to the pattern, so it'll put that pattern after the tab. There's more in the manual about it. Hope this helps. Archie > On Apr 28, 2019, at 15:03,

Re: grep search - insert character before search result

2019-04-29 Thread gebseng
Thank's so much Bruce and Tom! This works perfect of course... best, geb On Monday, 29 April 2019 02:02:50 UTC+2, Bruce Linde wrote: > > find: (\d\d\d\d) > replace: \t\1 > > > > > > On Apr 28, 2019, at 2:53 PM, gebseng > > wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > In bbedit 12, I am using grep in the Find