One option to use an external editor would be ScriptTracker. You could export the scripts, do your bulk changes, and then import them back.
Brian Milby br...@milby7.com > On Nov 22, 2022, at 4:10 PM, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > A random thought: if you converted to script-only stack behaviors first, > then you would have a bunch of text files you can use whatever tool you > like on. > > gc > >> On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 1:25 PM J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> I'm updating a very old set of stacks that use old HC syntax for "lock >> screen". A search with >> LC's Find utility says there are 723 instances that may need to be >> changed. Right now they look >> like this: >> >> lock screen >> -- do any number of things >> unlock screen with <effect> >> >> These all need to be changed to: >> >> lock screen for visual effect >> -- do any number of things >> unlock screen with visual effect <effect> >> >> The challenge is that not all "lock screen" commands use a visual effect, >> some are simple >> lock/unlock pairs. I need to automate this. The visual effects are not all >> the same. Some >> handlers have multiple instances of locking the screen with or without a >> visual effect. >> >> I'd use a regex if I could, but back references aren't supported (or are >> they now?) I really >> don't want to do this manually. >> >> -- >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
