Den ons 16 mars 2022 kl 21:44 skrev Dave Barton <da...@libreoffice.org>:
> On 16/03/2022 20:01, Steve Edmonds wrote: > > > > > > On 17/03/2022 08:34, Dave Barton wrote: > >> On 16/03/2022 18:27, Brian Barker wrote: > >>> At 16:29 16/03/2022 +0000, Dave Barton wrote: > >>>> I am looking for a find & replace solution in Writer, where there is a > >>>> blank space as the last character of a paragraph (eg. last word > >>>> <space><LF><CR>). In the original OOo and most of the text editors I > >>>> use the simple solution that worked/works perfectly is: Find = > >>>> <space>$ Replace = $ (Note: I use <space> here to represent a single > >>>> space character). This does not work in LO Writer, so I am forced to > >>>> fiddle around copying from LO and pasting into AOO, running F&R in > >>>> AOO, then copy/paste back again. Any pointers would be welcome. > >>> I'm surprised that exactly what you say works in OpenOffice. Don't you > >>> need to find space-dollar, just as you describe, but to replace with > >>> nothing? Replacing with dollar will surely insert an unwanted dollar > >>> character? > >>> > >>> Or have you forgotten to click "Other options" in the Find and Replace > >>> dialogue and to tick "Regular expressions"? > >>> > >>> I trust this helps. > >>> > >>> Brian Barker > >> Hi Brian, > >> > >> After 22 Years of you and I being involved in this project, I genuinely > >> bow to your superior knowledge in this area. However, I do assure you > >> that the convoluted LO->AOO->LO nonsense works for me, exactly as it > >> did in the days of OOo. > >> > >> No, I have not forgotten to click "Other options in the Find and Replace > >> dialogue and to tick "Regular expressions", please see my screen > capture: > >> https://www.mediafire.com/view/80552jkp3qw6o8x/F%2526R_LO.png/file > >> > >> Here is a very simplistic file illustrating the <space><CR><LF> > >> paragraph endings: > >> https://www.mediafire.com/file/vmixa9r4dhjpc9e/F%2526R_LO.odt/file > >> > >> Version: 7.3.1.3 (x64) / LibreOffice Community > >> Build ID: a69ca51ded25f3eefd52d7bf9a5fad8c90b87951 > >> CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19043; UI render: default; VCL: > >> win > >> Locale: es-ES (en_IE); UI: en-US > >> Calc: threaded > >> > >> If you can please show me where I am going wrong, I would be extremely > >> grateful. > >> > >> Dave Barton > >> > >> > > May be this is sorted and I have received the emails out of order, but > > assuming you just want to remove the trailing space from each line, both > > Johnny's and Michael's methods work for me on your sample file. > > > > Find= [:space:]{1,}$ > > Replace= empty > > > > Find= <space>$ > > Replace= empty > > > > Use regular expression= checked > > Steve > > > Thanks Steve, but no it's NOT sorted. > > You have "Kinda" given me 1/2 a clue. > > What does {.1.} mean? > It means ”one or more of the previous character”. Well, it's {1,}, not {.1.}. You can also specify a maximum value, like this: {1,5}. This means ”at least one and not more than 5 of the previous character. For instance: [0-9]{3,5} This means at least three and not more than 5 numerical characters. Kind regards Johnny Rosenberg > > In all my researching of regular expressions, I have never encountered > this option. The wonderful thing about *_STANDARDS_* is that there are > such a wide variety of different ones to randomly chose and use. > > Dave > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
