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by David Haslam
Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:52 pm
Forum: General
Topic: replace blocks of words starting and ending with x and y
Replies: 17
Views: 4722

I agree that using star plus gave the same bug

I agree.

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START.+END
gave same symptoms even in TP 4.7.3
by David Haslam
Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:49 pm
Forum: General
Topic: replace blocks of words starting and ending with x and y
Replies: 17
Views: 4722

Version

I am using v4.7.3 and have no plan to upgrade to version 5.2
by David Haslam
Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:44 pm
Forum: General
Topic: replace blocks of words starting and ending with x and y
Replies: 17
Views: 4722

This works for your example

This works for your example:

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START.*END

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1234 START more words END 123 
1234 START xyz END 123 
textpad is fun START abc END la la la
became

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1234  123 
1234  123 
textpad is fun  la la la
You could easily follow it with find two spaces and replace by a single space.
by David Haslam
Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:32 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Change date format
Replies: 2
Views: 731

It would be easy to do this using DataMystic TextPipe

Such a task would be ideally suited to DataMystic TextPipe.
by David Haslam
Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:46 am
Forum: General
Topic: Replace double quotes within double quotes
Replies: 4
Views: 1001

Try DataMystic TextPipe instead

Might I suggest that you consider using DataMystic TextPipe for such a task?I've been using TextPipe Standard for several years, and have been very pleased with it.
by David Haslam
Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:12 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Notepad++ Find dialog has a Count button, why not TextPad?
Replies: 2
Views: 909

Status bar

Yes - I knew that (as a long term Textpad user) - but it ain't as neat, and not nearly so obvious to the rookie user.
by David Haslam
Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:10 pm
Forum: General
Topic: TextPad website home page still shows 5.1 (not 5.2)
Replies: 3
Views: 661

You were right about the cache

In IE use {Shift F5} to refresh works.

It surprised me that the page I had not recently visited was still cached.
by David Haslam
Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:37 am
Forum: General
Topic: Notepad++ Find dialog has a Count button, why not TextPad?
Replies: 2
Views: 909

Notepad++ Find dialog has a Count button, why not TextPad?

The Notepad++ Find dialog has a Count button, so why not add such a feature to TextPad?

Knowing how many occurrences there are for your search string can be very useful feedback (and error check) before you move on to perform a search and replace.
by David Haslam
Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:33 am
Forum: General
Topic: TextPad website home page still shows 5.1 (not 5.2)
Replies: 3
Views: 661

TextPad website home page still shows 5.1 (not 5.2)

The TextPad home page still advertises the latest version as 5.1 rather than 5.2
by David Haslam
Mon Jun 13, 2005 6:23 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Find and Replace with a delete
Replies: 1
Views: 450

strip out all the COMMAS

What's wrong about {F8} with Find="," and Replace="" ? (without the quotes!)

Or do you want the CSV fields aligned in columns?
Try Replace="\t" with Regular Expression ticked.

You can adjust the tab spacing for a [new] document class.
I once made my own document class called "Tab Separated ...
by David Haslam
Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:44 pm
Forum: General
Topic: How to view file details when opening a file
Replies: 2
Views: 465

File save / file open dialogs in Windows - a solution?

You might consider Filebox eXtender from http://www.hyperionics.com/

Not exactly what you wanted - but useful nonetheless.

Have you made use of Textpad Workspaces?
by David Haslam
Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:36 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Multiple item - single search
Replies: 2
Views: 1466

Parsing log file data

Off-topic as regards Textpad, but you might wish to consider DataMystic TextPipe for parsing log files.I found TextPipe Standard was a ready made solution to process CSV files that had more than 256 fields, so that I could open them using Excel.
by David Haslam
Wed Jun 08, 2005 6:11 pm
Forum: General
Topic: TextPad Regular Expression FAQ
Replies: 5
Views: 6905

The Premier Web Site about Regular Expressions

Have you seen this site? http://www.regular-expressions.info/

There must be a number of similar sites. Why re-invent the wheel?
by David Haslam
Thu May 26, 2005 5:50 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Syntax definitions for OPML (Outline Processor Markup Lang)?
Replies: 0
Views: 240

Syntax definitions for OPML (Outline Processor Markup Lang)?

Does anyone have a Textpad syntax definitions file for OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language)? Outline Processor Markup Language (OPML) is a format for storing outlines (such as those produced by any of several popular outliners for personal computers) in XML. Each outline is represented as a tree ...