Ability to limit Find/Replace scope to bookmarked lines

[CyberSlug]

See subject line

Useful to me how:
1) Run some regular expression search to bookmark certain lines
2) Run some regular expression replace only on bookmark lines

I had to write a Visual Basic program to accomplish what I wanted:
If line contains a certain keyword Then
Add an astrisk to the beginning of the line.
EndIf

[Bob Hansen]

Are you suggesting:
1.
A. Mark some lines first with bookmarks.
B. Do a Search only on those bookmarked lines

2.
A. Mark some lines first with bookmarks.
B. Do a Replace only on those bookmarked lines

[CyberSlug]

Sort of both.... Sorry if I was not clear.

I am suggesting that when you go to Search/Replace, there should be an option under Scope for bookmaked lines.

Search > Replace
Scope:
o Active document
o Selected text
o All documents
o Bookmarked lines

There could be a similar option for Search > Find, but that's less important to me.
Hope that makes more sense.

[Bob Hansen]

Temporary workaround:

Edit, Copy Other, Bookmarked Lines
File, New, Paste. Go to top of document.
Search, Document
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Hmm, so far so good, but now no way to replace same lines in original document

NEVER MIND this workaround.!

[CyberSlug]

This missing feature is bothering me, so I wrote a tool for TextPad. (It's crashed TextPad a few times, though--so use at your own risk.)

Maybe someone will find it useful--until the feature I've requested becomes part of TextPad

Script requires AutoIt3.exe from http://www.hiddensoft.com/autoit3/

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;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; AutoIt 3.0.73 script for TextPad 4.71                              ;
; Philip Gump - philipgump@yahoo.com - 6 Nov 2003                    ;
; Allow user to perform a Replace operation only on bookmarked lines ;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

; Script requires AutoIt3.exe from http://www.hiddensoft.com/autoit3/

; 0. Assign a user-defined tool with [change paths as appropriate]:
;       Command "C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\AutoIt3.exe"
;       Parameters "D:\My Scripts\Bookmark Replace.au3" $line
; 1. Open the Replace Dialog window and type in the "find what" and
;       "replace with" information.
; 2. Choose "selected text" as the scope, then click "Replace All"
; 3. Click OK, then close the Replace Dialog window.
; 4. Finally, run the user defined tool.


; NOTE:  One disadvantage is that your Undo buffer may fill up fast
;   since each bookmarked line replace counts as an action...

; Tested under Windows XP Pro sp1 with TextPad 4.71 and
;   TextPad keystroke compatibility is set to "Microsoft Applications"


; HOW IT WORKS:
; This script works by jumping to the next bookmark, selecting the line,
;   then performs the previous Replace operation on selected text.
; In order for the script to know when to terminate, I position the
;   cursor at the top of the document .... and keep jumping  to the next
;   bookmark until the Status Bar says "Search passed the end of file"

; Enough comments.  Here's the code:

If Not WinActive("TextPad - ") Then
	Exit  ;just in case I accidently launch this script without TextPad active
EndIf

AutoItSetOption("SendKeyDelay",0) ;help speed things up (default is 10 ms)
AutoItSetOption("WinWaitDelay",0) ;default is 250 milliseconds

; Prompt user for the status of Word Wrap.  [You may want to remove this!]
$wrapStat = MsgBox(3,"Replace in bookmarked lines...","Is Word Wrap Enabled?")
Select
	case $wrapStat = 6 ;YES button clicked
		fixWordWrap()
   case $wrapStat = 2 ;CANCEL clicked
		Exit
EndSelect
Sleep(50)
WinActivate("TextPad - ")  ;needed to give right window focus

; Capture the "find what" information the user entered in the Replace dialog.
; (This step is necessary because selecting a line overwrites the info!)
Send("^h")  ;launch Replace dialog with Ctrl+H hotkey
WinWaitActive("Replace")
$text = StringTrimLeft(WinGetText("Replace", ""), 12)
$text = StringLeft($text, StringInStr($text, @LF)-1)
$findWhat = $text
Send("!{F4}")  ;close the Replace dialog via Alt+F4 hotkey

; Jump to the very first bookmark
  Send("^{END}")  ;move cursor to end of document via Ctrl+End hotkey
  WinMenuSelectItem("TextPad - ", "", "&Search", "N&ext Bookmark")
  Send("{HOME}")  ;makes the status bar is blank

; this loop checks the text on the Status Bar to know when reach end of file
While Not WinActive("TextPad - ", "Search passed the end of file")
   ;select current line via Shift+End hotkey
	  WinActivate("TextPad -")
	  Send("+{END}")
	;launch Replace dialog window (Ctrl+H) and supply info
	  Send("^h")
	  WinWaitActive("Replace")
	  Send($findWhat, 1)  ;supply the raw "find what" info
	  WinActivate("Replace")
	  Send("!s!a")  ;scope is selected text; click Replace All button

	Sleep(5)  ;just in case Replace pops up with error box...
	If WinActive("TextPad", "Cannot find") Then
		Send("{SPACE}")  ;close error box
		WinWaitActive("Replace")
	EndIf

	Send("!{F4}")  ;close the Replace dialog via Alt+F4 hotkey
	; jump to next bookmark  [you cannot put this command at top of loop]
   WinMenuSelectItem("TextPad - ", "", "&Search", "N&ext Bookmark")
Wend  ;loop

; Return user to original line he was on by checking the $line param.
If $CmdLine[0] = 1 Then  ;user has $line in the user-defined tool param
	WinMenuSelectItem("TextPad - ", "", "&Search", "&Go To...")
	WinWaitActive("Go To")
	Send($CmdLine[1] & "!l{TAB}{TAB}{SPACE}")
EndIf

fixWordWrap()
Exit


Func fixWordWrap()  ;toggle word wrap--but only if user had it enabled!
	If $wrapStat = 6
		WinMenuSelectItem("TextPad - ", "", "&Configure", "&Word Wrap")
	EndIf
EndFunc

[aimy]

Yeah...

This is a must feature!!!!

TextPad mustr have include option to perform the replace only on Bookmarked Lines!!

Please!!!!

[AmigoJack]

Although this is nearly 18 years old I also vote for "bookmarks" as a new scope in the search/replace dialog: it would be nice to perform everything only on bookmarked lines.

Enhanced example: I've bookmarked line 1, 3 and 8. When searching with a regex over two lines it should match either lines 1+3 or 3+8.

Simple example: count all matches, restricted to bookmarked lines only.