On 24/05/12 22:14, Christian Brabandt wrote:
> Hi Bob!
>
> On Do, 24 Mai 2012, Bob von Knobloch wrote:
>
>> Hi, I've searched all over but can't find an answer. How can one perform
>> commands like ':%s/\n/\r\r/g' (replacing newlines or tabs etc.) in the
>> gui's 'find and replace' dialogue?
>
> Not possible, the replace text is escaped:
>
> ,----[ gui.c ]-
> |5276 ga_concat(&ga, (char_u *)"/");
> |5277 /* escape / and \ */
> |5278 p = vim_strsave_escaped(repl_text, (char_u *)"/\\");
> `----
>
> Here is an experimental patch against the gtk gui, that adds an extra
> flag, and allows to replace with special chars ,e.g. \t for Tab
>
> Looking at the dialog, it could possibly also get some more
> possibilities, e.g. a confirm/undo button, perhaps even more.
>
> regards,
> Christian
>
Thanks Christian,
I really wanted to know if I had missed something. This demonstrates
that the gui cannot replace these characters. I don't want to build my
own version, mainly because I can use the command line. It's when I try
to explain to others (who have the 'standard' issue gvim), that it seems
strange that the 2 input methods are different. However, that's how it is.
Thanks very much for you efforts.
Bob
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