Why is there such an extensive text about Windows, Mac and Unix newlines? As far as I know, the dialogs work the same for _any_ newline character string, so this may only be confusing to users that normally don't have to worry about that. If you don't want to keep this information from users, please put it at the end of the explanation as a remark.
Also the tip to switch to Hex mode is kind of more than needed. Why? Simply select a newline character by pressing End, then CursorRight. Showing newline characters may be of help, but isn't needed. The same goes for tabs, add this as a tip.
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"Why is there such an extensive text about Windows, Mac and Unix newlines?"
I can't remember if I added that or not. I think people were getting confused in cases where there was a mixture of newline types. From the text, which I *think* I wrote, is sounds like if your file is in Windows mode and there's a stray LF in there, then you won't understand why your search won't find it unless you know about this.
I don't know who added the Hex mode stuff, but if it works, then it can't hurt to have another way to do it.
If you don't like how it's worded, you're welcome to fix it.
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With <ctrl-H> I get standard Notepad++ Find/research menue. There is no switch to control greedyness for regular expressions.
But with <ctrl-R> there is a more comprehensive inferface, at least including a switch for "one replacement per line".
Question: is there any hint where to find a help file for the <ctrl-R> menue?
Take a look at this:
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/regExpList.php
This might be interesting too:
http://notepad-plus.wiki.sourceforge.net/FindReplaceNewlineHowTo
Why is there such an extensive text about Windows, Mac and Unix newlines? As far as I know, the dialogs work the same for _any_ newline character string, so this may only be confusing to users that normally don't have to worry about that. If you don't want to keep this information from users, please put it at the end of the explanation as a remark.
Also the tip to switch to Hex mode is kind of more than needed. Why? Simply select a newline character by pressing End, then CursorRight. Showing newline characters may be of help, but isn't needed. The same goes for tabs, add this as a tip.
"Why is there such an extensive text about Windows, Mac and Unix newlines?"
I can't remember if I added that or not. I think people were getting confused in cases where there was a mixture of newline types. From the text, which I *think* I wrote, is sounds like if your file is in Windows mode and there's a stray LF in there, then you won't understand why your search won't find it unless you know about this.
I don't know who added the Hex mode stuff, but if it works, then it can't hurt to have another way to do it.
If you don't like how it's worded, you're welcome to fix it.