Re: [ jEdit-users ] "Replace In Selected Text" *very* strange behavior

[Daniel B. <dan...@de...>]

Ah.. ok.   I'm used to editors that have a switch/button to turn that
behavior on and off.

Thanks!

Daniel


----- Original Message -----
From: "Slava Pestov" <sl...@je...>
To: <jed...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [ jEdit-users ] "Replace In Selected Text" *very* strange
behavior


> Daniel,
>
> The 'Replace' button in the Find dialog has the same effect as the
> 'Replace in Selection' command. So all you need to do is enter the
> find and replace strings, select the text in the text area, and hit
> 'Replace'. All occurences of the search string will be replaced with
> the replace string in that selection.
>
> Slava
>
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 09:49:33AM -0500, Daniel Beckham wrote:
> > Ok, maybe I don't know what I'm doing here, but something is wierd.  To
be
> > able to replace in the selected text, I have to do the following:
> >
> > Open the find, enter my find string and my replace string... then click
the
> > "Find" button to find the first occurance.  Close the Find dialog, then
> > select the text I wish to replace in, then select "Replace In Selected
Text"
> > from the menu bar.
> >
> > This is really strange and very counter-intuitive.  I think it would
make
> > much more sense to have either a button in the "Find" dialog that allows
you
> > to do "Replace All In Selected Text" or a checkbox that switches it on
for
> > any of the existing buttons.
> >
> > Personaly, I love Jedit and I just ditched Textpad/Homesite 4.5 for it.
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> >
> >
> >
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