Re: [ jEdit-users ] Tab character in search / case matching replace

[Jeffrey H. <jc...@gm...>]

On 11/19/05, Zolt=E1n K=F3csi <zo...@be...> wrote:
> How can I enter the tab character in the search/replace?
> If I hit tab, the selection goes to the next entry. If I type \t then
> it will search for the characters \ and t. I can mark a tab in the text
> and paste it, but if I am searching for it, chances are I don't know
> where it is.

You use \t, but you have to make sure regex is turned on (Regular
Expressions checkbox is checked).

> The other question, can jEdit do a case matching replace?
> That is, if I tell it to replace foo with bar, then it would
> change foo to bar, FOO to BAR, Foo to Bar, fOo to bAr and so
> on, searching case insensitively but matching the character
> case for the replacement (where applicable, of course; if
> the pattern and the replacement are not equal in length, the
> case matching should be limited to the shorter of the two).

That's how the case insensitive search and replace already works, if I
understand you correctly.  There's a good write up in the manual on
both regex and the search and replace box.

Jeff

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