Re: [libreoffice-users] Find & Replace and \t expression [Writer]

On 04/05/2013 07:54 AM, gordom wrote:
> W dniu 2013-04-05 02:39, Jay Lozier pisze:
> > On 04/04/2013 07:25 PM, gordom wrote:
> > > Hallo everyone.
> > > Recently I switched to LibreOffice 4 and I have some problem with Tabs
> > > in Find & Replace window. If I want to use \t  expression in the
> > > Replace with box it doesn't work (in older version there was no
> > > problem with that). \t expression is treated literally, its special
> > > meaning is suppressed. At the same time \t used in Search for box
> > > works fine. Of course Regular expressions box is checked. What am I
> > > doing wrong? Any help will be appreciated. Regards,
> > >
> > > gordom
> > I replaced tabs using \t with regular expressions clicked on in Replace.
> > No other options were selected. This was in Writer (4.0.2.10) on Linux
> > Mint 13/64
>
>
> Does it mean that you can both:
> - search for tabs using \t expression and also
> - replace any symbol with tab using \t expression
> ???
With regular expression checked I searched for /t and as test replaced 
with a. I believe the opposite direction will work since /t is the 
escape sequence for tab. The /t usage dates way back as a method of 
identifying where tabs are located.
> I use LO 4.0.2.2 on Win XP SP 3 and I can only search for tabs using 
> \t expression but I can't replace any symbols with a tab.
>
> Regards,
> gordom


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