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

W dniu 2013-04-05 14:39, Jay Lozier pisze:
> 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.


Obviously it doesn't work for me. I'm able to search for \t but I can't 
use \t in replace with box. But I agree, it use to work in previous 
versions of OO and LO indeed. Something was changed in LO 4. This 
problem occurs at least on my machine.


> > 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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