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

2013/4/5 Jay Lozier <jslozier@gmail.com>:
> 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.

Yes, that seems to work for the OP too, so that was not what he was
asking, as it seems.

> I believe the opposite direction will work since /t is the escape
> sequence for tab.

It seems like the OP believed that too, but still it didn't work.

> The /t usage dates way back as a method of identifying
> where tabs are located.

Yes, the OP mentioned that too in his first post. Still it didn't work for him.
And you didn't even try it, so still he knows absolutely nothing more
than before creating this thread.
Unfortunately I am still with 3.6, so I can't help either. Sorry for that.

Johnny Rosenberg

> > 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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