Re: [libreoffice-users] Help with find & replace.

On 16/03/2022 18:27, Brian Barker wrote:
> At 16:29 16/03/2022 +0000, Dave Barton wrote:
> > I am looking for a find & replace solution in Writer, where there is a
> > blank space as the last character of a paragraph (eg. last word
> > <space><LF><CR>). In the original OOo and most of the text editors I
> > use the simple solution that worked/works perfectly is: Find =
> > <space>$ Replace = $ (Note: I use <space> here to represent a single
> > space character). This does not work in LO Writer, so I am forced to
> > fiddle around copying from LO and pasting into AOO, running F&R in
> > AOO, then copy/paste back again. Any pointers would be welcome.
>
> I'm surprised that exactly what you say works in OpenOffice. Don't you
> need to find space-dollar, just as you describe, but to replace with
> nothing? Replacing with dollar will surely insert an unwanted dollar
> character?
>
> Or have you forgotten to click "Other options" in the Find and Replace
> dialogue and to tick "Regular expressions"?
>
> I trust this helps.
>
> Brian Barker

Hi Brian,

After 22 Years of you and I being involved in this project, I genuinely
bow to your superior knowledge in this area. However, I do assure you
that the convoluted LO->AOO->LO  nonsense works for me, exactly as it
did in the days of OOo.

No, I have not forgotten to click "Other options in the Find and Replace
dialogue and to tick "Regular expressions", please see my screen capture:
https://www.mediafire.com/view/80552jkp3qw6o8x/F%2526R_LO.png/file

Here is a very simplistic file illustrating the <space><CR><LF>
paragraph endings:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/vmixa9r4dhjpc9e/F%2526R_LO.odt/file

Version: 7.3.1.3 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: a69ca51ded25f3eefd52d7bf9a5fad8c90b87951
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19043; UI render: default; VCL: win
Locale: es-ES (en_IE); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

If you can please show me where I am going wrong, I would be extremely
grateful.

Dave Barton


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