Re: any editors that limit find/search to certain columns?

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: any editors that limit find/search to certain columns?
Date	2023-02-18 12:15 +0100
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On 2023-02-18 04:59, Suzy Wong wrote:
> In a job some years ago, we had a real nice editor, maybe it was 
> Ultraedit. The job files were a throwback to punch cards, so you would 
> do a find/replace restricted to columns 1-8 for example.
> I haven't seen any FOSS editor with this column option.
> Does anybody know one?

jstar should have it, but it fails. Seems a bug.

You have to set column mode (^OX), then mark start and end of block 
(^K^B, ^K^K), then search inside block (^Q^F, option 'k').

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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any editors that limit find/search to certain columns? Suzy Wong <suzywng@outlook.com> - 2023-02-18 11:59 +0800
  Re: any editors that limit find/search to certain columns? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2023-02-18 01:59 -0500
  Re: any editors that limit find/search to certain columns? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2023-02-18 12:15 +0100
  Re: any editors that limit find/search to certain columns? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2023-02-18 07:31 -0500
  Re: any editors that limit find/search to certain columns? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2023-02-18 10:54 -0700

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