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Re: Search & Replace

From Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.acorn.apps
Subject Re: Search & Replace
Date 2012-01-10 23:40 +0100
Organization MW Software
Message-ID <05ce934f52.martin@bach.planiverse.com> (permalink)
References <81da4a4e52.kbarter@orpheusnet.co.uk> <524e4e73a9Paul@sprie.nl> <4df1cc4e52.kbarter@orpheusnet.co.uk> <mpro.lxla9i00ah5wj04o0.vinceh@softrock.co.uk>

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In message <mpro.lxla9i00ah5wj04o0.vinceh@softrock.co.uk>
          Vince M Hudd <vinceh@softrock.co.uk> wrote:

> Erving <erving@riscos.org> wrote:

> [ConvText]

>> A programme which would work in the same way with an Impression document
>> would be most useful

> I've never been an Impression user, so I know nothing of its internal
> format, etc, but that might not matter.

> With the latest versions of WebChange, you can specify the filetypes it will
> operate on. I'm on the wrong machine, in the wrong location at the moment,
> but IIRC, Choices:WebChange.Text (or is it TextTypes?). This file specifies
> the types of file WebChange will treat as 'textual' filetypes (which means
> processes such as search and replace will work on them, but not processes
> that do anything with HTML markup). So, in here, you'd add the filetype for
> the Impression files you wish to process.

Since Impression files are in a binary format, that can only work in 
very limited circumstances. Any attempt to replace a string by a 
string with a different length will immediately break the file.

-- 
Martin
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Martin Wuerthner         MW Software      http://www.mw-software.com/
        RISC OS Software for Design, Printing and Publishing
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Search & Replace Erving <erving@riscos.org> - 2012-01-08 10:47 +0000
  Re: Search & Replace Paul Sprangers <Paul@sprie.nl> - 2012-01-08 12:27 +0100
    Re: Search & Replace News poster <workstuff@mail.com> - 2012-01-09 11:09 +0100
    Re: Search & Replace Erving <erving@riscos.org> - 2012-01-09 10:28 +0000
      Re: Search & Replace Vince M Hudd <vinceh@softrock.co.uk> - 2012-01-10 15:41 +0000
        Re: Search & Replace Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-01-10 23:40 +0100
          Re: Search & Replace Vince M Hudd <vinceh@softrock.co.uk> - 2012-01-10 22:54 +0000
            Re: Search & Replace druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-01-11 20:30 +0000
              Re: Search & Replace Erving <erving@riscos.org> - 2012-01-15 11:03 +0000
                Re: Search & Replace Harriet Bazley <bazley@feathermail.co.uk> - 2012-01-17 23:15 +0000
                Re: Search & Replace Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-01-18 07:32 +0000
                Re: Search & Replace "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-01-18 09:30 +0000
                Re: Search & Replace Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-01-18 19:48 +0000
                Re: Search & Replace Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-01-18 10:25 +0000
                Re: Search & Replace Harriet Bazley <bazley@feathermail.co.uk> - 2012-01-19 04:04 +0000
      Re: Search & Replace Erving <erving@riscos.org> - 2012-01-15 15:20 +0000

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