replace all has to be triggered twice

cybmole · 01-29-2013, 12:23 PM

i am seeing some unexplained behaviour with replaceall regex in that it sometimes has to be run twice to truly replace all.
I isolate a phrase & set up the find regex with a blank replace.

then I click replace all & it does one or two replacements, but when I click it again, it does a whole lot more.

I can't puzzle out why it needs to run twice.

e.g. most my recent example - removing unwanted anchors from chapter starts..
I use find
<a class="calibre7" id="filepos\d+"></a>
+ replace all
(with nothing)

. expecting 29 hits , 1 per chapter, instead I got only 2 hits, followed by 27 hits at next attempt.

the open xhtml was 1st chapter.
mode regex, all hteml files - down + replace all. nothing else ticked.

any explanation as to why it needed to be run twice?

Turtle91 · 01-29-2013, 12:58 PM

I think there may be a glitch with the replace all functionality as I have had a similar experience.

I have a saved Group (to clean up the .css page) with about 9 entries. I hold CTRL (to prevent it from defaulting to All HTML Files) and click on replace all...and it skips the first entry every time. I have to run it a 2nd time to get it to apply.

I hope that helps someone figure out if/where the glitch may be...

meme · 01-29-2013, 01:00 PM

This is a known issue that should be fixed for the next release.

The problem is due to the way Pretty Print Tidy is run - it wasn't being run before the first replace all.

Turtle91 · 01-29-2013, 01:12 PM

Sweet! Thanks meme!!

01-29-2013, 12:23 PM	#1
cybmole Wizard Posts: 3,720 Karma: 1759970 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: none	replace all has to be triggered twice i am seeing some unexplained behaviour with replaceall regex in that it sometimes has to be run twice to truly replace all. I isolate a phrase & set up the find regex with a blank replace. then I click replace all & it does one or two replacements, but when I click it again, it does a whole lot more. I can't puzzle out why it needs to run twice. e.g. most my recent example - removing unwanted anchors from chapter starts.. I use find <a class="calibre7" id="filepos\d+"></a> + replace all (with nothing) . expecting 29 hits , 1 per chapter, instead I got only 2 hits, followed by 27 hits at next attempt. the open xhtml was 1st chapter. mode regex, all hteml files - down + replace all. nothing else ticked. any explanation as to why it needed to be run twice?

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Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,093 Karma: 18727053 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Charleston, SC today Device: iPhone 11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire	I think there may be a glitch with the replace all functionality as I have had a similar experience. I have a saved Group (to clean up the .css page) with about 9 entries. I hold CTRL (to prevent it from defaulting to All HTML Files) and click on replace all...and it skips the first entry every time. I have to run it a 2nd time to get it to apply. I hope that helps someone figure out if/where the glitch may be...

01-29-2013, 01:00 PM	#3
meme Sigil developer Posts: 1,275 Karma: 1101600 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle PW, K4 NT, K3, Kobo Touch	This is a known issue that should be fixed for the next release. The problem is due to the way Pretty Print Tidy is run - it wasn't being run before the first replace all.

01-29-2013, 01:12 PM	#4
Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,093 Karma: 18727053 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Charleston, SC today Device: iPhone 11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire	Sweet! Thanks meme!!