How to search and replace to put blockquotes inside a div section?

[Peter Blaise]

How would I get Caliber to search and replace:

<div>blah-blah-blah</div>

with:

<div><blockquote>blah-blah-blah</blockquote></div>

or even replace it with:

<blockquote>blah-blah-blah</blockquote>

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I tried:

Regex Search: <div>(.*?)</div>
Repalce: <div><blockquote>\1</blockquote></div>

But that fails, even though I'm looking at a perfect match just below the cursor.

HELP!

Thanks.

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Maybe nevermind, I just saw:

[ ] Dot all - Make the '.' special character match any character at all, including a newline.

Checking that box seems to empower the search, and it found the target.

So, case closed... unless anyone else has any additional ideas?

Thanks.

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[lomkiri]

Originally Posted by Peter Blaise

replace:
<div>blah-blah-blah</div>
[...]
or even replace it with:
<blockquote>blah-blah-blah</blockquote>
[...]
So, case closed... unless anyone else has any additional ideas?

Use the plugin "Diaps Editing Toolbag" which is made exactly for that.

Be aware that your regex won't correctly replace nested divs :
<div> something <div>else.</div> Stop.</div>
=> <div><blockquote> something <div>else.</blockquote></div> Stop.</div>
which is incorrect.

[JSWolf]

Are they real <div> or are they <div> that should really be <p>?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Are they real <div> or are they <div> that should really be <p>?

Quit it Jon.
<div> is perfectly valid, just not optimum for a paragraph.

Is it really a naked (without class or style) div?

Just like the P tag, Blockquote has a default style.
You could simply style <div> to have a bigger right/left margin than a normal paragraph.

+1 on Diaps toolbag plugin. The Modify mode offers a lot.