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signum · 08-29-2011, 03:08 AM

Here's a little glitch I haven't seen discussed anywhere else on this forum. I'm trying to do a global replace on some text, but it won't work the first time, but will work if I try it again. Specifically, I'm trying to replace the string

Code:

<p>#</p>

with

Code:

<hr />

everywhere in my document. The hash mark was substituted for a fancy graphic by the third-party program I used to convert a pdf to text. The fancy graphic in the original represents a scene break in the narrative. There are 16 of them.

So, I do a "replace all" and Sigil reports 16 changes. I immediately do a "replace all" again and Sigil again reports 16 changes. If I try it a third time, Sigil reports 0 changes.

The first time I noticed this, I had gone through making sure each replacement was what I wanted. Turned out, every candidate was needing to be changed, but that method didn't actually replace anything the first time through either.

I have a workaround, so it's not a huge problem, but it should probably be looked at some time.

Kubuntu 11.04
Sigil 0.4.1

Thanks in advance.

08-29-2011, 03:08 AM	#1
signum Zealot Posts: 119 Karma: 64428 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: none	Global Replace Here's a little glitch I haven't seen discussed anywhere else on this forum. I'm trying to do a global replace on some text, but it won't work the first time, but will work if I try it again. Specifically, I'm trying to replace the string Code: <p>#</p> with Code: <hr /> everywhere in my document. The hash mark was substituted for a fancy graphic by the third-party program I used to convert a pdf to text. The fancy graphic in the original represents a scene break in the narrative. There are 16 of them. So, I do a "replace all" and Sigil reports 16 changes. I immediately do a "replace all" again and Sigil again reports 16 changes. If I try it a third time, Sigil reports 0 changes. The first time I noticed this, I had gone through making sure each replacement was what I wanted. Turned out, every candidate was needing to be changed, but that method didn't actually replace anything the first time through either. I have a workaround, so it's not a huge problem, but it should probably be looked at some time. Kubuntu 11.04 Sigil 0.4.1 Thanks in advance.