Quote:
Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
To me, "Replace All" replacing all matches and not some of all, is the obvious and correct behavior. If I wanted to have a button that replaced some matches, I would call it "Replace some".
And changing it would just mean that lots of users like me would then be confused and I would have to deal them instead. Since, in either case there are going to be confused users, I prefer to have to proffer explanations I actually believe in.
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by DoctorOhh
If Replace All did not replace all, that would be a support issue to be sure. In my apparent ignorance I thought the way Kovid described how this section works was the standard operating procedure for a Find / Replace feature.
|
Same here. I expect most users will see the word "all" and assume it really does mean "all".
Wrap and direction clearly refer to the OTHER option there, "replace one"!
Besides, if I click "replace all" it's because I have pinned down a specific match that really does need replacing
everywhere -- partial bulk replacement is clearly what the "marked text" option is meant for.
I have never actually heard of a find/replace utility that does differently.