Request for find cursor action

mrmikel · 04-06-2014, 10:44 AM

Is it a possibility, Kovid, to return the cursor and highlight focus to the screen when finding?

My use case is a PDF which does not follow the capitalization of the original. ie William e. Shakespeare.

I have come up with a regex that will find them, but I have to click on the screen and highlight it to be able to use a macro to uppercase it.

Since I have innumerable of them to do, it would be nice if I could find, apply the macro, find......

kovidgoyal · 04-06-2014, 10:49 AM

I'd rather not spend time on this. When I implement native the macro facility it will become redundant.

theducks · 04-06-2014, 11:07 AM

If this is what I think it is:

(As a PI for the editor ?)

Sometimes I use Find: Just for manual Replace or Adds and it would be mice to have some of the added flexibility that The S&R in the Metadata editor has.

Find:
Leave the target: (tickbox) as the selection; cursor: before, after
(the current states is after and selected)

The reason for the tick is to guarantee deselection at arrival so you don't overwrite the target:
Find: Chapter
(I want to append) <space>Fourty-Two
Not accidentally wipe out 'Chapter' in the process

04-06-2014, 10:44 AM	#1
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	Request for find cursor action Is it a possibility, Kovid, to return the cursor and highlight focus to the screen when finding? My use case is a PDF which does not follow the capitalization of the original. ie William e. Shakespeare. I have come up with a regex that will find them, but I have to click on the screen and highlight it to be able to use a macro to uppercase it. Since I have innumerable of them to do, it would be nice if I could find, apply the macro, find......

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04-06-2014, 10:49 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,251 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I'd rather not spend time on this. When I implement native the macro facility it will become redundant.

04-06-2014, 11:07 AM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,939 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	If this is what I think it is: (As a PI for the editor ?) Sometimes I use Find: Just for manual Replace or Adds and it would be mice to have some of the added flexibility that The S&R in the Metadata editor has. Find: Leave the target: (tickbox) as the selection; cursor: before, after (the current states is after and selected) The reason for the tick is to guarantee deselection at arrival so you don't overwrite the target: Find: Chapter (I want to append) <space>Fourty-Two Not accidentally wipe out 'Chapter' in the process

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