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Find/Replace in Files: Inconsistent with basic Find/Replace

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:42 pm
by mike004
XML Author 12.1, build 2011012011 on Red Hat Linux 5.5

I am finding that using the same regular expression for Find/Replace (on a single file) and Find/Replace in Files (across multiple files) does not return consistent results.

For example, finding multiple white spaces
Regular expression is \s\s+
Using Find/Replace ignores any line returns and grabs white space across lines.
Using Find/Replace in Files stops at a line return and just grabs white space to the end of the line.

Re: Find/Replace in Files: Inconsistent with basic Find/Replace

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:30 pm
by adrian
Hello,

This is a known limitation, Find/Replace in Files searches one line at a time, so you cannot obtain search matches that span over multiple lines.
We do plan to resolve this limitation in a future version of Oxygen. I've added your vote for this.

Regards,
Adrian