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\begin_layout Title
Advanced Find&Replace
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-This document is currently maintained by Tommaso Cucinotta, the main developer
- of this feature at the moment.
- For suggestions, comments or clarification requests regarding this document,
- as well as for notifying possible issues or bugs arising from the use of
- this feature, please use the standard support channels of LyX (i.e., bug
- tracking and mailing lists).
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-
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\begin_layout Author
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\begin_layout Standard
-The Advanced Find&Replace feature of LyX allows for searching of complex,
- format-sensitive text segments and mathematics contents within LyX documents.
+The Advanced Find&Replace feature
+\begin_inset Foot
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+For suggestions, comments or clarification requests regarding this document,
+ as well as for notifying possible issues or bugs arising from the use of
+ this feature, please use the standard support channels of LyX (i.e., bug
+ tracking and mailing lists).
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+ of LyX allows for searching of complex, format-sensitive text segments
+ and mathematics contents within LyX documents.
This constitutes an enhancement of the standard (quick) Find&Replace feature.
\end_layout
search may be format-insensitive, so that the searched text is found in
any context/style (standard text, section headings, notes, and even mathematics
), or it may be format-sensitive, so that, for example, a word entered with
- a section heading will only be found within section headings.
+ a section heading will only be found within section headings;
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Itemize
+search may be widened to a specific
+\emph on
+scope
+\emph default
+, i.e., a set of files which may be all the children of the document being
+ edited, all the open files, or all the manuals available from the
+\noun on
+Help
+\noun default
+ menu.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Edit->Find&Replace (Advanced)
\noun default
menù item.
+ This causes the Advanced Find&Replace dialog to show up, as shown in Figure
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset CommandInset ref
+LatexCommand ref
+reference "fig:AdvancedFindReplaceDialog"
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
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+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+\begin_inset Graphics
+ filename clipart/AdvancedFindAndReplace.png
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+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+\begin_inset Caption
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+\begin_inset CommandInset label
+LatexCommand label
+name "fig:AdvancedFindReplaceDialog"
+
+\end_inset
+
+The Advanced Find&Replace Dialog.
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
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\begin_layout Subsection
Find...
\noun default
- LyX mini-editor a simple word, and search for occurrences of it by pushing
- the
+ LyX mini-editor a simple word, and search for occurrences of it by clicking
+ on the
\noun on
Next
\noun default
- button below it (or just pressing
+ button below it (or just pressing the
\noun on
[Return]
\noun default
\noun on
[Enter
\noun default
-]).
+] keys).
The entered word is found both in text mode and in math mode, and both
in emphasized, bold or normal face, and both in section titles and in standard
text.
searches for the entered text backwards.
\end_layout
+\begin_layout Standard
+While searching, the
+\noun on
+case sensitive
+\noun default
+ option allows matches to occur only with the same case as entered in the
+
+\noun on
+Find...
+
+\noun default
+ box.
+ The
+\noun on
+whole words
+\noun default
+ option allows matches to occur only at word boundaries.
+\end_layout
+
\begin_layout Subsection
Searching for mathematics
\end_layout
t.
\end_layout
+\begin_layout Subsection
+Replace
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+The text segments matching the text entered in the
+\noun on
+Find...
+
+\noun default
+ LyX mini-editor may be replaced with the text segments entered in the
+\noun on
+Replace...
+
+\noun default
+ LyX mini-editor.
+ In order to find the next occurrence and replace it, click on the
+\noun on
+Next
+\noun default
+ and
+\noun on
+Prev
+\noun default
+ buttons below the
+\noun on
+Replace...
+
+\noun default
+ mini-editor.
+ Alternatively, you can use the [
+\noun on
+Enter
+\noun default
+] and [
+\noun on
+Shift+Enter
+\noun default
+] keys while in the
+\noun on
+Replace...
+
+\noun default
+ LyX mini-editor.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+You can replace full-featured formatted LyX segments in place of the matching
+ text segments in your document.
+ Typical scenarios in which to use this capability may be (just to mention
+ a few):
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Itemize
+replacing occurrences of a word with a customized formatted version of the
+ same word, for example replacing occurrences of a name like
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+func()
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+ with its monospace version
+\family typewriter
+
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+func()
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+;
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+performing a notation rework of mathematical symbols, for example replacing
+ occurrences of
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset Formula $R$
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+ with
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset Formula $\mathbb{R}$
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+ (you may want to enable the
+\noun on
+whole-words
+\noun default
+ and
+\noun on
+case-sensitive
+\noun default
+ options and disable the
+\family typewriter
+\noun on
+Ignore Format
+\family default
+\noun default
+ option in the
+\family typewriter
+\noun on
+Advanced
+\family default
+\noun default
+ pane, in order to avoid replacing all
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+R
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+ letters occurring in normal text), or occurrences of
+\begin_inset Formula $x_{j}^{i}$
+\end_inset
+
+ with
+\begin_inset Formula $x_{i,\, j}$
+\end_inset
+
+, or occurrences of
+\begin_inset Formula $x[k]$
+\end_inset
+
+ with
+\begin_inset Formula $x_{k}$
+\end_inset
+
+.
+\end_layout
+
\begin_layout Section
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
\noun on
[Match...]
\noun default
- dropdown button or by typing [C-S-r].
+ dropdown button or by the [C-S-r] key sequence.
Characters entered in the
\noun on
Find...
\begin_inset Formula $\frac{.*}{1+x^{2}}$
\end_inset
-, where the
+ (where the
\begin_inset Formula $.*$
\end_inset
on the numerator is the match-everything regular expression that may be
- added by pressing the
+ added by clicking on the
\noun on
[Match...]->[Anything]
\noun default
- button, or entering the regexp-mode through C-S-r and by typing
+ button, or entering the regexp-mode through the [C-S-r] key sequence and
+ by typing
\begin_inset Formula $.*$
\end_inset
-, finds all fractions with the given denominator.
+) finds all fractions with the given denominator.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
in all entered regular expressions.
\end_layout
+\begin_layout Standard
+Note that the use of back references in the replaced text is not (yet) implement
+ed.
+\end_layout
+
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