Thanks. I’m hoping this is a temporary problem. I’m doing some file manipulation to get around bugs in a beta version of a program that hopefully will soon be fixed. Mostly asking to get a feel of how folks that have been using the Mac a lot longer than I have would deal with it. Based on tricks I’ve seen in a Windows editor I use, your script just prompted me to do a little digging. There is limited capability built in, but it requires you to perform an action that is apparently inaccessible with Voiceover. I could not do this without looking. It’s an old article.
TextEdit’s search feature (tap Cmd+F) appears not to let you search for tabs or paragraph breaks. There is a way. Click the magnifying glass to the left of the search field, then click Insert Pattern. This will cause a small menu to appear on which you can select from a range of invisibles. The Insert Pattern menu also lets you insert wildcards, which are symbols that stand-in for any letter, word or number. To close the search field, just tap Esc when the cursor is within it. > On Nov 26, 2016, at 8:05 PM, Jonathan Cohn <jon.c.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Also, if this is something you are regularly doing then creating a sed or > perl or python script might be worthwhile. > > The line > s/\t/ / > will find all tabs and replace them with 8 spaces. There are "tidy" programs > that are often used for learning up program source code that are just more > complicated versions of the above. > > > Best wishes, > > Jonathan Cohn > > > >> On Nov 26, 2016, at 8:50 PM, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com >> <mailto:philh...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> I'm pretty sure that option T will insert the tab character, and most likely >> option return or perhaps shift return or some combination thereof will >> insert the line separator character. I know you can get linefeed with option >> return. >> >> Sent from my IPhone >> >> >>> On Nov 26, 2016, at 5:13 PM, Larry Thacker Jr. <larry.thacker...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:larry.thacker...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> I need to be able to find formatting characters in a text document and >>> change or remove them. I’ve found that I can copy them to the clipboard >>> and then paste them into the search and replace fields, but I wonder if >>> there’s a better way. For example, I frequently want to change something >>> Voiceover is calling “line separator” into “new line.” I think I will also >>> have a need later today to change tab characters into spaces. Is there a >>> way to enter these things into the search fields without having to first >>> find one in the document and then paste it in? >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>> Visionaries list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >>> or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >>> macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com> and your owner is Cara >>> Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >>> <mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> >>> >>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >> macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com> and your owner is Cara >> Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> <mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
