• Seán Ó Séaghdha Feb 15, 2021, 4:31 AM (15 days ago)

  When _AltSearch is added to the toolbar, it seems to run in Batch mode - ‘Batch 0 is ended’ - is the only output you get. You never see the main dialog.
  
  Had to go searching for AltSearch.txt in the archive and put it in the right folder (it was looking in the Version 4 folder, so I put it in 7 & symlinked). Maybe this is because it had no language file for the interface language?
  
  Once you get over the hurdles of installation & the lack of a toolbar button, it works as advertised.

• fred frazelle Feb 2, 2021, 10:31 PM (27 days ago)

  i have been unable to use this. The program throws an
  
  NoSuchElementException
  namecont:cxx:117
  
  Have a great afternoon! :)
  oLibContainer.LoadLibrary(LibName)

• good guy Jan 20, 2021, 5:10 PM (41 days ago)

  extremely helpful, thanx!
  one thing (which i hope would be a quick fix): searching for multiple (ie: with the '||' separator), but replacing with just 1 thing, works fine in single step 'replace', but does not in 'replace all'. there only the first matching item gets replaced. typical use: search for a word list and replace with a highlight. i have a list of 200 words, why should i write 200 times "\A{CharBackColor=16711680}||..."
  btw: somehow 'whole words only' does not work, i have to enclose each word with '\<' and '\>', which is okay, only bloats the whole search string.

• Helpful Ducky Dec 28, 2020, 11:08 PM (2 months ago)

  For people who are having trouble installing it, I figured it out. When you try to install the addon, it will give you an error, saying the .oxt does not exist. The last part of the file will be something like "lu####xxxx.tmp_". Navigate to AltSearch.oxt to "C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice\4\user\uno_packages\cache\uno_packages\". Create a folder within that, named whatever you copied from the error message: C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice\4\user\uno_packages\cache\uno_packages\lu####xxxx.tmp_\ and place the AltSearch.oxt in there. Then try to install it. It should work -it did for me, LO version 7.0.1.2 (x64) 12/28/2020

• Moshe Ariel Dec 3, 2020, 7:58 AM (3 months ago)

  This extension does not load with the most recent version of Writer - 7.0.3.1 (x64). 12/2/2020. It comes up with an error that says the file does not exist. This is the file I download: 4cc0f88b_altsearch. I go to Extension Manager and click on the Add button, double click on this file and get the Error Message.
  
  Am I doing something wrong? Would love to have this extension working again.
  
  Thanks.

• Dan Dec 1, 2020, 11:43 AM (3 months ago)

  Hi, I tried to add my own search and replace list to the batch file. But I do not want the list to be executed without me having a look at the result. So I am using the transfer button. Now, if I use this search: ([—|–]|\-{2,})(\s*)(.*?)(\s*)([—|–]|\-{2,}) it will give results with search all and with count in the search window, but not with find (0 results) any ideas? Also, does anybody know how to write the code to just find and then just replace one at a time? Thank you in advance.

• Adalbert Hanßen Nov 3, 2020, 10:55 AM (4 months ago)

  There are several bugs when applying AltSearch within a table. It depends if the selection spans more than one cell or less. If I want to replace e.g. \p by \n within a selection which extends beyond a single cell, I get the error message
  
  It is impossible to find text in this object.
  
  Which is definitely not true: I see text in my selection.
  
  Another time aplying it within a table I first got a warning: "CursorInit: Unsupported selection". Why this and how to overcome it?
  
  If I continued to apply a search and replace operation (e.g. replace \s by a normal space), I get the error message
  
  "Bt_run: Error with opening file: xxx l. 289: Object variable not set"
  
  (where xxx is the path to AltSearchScript.txt. By the way: This file contains the stored batch scripts and therefore interesting examples and suggestions for scripts that could be used in conjunction with AltSearch. Perhaps you can learn from them what the missing description of the dialect of regular expressions leaves open.)

• Keith Oct 31, 2020, 7:57 PM (4 months ago)

  Cannot downloand 1.4.2 getting this message: Add Extension(s):
  C:\Users\***\AppData\Roaming\LibreOffice\4\user\uno_packages\cache\uno_packages\lu126411ckee.tmp_\altsearch.oxt does not exist

• Adalbert Hanßen Oct 31, 2020, 12:20 PM (4 months ago)

  How exactly can I replace all Character styles of one type to another one? I can search for all occurrences of say [:::CharStyleName=Example::] but when using the same pattern, say [:::CharStyleName=Code::], just this text is pasted rather than the other character style is applied. Some more documentation would be very helpful at this place.

  • Adalbert Hanßen Dec 2, 2020, 12:18 PM (3 months ago)

    In order to replace all uses of character style Example by another character style, enter [:::CharStyleName=Example::] to the search field but leave the replacement field empty. Then use find all. Then all occurrences of the searched-for character style are marked and these (possibly many) found places can be assigned some other defined character style by double clicking on the wanted character style in the F11 dialogue box (under character styles).

• Keith Oct 26, 2020, 8:33 PM (4 months ago)

  \n is worthless when looking for Carriage Return.
  There is no way to search and replace for Carriage Return.
  All other functions are already available as default in LibreOffice.
  Could you please provide a version that can actually search for carriage return?

  • Adalbert Hanßen Oct 26, 2020, 9:49 PM (4 months ago)

    Try it with \p (paragraph mark). \n is the forced linefeed (which probably has not a vertical above or below spacing associated with it.

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