• Alberto Tornaghi May 6, 2021, 3:51 AM (40 days ago)

  Very good extension.
  The button to open the list of regular expressions was functioning the first time, but does not opens the list any more.
  Hoe can I open it? Without this I can not know how to search special characters.
  I'm using writer 6.0 in Linux Mint 19

  • Alberto Tornaghi May 6, 2021, 3:52 AM (40 days ago)

    Don't how or why, it is working again.
    

• Kevin Coonan Apr 2, 2021, 8:15 PM (2 months ago)

  Does this work with current version???

• Ano Nymos Mar 10, 2021, 1:21 AM (3 months ago)

  Can consecutive duplicate lines in libreoffice writer be removed using this extension? For example:
  name
  name
  be replaced with:
  name
  Similar to the regex expression:
  search string: ^.*$\p\1$
  replace string: \1
  Thanks

• Seán Ó Séaghdha Feb 15, 2021, 4:31 AM (4 months 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 (4 months 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 (5 months 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 (6 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 (6 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 (7 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 (7 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.)

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