[mdlug] Question | Problem with Libre Office Write (v7, at the moment)

[Carl T. Miller]

Hi Rich,

You've even got me confused on this one.  I understand
that you have an odt file and you want to customize the
style of only a few sections.

What I don't understand is the regular expression in the
context of an odt file.  That looks like something used
in vi, perhaps with a LaTeX file.

Where and how are you using the regex?

c


On 2/8/21 8:19 PM, Rick Hall wrote:
> Perhaps someone can help or, at least, shed some light on, a problem I'm
> having with Libre Office. I just upgraded to the latest (I believe) --
> v7.1.0.3, hoping that this problem has been resolved; although I've had
> this problem with previous versions as well.
>
> Suppose the following text in a lengthy document (see attached document:
> LO_RegExpr_example1.odt):
>
> Section 1
> ( 1) Sub-Section A
>     Some text, some text
> ( 2) Sub-Section B
>     Some text, some text
> ( 3) Sub-Section C
>     Some text, some text
> ( 4) Sub-Section D
>     Some text, some text
>
> Section 2
> ( 5) Sub-Section A
>     Some text, some text
> ( 6) Sub-Section B
>     Some text, some text
> ( 7) Sub-Section C
>     Some text, some text
> ( 8) Sub-Section D
>     Some text, some text
>
> The Sub-section headings ['(n)' above] have all been set to a
> space-above at 0.25 inches throughout the entire (large) document using
> a Style. The text: 'Some text, some text' are lengthy paragraphs, so the
> document is 'large enough'.
>
> Now, suppose, due to layout (complications/restrictions/etc.) that the
> space above the Sub-Sections in Section 1 needs to change to, let's say,
> 0.1 inches in a '1-off' manner. To simplify the change, I use the
> following regular expression to find those lines in Section 1:
>
>     ^\( ?[:digit:]{1,2}\)  .{1,100}
>
> BTW: Some Sub-Section Adjustments may be more or less than 0.15 in
> incremental amounts, so creating new Styles is out of the question.
>
> This finds all of the Sub-Section lines in Section 1 and highlights them
> -  just those lines. I now have the ability (supposedly) to change
> attributes for those lines. I can change character attributes (Bold,
> Underline, Italic, etc), and SOME paragraph attributes (though not too
> many), but I cannot change the Spacing attribute(s) on ALL of the
> corresponding lines on one operation. The operation affects ONLY the
> first line highlighted - even though ALL of the desired lines have been
> found and selected.
>
> I'm stumped !!
>
> Thoughts, insights?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> -Rich Hall
>
>
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