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

[Rick Hall]

Hi Carl,

I'm not sure I understand your question, or your confusion.

As far as I know, it's a standard regular expression (RE) - at least
with respect to LO. I found a page elucidating the List of Regular
Expression online at:
https://help.libreoffice.org/6.2/en-US/text/shared/01/02100001.html

I'm assuming that  you are familiar with Regular Expression; and I
suppose that you applied the RE to the document I included to verify
that that particular expression did, indeed, find the applicable text I
wish to modify.

Oh, I just re-read your final question: I apply the RE in the Find and
Replace dialog box: Find, specifically (shortcut: Ctrl-H).

Does this answer your question?

Thanks, Carl,
-Rich


On 2/10/2021 18:19, Carl T. Miller wrote:
> 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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