search/replace text editor
Coming from the UNIX world, GREP is my friend. Looking for an NT friendly yet powerful search/replace editor that works well with .htm and has all the usual search and replace goodies. Especially looking for something that can handle replacing between tags ... and move plain text from one location within a file to another. Anybody know of such a beast exists?
-Beanboy
Adam Oberdorfer posted this at 21:11 — 22nd March 2001.
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DreamWeaver has text, tag, and source search and replace capabilities.
Beanboy posted this at 21:18 — 22nd March 2001.
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Looking for something a bit beefier that the default stuff that comes with Dreamweaver. Especially when it comes to template merging and tag specific replacement. Best example as to what I'm after is
Textpipe Pro,
http://www.crystalsoftware.com.au/textpipe.html
-Beanboy
Mark Hensler posted this at 22:33 — 22nd March 2001.
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lol... this may sound anit-Windows, but...
If you want to do pattern matching and such, stay on Unix.
mjames posted this at 22:35 — 22nd March 2001.
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I use Textpad regularly and I am positive it has a search and replace feature, as does HomeSite, Notetab, UltraEdit, etc.
Beanboy posted this at 13:55 — 23rd March 2001.
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I'm not looking for simple search and replace stuff here. Looking for a program that can search out tags and replace content between them, combine text from one file and insert it at a specified line/tag in another, can do pattern matching/sounds like/character like search and replace, strip plain text content but maintain tags found within it, etc....
Much more robust than the regular ol stuff found in all the usual web and text editing programs for the most part.
I've had some luck via searching, but the best program I have found, textpipe 9see above link) and geared much more towards text, databases and spreadsheets more than html.
Yeah, the UNIX realm would be best. Wonder if I could get IT to install Linux on my machine, hah!
-Beanboy
mjames posted this at 21:33 — 23rd March 2001.
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I apologize for mis-reading your original post.
Suzanne posted this at 23:26 — 23rd March 2001.
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Apparently. More on this at textism.com
For the PC, no idea -- I keep hoping to find one.
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