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Can I use Auto correct with Regex ?
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 4:28 pm
by baseteaguajara
I would like to make some special replacements and generalizations.
Can I use regexp with the utility Autocorrect ?
Have any similar option ?
Best Regards
Re: Can I use Auto correct with Regex ?
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 4:35 pm
by floris v
As far as I know you can't use reg exp in autocorrect options. You will have to write a macro to regularly carry out those replacements semi-automatically.
Re: Can I use Auto correct with Regex ?
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 5:04 pm
by baseteaguajara
Understood.
Not even an hybrid way or something partial ?
Best Regards
Re: Can I use Auto correct with Regex ?
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 5:29 pm
by acknak
Sorry, only Edit > Find & Replace supports pattern matching.
Or you can make your own set of patterns to copy/paste into the Find & Replace slots, or you can try the AltSearch extension: it allows you to re-run substitutions stored in a configuration file.
Still not interactive, as-you-type, but maybe useful.
Re: Can I use Auto correct with Regex ?
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 11:44 pm
by John_Ha
Try
AutoHotkey. It is very powerful - at its simplest, you define one text string (eg "address"), and when you type it, AutoHotkey replaces it with another (1 High Street, Anytown ...).
Re: Can I use Auto correct with Regex ?
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 5:09 pm
by OlivierR
Not even an hybrid way or something partial ?
Since LO 4.2, you can use wildcards. Use: .* at the beginning or the end of patterns.
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68373
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77603
Re: Can I use Auto correct with Regex ?
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 9:17 am
by OlivierR