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I do a massive amount of replacing in Kate. The Replace feature can really speed up editing but it can also be very frustrating.

Example of how I use Replace:

The document I am proofing was OCRed and instead of removing the hyphen at the end of a line and concatenating the word, the OCR program left the hyphen in the middle of the word and it needs to be removed. I use Replace to search for a hyphen and check the "Prompt on replace" box so I can decide which hyphens were incorrectly processed and replace them with nothing by clicking the Replace Button or press the "Find Next" key and look for the next one.

Of course after a short time you are going real fast and miss one you should have removed. When this happens you have to close the "Replace Confirmation" dialog box, reopen the Replace dialog box, click on the search backward box, do the replacement, close the "Replace Confirmation" dialog box again, reopen the Replace dialog box again, clear the search backwards box and go back to your replacement search.

About the tenth time this happens my temper is getting really short--which requires a shot of rum so I can continue... By the hundredth time this happens, I am too drunk to drive home.


Here are two possible cures for this problem:

1 - You could put a check box for "Search backwards" in the "Replace Confirmation" Dialog window that would change the direction with the next click of the Replace or Find Next buttons.

2 - You could create something like the Shift-F3 feature in Search--and make the "Replace" or "Find Next" buttons in the "Replace Confirmation" Dialog window search backwards when the Shift key is held down.

I don't consider this two different topics since (to me) the issue here is whether to fix the "issue" not how it is fixed. Either fix is fine with me.

I hope you will consider implementing one of these....

TIA

Keith

maybe to gave
[Replace] [Skip] [Undo last/replace last] (depending if previous was skipped or replaced)
?