Replace on part of a wildcards search

[Peter Gold]

Hi, Matt:

BINGO!! Thanks for the memory jogger.

I think in later releases, the examples weren't italicized; it's
confusing to see the same symbol used in Roman style in the middle
column, then  in italic in the example column.

Regards,

Peter
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On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Matt Sullivan <matt at grafixtraining.com> wrote:
> Part of what you may be looking for was in an FM 5.5 handout I got as part
> of the FrameMaker Classroom in a Box product.
>
> I've posted the PDF here
> http://www.grafixtraining.com/reference/
> And the information on wildcard searches is in Handout 6-3 on page 12
>
> The info is (obviously) from FM 5.5, but still quite current.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of David Spreadbury
> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 11:54 AM
> To: peter at knowhowpro.com; 'Les Smalley'
> Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: RE: Replace on part of a wildcards search
>
> Searching for "framemaker grep" brought what might be a source for using
> GREP with Adobe products. Apparently it is not limited to FrameMaker. Try
> reading what is available at http://carijansen.com/. If this doesn't help,
> maybe contacting the author, Cari Jansen, in Perth, Australia, would provide
> the answers.
>
> HTH
>
> David Spreadbury
> Sr. Technical Writer
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Peter Gold
> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 1:32 PM
> To: Les Smalley
> Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: Replace on part of a wildcards search
>
> FrameMaker has long a GREP-like search feature, in FM, and some
> documentation for it. However, the replace wasn't GREP-like. But worse yet,
> there doesn't seem to be a trace of the documentation for it in FM9. I've
> forgotten how to use it, and without the doc, I'm not sure that my couple of
> quick tests were failing because the feature's gone from the product as well
> as the doc, or if I just didn't enter the search string correctly.
>
> I don't have an earlier FrameMaker installed, and don't have the earlier
> docs handy. Perhaps someone on the list can respond.
>
>
> HTH
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter
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> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Les Smalley <l_c_smalley at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Hi Avi,
>>
>> The asterisk ( * ) wildcard matches any character EXCEPT spaces or
>> punctuation; the wildcard character to use for those is the verticle
>> bar ( | ) but also remember that the tab character is "\t" (no
>> quotes) ...
>>
>> Regardless, unfortunately you can't do it with FrameMaker as you
>> describe attempting.  The search tool removes everything matched by
>> the search string and inserts the replace string in its place, so you
>> will also lose the "Command" string.  It is a great disappointment
>> that a real GREP search capability (or even more general awk text
>> processing features) has never been implemented in FM.
>>
>> If
>> you search for just "Unit32" and replace that with "SHORT_ID" you can
>> do what you want by careful use of the 'Change & Find' or just 'Find'
>> buttons (and I understand how tedious and error-prone this can
>> be.)
>>
>> It may be posible to do this via scripting (e.g.
>> FrameScript, etc.; I'm sure others more knowledgeable will chime in)
>> or possibly by saving to MIF and using a text based editor on that,
>> then reopening it in FM to verify the results.
>>
>> FWIW, grep and awk
>> (and a number of other unix tools) are available as utilities for
>> Windows and any search engine can point you to places to get them.
>>
>> - Les
>>
>> --- On Mon, 10/5/09, Avraham Makeler <amakeler at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> How do you do a Replace on part of a wildcards search?
>>
>> E.,g., I am looking for a line with:
>>
>> Uint32 Command
>>
>> where there can be any type and amount of white space between "Uint32"
>> and "Command".
>>
>> So I guess the wild card search format will be
>>
>> Uint32*Command
>>
>> No?
>>
>> But then if I want to replace just the "Uint32" part with "SHORT_ID".
>> How would i do that?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> - avi