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From: lippin@ronzoni.berkeley.edu (The Apathist)
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Subject: Re: MPW wish list item
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Date: 14 Sep 88 19:08:10 GMT
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Recently suitti@haddock.ima.isc.com (Steve Uitti) wrote:
>	LSC's editor has a very nice find/replace system.  It does
>replace all, it effectively does query replace, it can do complicated
>regular expressions (though I don't use them often) and can do it over
>multiple files (like a "foreach" in csh, with "sed").

	I'd appreciate the search&replace feature a lot more if I
didn't have to baby-sit it during multi-file searches.  If I want to
replace every instance of a pattern, I have to go through "Replace
all.  OK, I accept that 15 occurances were replaced in this file.  Now
go on to the next file.  Replace all..."  Plus it will leave hordes of
windows open.

	The result of this hassle is that when it's time to do a
serious replace, I often turn to MPW, because it takes me seriously
when I tell it to replace all.

	For those out there who haven't experienced LSC, let me add
that despite having a lame editor, it's still a Great Program.  But
it's part of the furniture on my computer; if there's a rough spot,
it's bound to make me sore sooner or later.

					--Tom Lippincott
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