tag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:/discussions/questions/3410-find-and-replace-in-selectionMultiMarkdown Software, LLC: Discussion 2015-02-05T00:48:41Ztag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/359546152015-02-04T13:17:34Z2015-02-04T13:17:34ZFind and Replace in selection?<div><p>No.</p>
<p>What I would do is cut the section of interest into a new
document, do the find/replace, and then paste it back into the
original document.</p>
<p>Fletcher</p>
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<p>Fletcher T. Penney<br>
Manager, Founder<br>
MultiMarkdown Software, LLC<br>
<a href=
"mailto:admin@multimarkdown.com">admin@multimarkdown.com</a></p></div>Fletchertag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/359546152015-02-04T15:10:50Z2015-02-04T15:10:50ZFind and Replace in selection?<div><p>Yes, that is the awkward workaround I use. Please consider this
a feature<br>
request/suggestion then.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>c</p></div>christag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/359546152015-02-04T22:34:07Z2015-02-04T22:34:07ZFind and Replace in selection?<div><p>Out of curiosity, what other apps do what you're asking for?</p>
<p>It seems like the difficulty to code it and come up with a GUI
(since it would probably involve breaking Apple's find/replace)
might outweigh how often it's used.</p>
<p>F-</p>
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<p>Fletcher T. Penney<br>
Manager, Founder<br>
MultiMarkdown Software, LLC<br>
<a href=
"mailto:admin@multimarkdown.com">admin@multimarkdown.com</a></p></div>Fletchertag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/359546152015-02-05T00:21:04Z2015-02-05T00:21:04ZFind and Replace in selection?<div><p>Well, on OS X: MacVim (an outlier for sure :), Microsoft Word
(if you have<br>
a selection highlighted and do a find/replace, it replaces in the
selection<br>
and then asks if you want to replace in the rest of the document),
Text<br>
Wrangler, BBEdit...not sure about Markdown editors because I found
MMDC<br>
early on and had no reason to explore others!</p>
<p>It seems like almost all the editors on Windows do this, but I
suspect<br>
that's some difference in the common libraries or<br>
whatever on which they are based.</p>
<p>It's certainly not a showstopper, obviously, but I do find
myself wishing<br>
for it far more often than, say, the option to use currently
selected text<br>
as the search, though that potentially saves a different cut and
paste<br>
operation that I perform more or less automatically.</p>
<p>But I certainly see your point if it would require coming up
with your own<br>
GUI/etc. Might not be worth it!</p></div>christag:support.multimarkdown.com,2013-02-12:Comment/359546152015-02-05T00:48:41Z2015-02-05T00:48:41ZFind and Replace in selection?<div><p>Let me think about it. I believe (but could be wrong) that there
isn't a way to accomplish this with Apple's built-in find/replace
mechanism, which would mean rewriting all of it from scratch.</p>
<p>The apps you mention are either ports from other OS's, or
general purpose/programmer's text editors. Both groups (of
necessity) tend to write everything from the ground up in order to
support the features one would expect (e.g. Macros, plugins,
etc.)</p>
<p>I'll keep this in mind, but can't make any promises.</p>
<p>F-</p>
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<p>Fletcher T. Penney<br>
Manager, Founder<br>
MultiMarkdown Software, LLC<br>
<a href=
"mailto:admin@multimarkdown.com">admin@multimarkdown.com</a></p></div>Fletcher