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Replace inside selection only #401

Open Stefanoko opened 2 years ago

Stefanoko commented 2 years ago

I was all excited about multiple selections — kudos for this great feature!, — then sobered up a bit upon realizing you cannot run a Replace action on them. The only way to limit Replace to selected text is by applying a segment focus first (F6), like in the early versions of WriteMonkey 2.

F6 won't work on multiple selections, though, which means I have to do it piece-work, one block at a time, or alternatively, step through the entire text and confirm/skip each and every instance.

Granted, it is easy enough to copy the selection out into another program, do the replace there, then paste it back. Therefore no high priority, but nice-to-have (if it's not too complex to implement).