Seneca 319 Posted February 22 Now that we have Regular Expressions it would be great to save them as presets so that we can call them later. Thanks. 5 garrettm30, SillyWalk, MikeW and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeW 1,653 Posted February 22 5 minutes ago, Seneca said: Now that we have Regular Expressions it would be great to save them as presets so that we can call them later. Yes, and to be specific, the saving of the replace strings as well. (And I would add that not all regular expressions can even be used in the Replace input. So that needs fixing.) 1 Seneca reacted to this My computer is a nothing-special Toshiba laptop with unremarkable specs running Windows 10 64-bit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
walt.farrell 1,673 Posted February 22 1 hour ago, MikeW said: And I would add that not all regular expressions can even be used in the Replace input. So that needs fixing Some specific examples of that would help, though probably best in a separate topic. 1 SillyWalk reacted to this -- Walt Windows 10 Home, version 1903 (18362.239), 16GB memory, Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00Gz, GeForce GTX 970 Affinity Photo 1.7.2.471 and 1.7.2.464 Beta / Affinity Designer 1.7.2.471 and 1.7.2.4464 Beta / Affinity Publisher 1.7.2.471 and 1.7.2.458 Beta Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeW 1,653 Posted February 22 Just try the \s from the other post from Seneca. I mentioned it there. My computer is a nothing-special Toshiba laptop with unremarkable specs running Windows 10 64-bit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
walt.farrell 1,673 Posted February 22 1 hour ago, MikeW said: Just try the \s from the other post from Seneca. I mentioned it there. And see my response there Publisher handled that properly. -- Walt Windows 10 Home, version 1903 (18362.239), 16GB memory, Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00Gz, GeForce GTX 970 Affinity Photo 1.7.2.471 and 1.7.2.464 Beta / Affinity Designer 1.7.2.471 and 1.7.2.4464 Beta / Affinity Publisher 1.7.2.471 and 1.7.2.458 Beta Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
garrettm30 184 Posted February 22 I'm very excited to have regular expressions at all. My impression of the power of this program has gone up greatly from this addition. I understand this is just the first beta of the new feature. Like, Seneca's suggestion, adding the ability to save searches/replace combos (particularly regex, though why stop there?) is what I would recommend for the next step of fleshing out this feature. I regularly run through a set of fifteen in almost every document, and having them saved in the app itself makes it easier. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SillyWalk 30 Posted February 23 It's really huge progress with RE, thank you! It would be really great feature to save strings as preset but also possibility to use custom name of that preset in palette menu e.g. "Dash to En Dash", "Multiple space to single space" etc. iOs: iPad Pro 12,9" 1st gen., Apple pencil; Mac: Affinity Photo & Designer and really looking forward to Affinity Publisher Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
garrettm30 184 Posted February 23 I assumed that to be a given, but it is right that you pointed it out. Assuming things can be dangerous. Thank you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
