michaelschutz Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Another +1. I just recently discovered the whole suite, and am seriously considering moving away from Adobe CC because of it. Having GREP/RegEx styles in Publisher is a dealbreaker right now, though. I have one type of document I work with that is highly technical, and I have about 25-30 GREP styles (could probably reduce that if/when I get better at writing the styles), and I need to create/update hundreds of documents of this type. Find/Replace just isn't feasible for time reasons; it has to be baked into a style so it's all automatically applied. I have to say, though, I did test out the expressions just by copy/pasting them from ID, and I really like the feature that lists all the matches in the sidebar. Makes it easier to see exactly how the RegEx statements are working - some of them are pretty complex. If it can become a feature to have this not just be Find/Replace, but part of text styles, that may seal the deal for me to become an Affinity customer for the whole suite. claidheamdanns 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteBXB Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Totally agree here – GREP styles is a must – a Find/Replace with more possibilities (save!) is sorely missed. claidheamdanns 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HannsP Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 On 10/30/2021 at 11:32 PM, PeteBXB said: Totally agree here – GREP styles is a must – a Find/Replace with more possibilities (save!) is sorely missed. 1+ for both of these. Once you get the knack of it you don’t want to do without it – well, if you need it 🙃 claidheamdanns 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumo Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 +1 . You can’t do sophisticated typography without it. claidheamdanns 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteBXB Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Just to keep this topic warm: "AFFINITY – DO YOU COPY?" 📢 claidheamdanns 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J1ggl Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 On 11/22/2021 at 9:30 AM, PeteBXB said: Just to keep this topic warm: "AFFINITY – DO YOU COPY?" 📢 Narrator: “They didn’t”. Naturally, what isn’t crucial to the hobbyists, doesn’t get any attention from staff. I’m starting to get less and less surprised each time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaoloT Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 3 hours ago, J1ggl said: Naturally, what isn’t crucial to the hobbyists, doesn’t get any attention from staff. I’m starting to get less and less surprised each time. And it's surprising how advanced professionals like you are still here to waste their time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claidheamdanns Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 I keep coming back to this topic, hoping to see movement on it. At work we still use Adobe, but at home I don’t. At work, I use GREP in styles Every. Single. Day. Many of my documents at home had GREP in styles built into them, back in the days when I used Adobe. All this was lost, coming to Affinity. Was moving to Affinity the right choice? Absolutely. Do I still wish GREP was implemented in styles. Absolutely. Any time you have repetitive, predictable, pattern-based formatting, that is a job for GREP in styles. Set and forget. Let the program do the mundane, allowing the human to focus on the parts the program cannot. rumo and Seneca 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumo Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 @claidheamdanns I fully agree with your point of view. Without GREP styles I still miss a crucial tool. Whenever a project requires more then basic typography, like kerning punctiation or other microadjustments, I am lost without Indesign. I was told that the staff has it on their list, but that was two years ago. claidheamdanns 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.legend Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 On 8/31/2022 at 6:04 AM, rumo said: I was told that the staff has it on their list, but that was two years ago. That is news to me, and it gives me hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteBXB Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 OK Affinity … 🎶 «You better shape up, cause I need a maaaan … [i.e. GREP styles + save find & replace] – And my heart is set on you-uu!» 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jocarnail Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 +1 for GREP styles. I have recently moved completely away from Adobe's suit and this is among the tools I am missing the most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelschutz Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 I just saw the announcement for v2 and got the suite, as I'm fully using the whole suite now, having moved away from Adobe. Alas, still no GREP Styles in Publisher v2.0.0 that i can find, either in a feature list or in the TStyles dialog box. Maybe in a forthcoming update... the.legend and Chris Baird 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.legend Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 1 hour ago, michaelschutz said: Alas, still no GREP Styles in Publisher v2.0.0 Got the suite as well, and I'm sad GREP hasn't made it in there 😞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Baird Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Will grep be an update in V2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 8 hours ago, Chris Baird said: Will grep be an update in V2? Serif generally doesn't comment on future plans, so we're unlikely to know, unless it appears someday. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelschutz Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Since there's a new v2 request forum and these ones are being archived, I encourage everyone to go keep the request alive over in the new forum. I started a new thread for this topic there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yasanori Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 +1 for grep styles. Not having these is dealbreaker for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publied Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 +1 for GREP style claidheamdanns 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Fjeldstrom Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 Hobbyists will more likely not use GREP styles, nor would they possibly understand how to use one. I regularly have documents that rely on "massaging" database generated text that comes in plain text. Back in my InDesign days I didn't even need to think about editing the document to massage the text. Now for EVERY document I get this way (monthly) I have to do five Find/Replace operations, manually typing in the grep commands for each one. It is a huge time waster! I always have to carefully check to see that I have typed in the expression correctly. The end result is the same as when I did things in InDesign, but my productivity has gone down big time. Affinity is definitely the logical replacement for InDesign. Do I regret switching to Affinity? Not at all!!! I love using Affinity. I just wish that grep styles would be implemented, seeing that the first part of the issue is already implemented - mainly GREP. PLEASE PLEASE... Serif... Go the rest of the way and implement GREP styles. Those of us who would benefit from this improvement will rise up and call you blessed! claidheamdanns and nicolasfolliot 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uneMule Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 Finalement, c'est un peu l'éloge de la lenteur in the end, it's little bit the praising slowness Quote Toujours pas !Windows 10 Pro 21H2 - Intel Core i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz - 16 Gb Ram - GeForce GT 650M - Intel HD 4000 Affinity Photo | Affinity Designer | Affinity Publisher | 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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