3 BUGS : Regex Search and Replace Skipping, RegEx Publisher Crash

[timotejs]

 

Regex Search and Replace Skipping occurrences randomly

Best illustrated by attached Video. I have seen Publisher also randomly crashing when working with regex Search and Replace. Hopefully you can find the problem as it is essential feature for me as I often have to edit huge texts where this kind of 'automation' is necessary.

Thanks for help/solution.

 

EDIT: I just found how to crash Publisher when working with RegEx in reproducible way. See the second video attached with name "ReproducibleCrash.flv". If I repeat steps in that video Publisher will crash every time.

And EDIT2: Bug when using Replace All instead of replacing one by one. This way somehow Chapter 2 gets duplicated. As input i have Chapters 1 - 19. But after using regex replace I endup with = [Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 2, Chapter 3-18]. As always I am attaching video to show the problem which is also reproducible.

[walt.farrell]

It would also be helpful if you would attach the .afpub file.

If it's sensitive then one of the moderators can provide a private upload link.

[timotejs]

Hi,

 

i just tried to reproduce the issues on completely new file. Just create 2 column master and paste the same text in. I am able to reproduce the issue 3 and 1. So it doesn't seem to be related to the file I am opening.

[lacerto]

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[timotejs]

Yep basically I have 3 kinds of situations when working with such regex replacements:

1. skipping some occurences

2. affinity publisher crashing

3. maybe worst of all (because it is silent failure) duplicating some occurences. Example:

<chapter>Chapter 1</chapter>
<chapter>Chapter 2</chapter>
<chapter>Chapter 3</chapter>
<chapter>Chapter 4</chapter>
<chapter>Chapter 5</chapter>

becoming (after using Replace All button):

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4

This is even more dangerous for me as it can be easy to miss mistake if you are running the regex on longer texts.

[lacerto]

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[Jon P]

@Lagarto Thanks for that file and example, I've reproduced the hang and logged it.

We already have an issue in where it can "skip" occurrences with RegEx, so hopefully this covers what you have seen regarding the skips