[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #57633] Allow search/replace of special characters like tab, bell, CR, \0, etc. in GUI editor

[Philip Nienhuis]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57633>

                 Summary: Allow search/replace of special characters like tab,
bell, CR, \0, etc. in GUI editor
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: philipnienhuis
            Submitted on: Sun 19 Jan 2020 01:11:52 PM CET
                Category: GUI
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Feature Request
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Philip Nienhuis
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

Title may say it all, but for completeness:

It would be nice if the GUI editor could find/replace special characters tabs,
NULL characters, etc.
Use case example: currently an external editor like notepad++ is required for
preprocessing e.g., large contributed files (replacing tabs with double
spaces) before I can polish them in Octave's own editor.

I know that the editor can change CRLF into LF, but I sometimes need to
process other special characters as well.





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