Re: [StrongED] Feature suggestion/request

[Martin Bazley <martin.bazley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The following bytes were arranged on 2 Nov 2010 by Fred Graute :

> In message <8906fa6f51.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>           Martin Bazley <martin.bazley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Replace("(~\x0D)\x0A\x0D","\l",text,noline,nocase)
>
> It would seem that you are misunderstanding how ~ works.
>
> When the search expression ismatched against the string 0D0A 0D0A 0D0A
> the following happens:

[snip explanation]

> Hopefully this clarifies how ~ works. If not, then don't hesitate to ask
> further questions.

...Well, that's rather pointless, isn't it?

What search string would perform the intended action in this case?
Indeed, is there any way to exclude a match at all?  (If I read your
explanation correctly, the problem only affects searches which must not
be preceded by something - if the ~ is in the middle or the end, it
should work.)

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