[StrongED] Re: S&R window

["Richard Torrens (lists)" <Lists@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In article <bc94299456.fjgraute@xxxxxxxxx>,
   Fred Graute <fjgraute@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <56901e8789Lists@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>           "Richard Torrens (lists)" <Lists@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Could the search and replace window be changed to stay open until the
> > Go button is pressed - it will of course need a close icon.

> StrongED has a concept known as 'the one-window'. They are a set of
> windows of which only one can be open at any one time. Most of the
> dialogue boxes fall in this category.

I can understand that that would make change difficult!

> One-windows are opened in transient mode and they will close if clicked
> outside or they lose input focus. You can make them semi-permanent by
> clicking Menu over them, they will then not close when clicked outside.

That I did not know. It could be very useful. 

But I cannot make it work.....

Click Menu over S&R window and it evaporates as normal when clicked
outside. (4.70a12 (23-Apr-2017))

So can you elaborate please?

> Changing this for the S&R window only, although possible, is something
> that I would prefer not to do.

> > Reason being that it is very often useful to work out the Advanced
> > search strings separately on a StrongED page, then use f7 to insert in
> > the S&R window.

> Could you not create the Advanced search string first. Then open the S&R
> window and transfer the search string? The replace string is IME usually
> simple enough to be entered directly.

Which is ii essence what I do - but I do not find replace strings to be
'simple'. Often with more than one @12 etc

> > I also have a list of frequently used expressions.

> Are these in the global Patterns file so that they can be referred to by
> name?

No. I find that most of the stored S&R strings don't get re-used. It's
generally different strings for each project. Which is why the request
because using f7 to fill in both lines of the S&R is complicated!

I do have some stored as macros  - using David Thomas' !Makro  1.59
(which he gave up in 2000 so that is on my
site http://diy.Torrens.org/RO/ ). Makro has a hot-key facility so is
not too difficult to use with SE's S&R. Makro itself needs some escaping
of control characters, so  adding that to a complicated S7R expression is
usually more trouble than it's worth!

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