Re: replace with Unicode code point

Le Fri, 03 Nov 2017 18:09:31 -0400,
maxwell <[email protected]> a écrit :

> I'm trying to use regex's that include Unicode code points in both
> the search and the replace parts.  It works fine for search, but not
> for replace.
> 
> Specifically, I can enter the sequence
>     \x{016B}\x{0304}
> in the "Search for" box in the "Search and Replace" dialog box, or 
> equivalently
>     \u016B\u0304
> and it finds the characters (ū̄) correctly.  (FWIW, this is a 
> pre-composed u+macron followed by a combining macron, which is of
> course redundant...which is why I'm trying to replace it.)
> 
> If I then enter the string
>     \x{016B}
> or equivalently
>     \u016B
> in the "Replace with" box in that same "Search and Replace" dialog
> box, I would expect the search string in the buffer to be replaced by
>     ū
> But instead it gets replaced by
>     u016B
> I would consider this a bug.  If Unicode code points work in the
> Search box, they should also work in the Replace box.
> 
> Before I submit a bug report, though, I want to find out whether I'm 
> doing s.t. wrong.  I do of course have the "Regular expressions" box 
> checked in the dialog box (else the search wouldn't work).  Does
> anyone have any suggestions?  Or a reason why this is a feature
> rather than a bug.
> 
> (...)

>     Mike Maxwell
> 

Hi Mike,

Choosing to replace with a **beanshell snippet** rather than **text**
and surrounding the replacement with double quotes ("\u016B") works. 

Cheers,

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