bates@spectr.DEC (Ken Bates DTN 522-2039) (06/14/85)
> How does one change a pattern containing a tab character using MacWrite > or Edit? Typing a tab in the change window causes the cursor to toggle between > the pattern and replacement fields. Suppose you wanted to change all tabs to > spaces.... I have another editor from Manx that I could use if I get desperate, > but I don't like vi-type editors (nor emacs). Certainly finding/replacing > patterns with tabs is not beyond the power of editors "for the rest of us" - > I hope. The easiest way is to simply call down the notebook DA, type a tab character somewhere, cut it (into the clipboard), and then go back to the edit dialog box and do a paste of the tab character into the "Replace with" TE field. This also works if you want to replace one <RETURN> character with two, etc. Kludgy, but it works... /ken/