[duxuser] Re: ptys commands disappearing/search replace codes

  • From: "Steve Dresser" <s.dresser@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2014 22:42:01 -0400

As an additional point of information, you can enter a code by pressing F9, 
just as you do normally.

Steve

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Riessen, Kathleen (SA School for Vision Impaired) 
  To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2014 20:09
  Subject: [duxuser] Re: ptys commands disappearing/search replace codes


  Alan, can I suggest that you don't use the ptys codes at all to manage 
runovers.

  I find these are better managed using the hi code, where you can be very 
specific about your margins and runovers. It also allows for an hierarchical 
approach to paragraphing.



  The code is:

  [hiL:V:R:I:J:K:M:N:O:P]

  L = left margin

  V = runover margin

  R = right margin offset



  Then

  I = left margin increment

  J = runover increment

  K = right margin increment



  M, N, O, P set upper limits



  To actually answer your question.

  To search and replace codes:

  1. Make sure the codes are visible using the F3 toggle

  2. Press F6, and with the cursor in the "text to find" box press ctrl-[ to 
start the code. Now type in the code you want to replace

  3. Move to the "replace with" box and press ctrl-[ to start the replacement 
code, and put in code

  4. Press OK and DBT will do its search/replace.



  Kathy



  Kathy Riessen

  Coordinator Alternative Print Production

  South Australian School for Vision Impaired

  Tel: 08 8277 5255

  Email: Kathleen.Riessen440@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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  From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf 
of Blackburn, Alan <Alan.Blackburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  Sent: Wednesday, 2 July 2014 09:08
  To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [duxuser] ptys commands disappearing/search replace codes 

  I am formatting some questions using ptys codes to manage line run-overs.

  In my experience every version of DBT including 11.2 will (it seems) 
indiscriminately delete some following ptys/ptye codes if one is deleted. This 
is very annoying.

  Is there any way to delete just a single ptys code without others 
disappearing?

  I also need to search/replace codes through the whole document eg search 
ptys11 / replace with ptys12.

  How do I do this as F6 only seems to work with text?

  TIA

  Alan


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