txt.replace - interactively replace a character with another

[davebrny]

change selected text from something like "one.two.three" to "one_two_three" or "one two three"

usage
- select some text
- press alt + r
- first press the character you want to replace, then the character you want to add in its place
- press enter to paste the new text
- (press esc at any time to close the interactive tooltip)

- use alt+shift + r to repeat the last replace without showing the tooltip

related scripts:
txt.swap - interactively swap text at a certain character or word
txt.wrap - wrap selected text in *symbols*

[burque505]

@davebrny, thanks for the script. Just tried it out replacing periods with underscores in file names, works great.
Regards,
burque505

[davebrny]

youre welcome @burque505. ive mostly been using it on files as well

[zhotkey]

I get the following Error: Call to nonexistent function: selected := selected_text_r()

[davebrny]

I get the following Error: Call to nonexistent function: selected := selected_text_r()

maybe you copy-pasted the script and missed the end of the file? there should be 89 lines in the file altogether

[zhotkey]

Your correct, my bad, works like a charm!

[Thoughtfu1Tux]

Man! This is awesome. I've been using Notepad++ to paste into, do a Find and Replace, then copying and pasting the content back to where i needed it. This is way faster!

[davebrny]

Man! This is awesome. I've been using Notepad++ to paste into, do a Find and Replace, then copying and pasting the content back to where i needed it. This is way faster!

ha, ive been just doing it manually for as long as i can remember. all those wasted seconds would probably add up to a lot at this point!

[terjene]

Nice script!
I would like to modify it a bit. I want to search for {enter} and replace with multiple characters.
I thought if {enter} was pressed during "replace", then search for enter, and allow "with" to be several characters, until enter is pressed.
Do you have any hints?