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bug #55775: [Request] inform about the replace-all functionality

Submitter:  - <_114737>
Submitted:  Sun 24 Feb 2019 06:15:21 PM UTC
   
 
Severity:  2 - Minor Status:  Wont Fix
Assigned to:  None Open/Closed:  Closed

Mon 27 May 2019 11:57:17 AM UTC, comment #4: 

I've decided against adding "(A = All)" to the "Replace this instance?" prompt.

(What would be good, though, is if ^G would work at a Yes-No-All prompt.)

Benno Schulenberg <bens>
Group administrator
Sun 10 Mar 2019 08:46:53 AM UTC, comment #3: 

The "Y = Yes, N = No" is excessive, because Yes and No or obvious possible anwers.  But simply adding "(A = All)" to "Replace this instance?" may be a good idea.

On the other hand, I have always hated nano adding '(Answering "No" will DISCARD changes.)' to the "Save modified buffer?" prompt.  Because: it is more text to read, it makes me try and understand how it adds anything to the question (it doesn't, so it just confuses me), and it yells.  So... I will remove that part one day.  Not for the next release, though.

Benno Schulenberg <bens>
Group administrator
Mon 25 Feb 2019 10:40:40 AM UTC, comment #2: 

Oh, I had set the nohelp option.
This explains it.

- <_114737>
Mon 25 Feb 2019 09:31:08 AM UTC, comment #1: 

How come you didn't know about "A"?  Did you never have a look at the two help lines below the prompt bar?

Benno Schulenberg <bens>
Group administrator
Sun 24 Feb 2019 06:15:21 PM UTC, original submission:  

I only now found out that nano is capable of replacing of all matches at once if you press A.

Perhaps nano could show "Replace this instance (y/Y = yes, n/N = no, a/A = replace all [in selection])?" or something similar instead of simply "Replace this instance?".

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2019-05-27 bens StatusNone Wont Fix
        Open/ClosedOpen Closed
    2019-02-25 bens Severity3 - Normal 2 - Minor
        Summary[REQUEST] Inform about the replace-all functionality [Request] inform about the replace-all functionality

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