[python-win32] Editor Replace function limitation

[John Machin]

Robert Adams [and everybody else] top-posted and I can't be bother 
rearranging so I'm going with the flow:

What you tried works OK with my set-up (2.4.1, pywin32 build 204).

>Thanks for both your input on this.
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>I can recreate the problem as follows:
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>Create a script file with the following,
>123456789012345678901234567890123456789.
>Cut/paste into the "Find What" window, I then only get
>12345678901234567890123456, that is 26 characters not 30, so I obviously can
>not count either.
>Enter var_x, including a space after x into the "Replace with" window, then
>hit replace.
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>And I end up with var_x 7890123456789
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>Also, if I keep typing my window does not scroll as you describe.
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>I am running the following, Python 2.3.3, wxPython 2.4.2.4, PythonWin 2.3.3
>win32all build 163, and FYI, I am forced to run this version in support of
>CAD system.
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>Regards,
>Robert
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Machin [mailto:sjmachin at lexicon.net] 
>Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 2:45 PM
>To: Graeme Glass; Robert Adams
>Cc: python-win32
>Subject: Re: [python-win32] Editor Replace function limitation
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>Graeme Glass wrote:
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>>On python 2.3.4 pythonwin build 203, i don't seem to have a problem.
>>can replace much more than 30 chars.
>>Not sure what your problem could be, but just thought that i would let
>>you know it's must your setup not pythonwin.
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>Graeme, what "setup" do you refer to? PythonWin appears to have no 
>configuration opportunity for changing the max size of a text 
>replacement -- and indeed I can't imagine that any text editor would 
>ever have had such an option, especially after malloc() was invented ...
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>>(you proberbly already tried this,) but try installing the a diffrent
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>build. 
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>>On 6/8/05, Robert Adams <radams at nassco.com> wrote:
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>>>Do I have a setup issue or is the PythonWin editor Replace function
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>>>to 30 characters ? 
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>Robert, 
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>It worked for me on 2.4.1 / build 204. I typed in "abc" then replaced 
>"b" by "ab....yzAB...JK".
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>The size of the box for typing in the replacement string is only 30 
>characters, but it does scroll if you keep on typing -- have you tried 
>this? What makes you think it is limited to 30 characters?
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>Regards,
>John
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