Replace All cannot find multiline text, but single Find/Replace can

[CaptainFlint]

Sample text contents:

var test = new Array();

	test[1] = 'xxx';

I resized the Replace dialog so that it had multi-line edit boxes, then entered the following Find expression:

var test = new Array();

	test[1] = 

Regular expressions are on; option to allow regexp match newline characters is turned off.

When I press Find, the text can be found (and replaced by Replace). But when I press Replace All, EE tells me that the text cannot be found anywhere in the document.

PS: When I replace real newline in the Find text with n, Replace All begins to work normally.

[Yutaka Emura]

Replace in Files and normal Replace use different characters for New Lines. See /help/howto/search/search_nl.htm for information. In your case, I believe you need to use “rn” for new lines when you try to “Replace in Files”.

[CaptainFlint]

You misunderstood me. I wasn’t talking about Replace in Files, I was talking about Replace All button in normal Replace dialog, designed for working with single, currently opened file. I mean that this button (Replace All) and the button Replace just above it, behave differently.

[Yutaka Emura]

Flint wrote:
You misunderstood me. I wasn’t talking about Replace in Files, I was talking about Replace All button in normal Replace dialog, designed for working with single, currently opened file. I mean that this button (Replace All) and the button Replace just above it, behave differently.

I apologize for misunderstanding. I reproduced this issue. Thanks!

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