✨ Friday Tip ✨
Don’t hit “replace all” when using find + replace unless you’ve given thorough consideration to what you may replace by accident.
The word you’re replacing may be contained within other words or be used in instances you aren’t thinking about, leading to a messy situation. 🧵👇🏻
Don’t hit “replace all” when using find + replace unless you’ve given thorough consideration to what you may replace by accident.
The word you’re replacing may be contained within other words or be used in instances you aren’t thinking about, leading to a messy situation. 🧵👇🏻
Comments
This is where I liked LaTex. You could have \deceasedname as a variable defined at the start...
Maybe you’ve decided you want to change a character’s name. If they’re named something like Fallulah, you probably won’t have to worry as there are no other words in your document that could have “Fallulah” in them.
But what if . . . 👇🏻
Or maybe . . . 👇🏻
https://bsky.app/profile/editsinthemargins.com/post/3l5pxaoqjgq24
https://bsky.app/profile/editsinthemargins.com/post/3l5pxcu4bbm2f
What if you want to . . . 👇🏻
As tedious as it may seem, if you are making a major replacement like this, you’re better off checking each instance before hitting “replace.”
🙋🏻♀️ Have you ever made this fun mistake? Did it yield any funny replacements?
Ironically, coding HTML taught me this.
Found out how much i use 'again' in writing.