[Bug 588449] [NEW] bug in block selection mode and replacement in Kate

[Anastaze]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kate

Kate 3.3.2 (KDE 4..3.2)
Kubuntu karmic koala
Description:    Ubuntu 9.10
Release:        9.10
kate:
  Installed: 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu1


The bug happens when I do block selection (CTRL+SHIFT+B) and replacement in Kate:

I select a column that I want to replace, I set the "Selection only"
option and click on "Replace All" (if I use the simple "Replace" nothing
happens, the bug may rather be this one), and then it does the
replacement.

The column is correctly replaced, but the problem is that any occurrence
of the item to be replaced in a further column (that should stay
unchanged) will also be replaced. It's annoying, since I use extensively
this feature...

An example: I want to change the first column of integer from "1" to "2"

# ----------
#  Start point
aa  1  2
ab  1  3
ac  1  1
ad  1  1
ae  1  4
# ----------

The expected result is
# ----------
#  expected
aa  2  2
ab  2  3
ac  2  1
ad  2  1
ae  2  4
# ----------

But the resulting block replacement is 
# ----------
#  actual block replacement
aa  2  2
ab  2  3
ac  2  2
ad  2  2
ae  2  4
# ----------

Note that the occurrence of  "1" in the third column has also changed to
"2", what is not intended.

Hope you can improve this! BTW is Kate still developed or the project is
stopped?

Best regards,

           Anastaze

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jun  1 21:19:15 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/kate
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: kate 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-21.59-generic
SourcePackage: kdesdk
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-21-generic x86_64

** Affects: kdesdk (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug

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bug in block selection mode and replacement in Kate
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588449
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