#1053560 meld: Search and replace pattern for newline differs when using replace vs replace all

Package:
meld
Source:
meld
Submitter:
Moritz Gericke
Date:
2023-10-06 10:24:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1053560#5
Date:
2023-10-06 10:20:46 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?
        I was using meld and wanted to modify long lines via
        meld's search-and-replace to be able to diff them
        visually.
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
        I entered the following line: xaxaxa
        Then hit CTRL+H, entering a in the search field and \n
        in the replace field. I checked the Regular expression
        flag. Then I hit replace once and replace-all once.
   * What was the outcome of this action?
        The text transformed in the following way:
        x
        x\nx\n

   * What outcome did you expect instead?
        I expected the following:
        x
        x
        x