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title="UNCONFIRMED - escape character \n does not work in search box for search replace in Writer"
href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143797">143797</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>escape character \n does not work in search box for search replace in Writer
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<th>Product</th>
<td>LibreOffice
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<th>Version</th>
<td>7.0.6.2 release
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>x86-64 (AMD64)
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<th>OS</th>
<td>Windows (All)
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<th>Status</th>
<td>UNCONFIRMED
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>normal
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<th>Priority</th>
<td>medium
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<th>Component</th>
<td>Writer
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>federico.atristain@yahoo.com
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<pre>Description:
When the "\n" (without quotes) escape character is used in the search and/or
search/replace dialogs it does not find the next paragraph's end.
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open a document with several paragraphs in it
2.Open Find (Ctrl-F) or Search/Replace (Ctrl-H)
3.Enter "\n" (without quotes) to search for a paragraph end
4.Press the "Find" button
Actual Results:
The Search and Replace dialog gives an error stating: "Search key not found"
Expected Results:
The search should find the next \n (i.e. paragraph end) character after the
cursor position.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: Yes
Additional Info:
Version: 7.0.6.2 (x64)
Build ID: 144abb84a525d8e30c9dbbefa69cbbf2d8d4ae3b
CPU threads: 4; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19043; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded</pre>
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