search_replace.groovy

Feature Realization

This script provides a user-friendly way to perform project-wide search and replace operations using regular expressions. It opens a GUI window where the user can enter the search pattern and the replacement string. It then iterates through all translated segments in the project and applies the replacement.

Key APIs

• groovy.swing.SwingBuilder: Used to create the search and replace dialog window.

• project.allEntries: To iterate through every segment in the translation project.

• target.replaceAll(search_string, replace_string): Performs the actual regular expression replacement on the translation text.

• editor.gotoEntry(ste.entryNum()): Navigates to the modified segment.

• editor.replaceEditText(target): Updates the segment’s translation with the new text.

Important Constraints or Limitations

• Regular Expressions: The search string is treated as a regular expression.

• Translated Segments Only: The script only processes segments that already have a translation.

• Sequential Execution: It jumps to and modifies each segment one by one in the editor, which can be visually busy and may take time for many replacements.

• No Undo: Changes made by the script cannot be globally undone with a single “undo” command; each segment modification would need to be undone individually.