Regular expression for multiple lines replace

o_t_a · Jan 28, 2005#12005-01-28T13:38+00:00

Looking for regular expression (I'd appreciate both UE & Unix style) which will take whole block of code and will insert some string before and after.
Example:

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body
  {
  background-color: #fff;
  color: #000;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  text-align: justify;
  }

when using replace dialog for eg. line with margin and padding selection it will produce this:

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body
  {
  background-color: #fff;
  color: #000;
/*
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
*/
  text-align: justify;
  }

Thanks for any help

Mofi · Jun 25, 2006#22006-06-25T16:09+00:00

Can be done without a regular expression. After selecting the lines

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  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;

press Ctrl+R to open the replace dialog and enter in the find field ^s and in the replace field /*^p^s*/^p (for DOS terminated files or Unix/Mac files which are temporarily converted to DOS on load).

If you want to use the "MakeBlockCmt" replace often, use a macro with a hot key. Here is the macro code:

IfSel
IfExtIs "css"
Find "^s"
Replace "/*^p^s*/^p"
ExitMacro
EndIf
IfExtIs "html"
Find "^s"
Replace ""
ExitMacro
EndIf
IfExtIs "htm"
Find "^s"
Replace ""
ExitMacro
EndIf
EndIf

See also Usage of ^c and ^s in search and replace.