18414 How do I get alignment here?

[chrisjj]

How do I get auto-align of lines 1 and 2 here:



You'd think I'd know this by now

[tlscales]

uncheck regular expressions (".." is matching more than just the initial periods)

[chrisjj]

Oops, sorry, that was a misclick before the screenshot. Thanks for spotting it. Now corrected.

Same result.

[Aaron]

Hello,

The Replacements dialog does not change the Alignment. If two lines are already aligned, the Replacements dialog lets you define a specific difference as equal/unimportant.

To change the Alignment, you would need to use the Session Settings, Alignment tab, and tweak settings here to see if they can be auto-aligned. Creating Line Weights in the Format may also have an impact on alignment.

[chrisjj]

The Replacements dialog does not change the Alignment.

Ah, yes sorry, you've told me that before. I forget, because it is so discordant with expectations.

I hope a remedy is on the wishlist.

To change the Alignment, you would need to use the Session Settings, Alignment tab, and tweak settings here to see if they can be auto-aligned.

Thanks, but requires "[ ] Never align differences" which gives unwanted alignments such as:



I really hope there's a better solution. This is not an unusual requirement, surely. This should not necessitate file format converters.

[Aaron]

Hello,

I see, so you need Never Align Differences enabled. In that case, you must define a grammar for ".." and for "R:", and mark them as Unimportant. This will then align the lines as you expect.

[chrisjj]

Thanks. I'll look forward to trying the improvmets there in BC4.