It would be so incredibly awesome if the MS Office/LibreOffice shortcut of Shift+F3 – to switch between different types of capitalization/case for selected text – could be implemented as a generic shortcut in Linux, that just worked in every application.

#linux #gnome #kde #TextManipulation

Hi all, this week’s blog post is about regular expressions. If you’ve been wondering how data scientists manipulate text quickly or you find yourself needing to find information in text and the thing you’re looking for follows a pattern, maybe you can benefit from learning more about regular expressions.

https://sdjmchattie.github.io/posts/2025/03/22/introduction-to-regular-expressions/

#blog #regex #regularexpressions #productivity #textmanipulation

Discovered a neat new tool last week: https://github.com/wr7/refold

It's similar to `fmt` and `fold` except that it automatically handles prefixes. Vim/Neovim `gq` can do this out of the box but fails (for me at least) when multiple prefixes are present, such as a Markdown block-quote inside Rust comments. E.g.

```
// > Some quoted text
// > to reflow.
```

`refold` handles this.

#Rust #RustLang #TextProcessing #TextManipulation #TextEditor

I tend to follow the logic of `awk` better than the one of `sed` (not being a `vi` enthusiast), but it is good to see when one might be better than the other:

https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/text-manipulation-linux-awk-vs-sed

#TextManipulation #ETL #cli #awk #sed #regexp

Delve into the essential methods of the String class in Java, perfect for manipulating and mastering text in your coding projects. From basics like length() and charAt() to advanced operations like indexOf() and substring(), enhance your Java skills with us.

Blog - https://www.cogentuniversity.com/post/methods-of-strings-class-in-java

#JavaBasics #StringClass #CodingTips #LearnJava #JavaProgramming #CodeNewbies #DeveloperCommunity #TechSkills #Programming101 #JavaDevelopers #TextManipulation #SoftwareDevelopment

📝 "Automating sentences with R"

👤 Cara Thompson (@cararthompson)

🔗 https://www.cararthompson.com/posts/2022-09-09-automating-sentences-with-r

#rladies #rstats #textmanipulation