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Ddelete empty elements in arbortext editor

bfriesen
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Ddelete empty elements in arbortext editor

Is there a way that I can search for a specific empty element and delete it from multiple locations? My thought was to open a rde and do it from there but when I search for the element it finds the ones that have content also?

 

Thanks

 

Bryon

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To delete an empty element in the document open in Arbortext Editor, position the cursor at the very beginning of the document and enter the following at the command line:

 

while ($status==0) {find -t -nows '<elementname></elementname>';delete_mark;}

 

This is ACL (Arbortext Command Language), which is fully documented in online Help.

 

Suzanne Napoleon

www.FOSIexpert.com

"WYSIWYG is last-century technology!"

 

 

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To delete an empty element in the document open in Arbortext Editor, position the cursor at the very beginning of the document and enter the following at the command line:

 

while ($status==0) {find -t -nows '<elementname></elementname>';delete_mark;}

 

This is ACL (Arbortext Command Language), which is fully documented in online Help.

 

Suzanne Napoleon

www.FOSIexpert.com

"WYSIWYG is last-century technology!"

 

 

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