METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EDITING TEXT WITH A FIND AND REPLACE FUNCTION LEVERAGING DERIVATIONS OF THE FIND AND REPLACE INPUT

摘要

A method, computer program and system for performing a find and replace editing operation of a text starting from a couple of initial find and replace expressions provided by the user, applying each rule defining admissible inflected forms of the initial find expression and the initial replace expression, to the initial find and replace expression to identify all the derived couples of find expression and the replace expression which are valid for the rules. The find expression and the replace expression of the derived couples correspond to inflected forms of the initial find and replace expressions. Then, for each match in the text of the find expression of the derived couples, proposing to the user the derived couples for replacement in the text.;The user interface is done through the usual graphical user interface of a text editor or through a text based terminal user interface. The find and replace operation may be passive through the execution of a program including find and replace commands or interactive by asking the user to give his choices during the execution of the program.