KM8 update - Issues, had to roll back

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You are so mean!

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Care to share what made it particular to the letter “r”? Enquiring minds want to know!

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The code was supposed to remove carriage returns by search and replacing \r, but accidentally I put \R. It’s always been used as a lowercase, but apparently, in 10.11 and later, \R works. But in 10.10, \R is just an R.

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That’s genuinely interesting. By all that is Googleable, it would seem that 10.10 is the only version actually handling the escaped capital R correctly. I wonder what caused the behavior to change…

Anyway, thanks for sharing!

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Except that \R is a valid RegEx special code, NOT a capital R:

\R -- Match a new line character, or the sequence CR LF. The new line characters are \u000a, \u000b, \u000c, \u000d, \u0085, \u2028, \u2029 [Since ICU 55]

It is macOS 10.11+ that is handling it correctly.

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Ahh, that actually explains it. \R clearly was not supported prior to 10.11. So prior to 10.11 it was just an “R”.

That actually makes me feel a bit better.

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Just curious, is ICU’s regex library the one that macOS uses, then? I tried to find an official home for “the definition of regex patterns” and they all seem to be platform, language, and library dependent.

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Yes, Keyboard Maestro uses the system regex, which is based on icucore (apparently an older version in 10.10).

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Good to know! Thanks!

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I believe all of these issues were resolved/fixed with the Keyboard Maestro 8.0.1 update.

If not, please reply with details about the open issue.

In the future, we request that each issue/bug report be posted in a separate topic, so it is easier to discuss, track, and then mark "Solved" when a fix is released.

Thanks.

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Fixed in Keyboard Maestro 8.0.2.
Please confirm, and post reply of "Solved".

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@juljuljul, I believe all of these issues have been fixed by Keyboard Maestro 8.0.2 update.

Please confirm the fix, and check "Solved" if fixed.

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multiple “Search and replace Clipboard” actions disappeared in random macros, not all though (medium weird)

Did you find out where the issue was with this ?

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Sorry, I don't see that specific issue mentioned on the KM 8.0.2 update.
If this issue is still occurring for you, please post in a new topic, and provide a much detail as you can. Try to identify a pattern to the macros which are affected.

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That is caused by running Keyboard Maestro 8 then going back to Keyboard Maestro 7 without properly reverting. At that point they are lost and wont be restored even if you then upgrade to version 8 again.

The only way to get them back is to revert properly to version 7 macros (wiki and then extract them that way.

Actually, this technique might work, but I’d make sure I had good backups first:

  • Quit and relaunch the Keyboard Maestro 8 editor
  • Select File ➤ Revert Macros ➤ Before Version 8
  • Check your macro with missing actions. If the Search & Replace macros are there, export the macro.
  • Select File ➤ Revert Macros ➤ At Editor Launch (or Before Last Revert)
  • Your macros should be back to the way they were when you started.
  • Import the macros you exported.
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thanks so much for your super fast response, really appreciate it

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Confirmed: fixed in 8.0.3

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Confirmed: fixed in 8.0.3

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At least now you guys can upgrade from 6.4.8 :wink:

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Are you saying that killer bug was introduced already with version 7.0 ?!

(That would mean not a single KM7 user has ever used the Write System Clipboard action in the past two years…:open_mouth:)