I just uploaded a new version of MarcEdit 5.1. Most of the updates are related to changes in the MarcEditor. So here’s the list of changes:
- MarcEdit Find (specifically when the regular expression option is selected) — Previously, when searches were done, items were located but the window didn’t scroll to the located item. That’s been corrected.
- MarcEdit Replace All (Regular Expressions): One of the changes made during the last update of MarcEdit was to change MarcEdit’s MarcEditor’s replace all function (when using regular expressions) from a single line evaluation to evaluating whole records. This allows for the ability to perform replacement actions by evaluating multiple fields — but I had neglected to consider how this might break current workflows that relied on the previous functionality. So, I’ve returned the functionality to evaluating single lines and added a switch to allow users that want to process data across multiple lines. So for example:
(=6.*)([^.]$) — this would evaluate field by field (line by line)
(=6.*)([^.]$)/m — the /m tells marcedit to evaluate multiple lines — so this would run this expression against the entire record. - MarcEdit Replace All (Regular Expressions): The expression evaluator was too greedy — causing matches to blank records. This should never happen any longer.
- MarcEditor — when openning a blank .mrk file using the Open button — the window would hang. That’s been corrected.
- MarcEditor — when opening a .mrk file by double clicking on it, then opening a new window — closing either window would close both windows. This has been corrected.
- XSLT file updates — I’ve added Creative Commons Zero license headers to the FGDC stylesheets distributed in MarcEdit.
- Help File has been updated to cover some of the noted changes.
Couple of notes — I’m currently writing up some new notes on using MarcEdit on Linux. Mono 2.0+ essentially has added all the functionality necessary to run MarcEdit on Linux. I’ll be creating a handful of Youtube videos for folks interested in giving this a try. As for running on a Mac — well, I’ll look at that next.
You can download the new version of MarcEdit from here: MarcEdit_Setup.msi
–TR