Compile step request: search and replace

[pdworkman]

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Search for a string and replace it with something else.

It would be nice to be able to add this step multiple times with different search and replace schemes.

[chrisgrieser]

that should already be doable with the current featureset. Compile Step simply replaces every instance of "a" with "💥". (If you know regex, you can also use .replace instead of .replaceAll.)

But a more accessible workflow that offers search/replace for non-coders might make a lot of sense, too.

module.exports = {
  description: {
    name: "Sample Script",
    description: "Replaces every 'a' with an explosion emoji.",
    availableKinds: ["Manuscript", "Scene"],
    options: []
  },

  compile (input, context) {
    input.contents = input.contents.replaceAll ("a", "💥");

    return input;
  }

};

[kevboh]

I like the idea of formalizing this as a built-in step but leaving more complex versions to user steps. Good suggestion.