regex - Multiline search replace with regexp in Eclipse

Question

Eclipse regexp search works pretty well, so for example in search box I have this:

(?s)(myMethod.*?;)});

Now I want to copy multiline text in the IDE and in replace box, for example I want to paste 1PASTE_MULTILINE_TEXT_HERE. However Eclipse does not allow me to directly copy-paste multiline text without manually inserting newline characters.

In Vim (Gvim, Macvim) it works perfectly well, keeping all the spaces; how can I do the same thing in Eclipse?

Answer 1

For searching multiple lines in Eclipse, you must use the 's' parameter in search expression:

(?s)someExpressionToMatchInAnyLine

For replacing with multiple lines exp you must use R i.e:

line1Rline2Rline3

This will replace the matched exp with:
line1
line2
line3