Is it possible to merge two lines in a KML file ?

Josef Moertl

Hey guys,

in Google Earth it is unfortunately not possible to change the size of the labeling of several placemarks at once. It is only possible for one placemark.

I´m wondering whether it is possible with Notepad ++.

The size of the label is saved in a KML file with the following code:

All this three lines end with LF (Line Feed)

Is it possible to remove LF after <LabelStyle> to get <LabelStyle> and <scale>0.9</scale> into one line like this ?

<LabelStyle><scale>0.9</scale>
</LabelStyle>LF

or even like this ?

You could then use Find and Replace to change the size of the label for many hundreds of placemarks.

Thanks for your help !!!
With kind regards
Josef

Alan Kilborn

@Josef-Moertl said in Is it possible to merge two lines in a KML file ?:

or even like this ?

<LabelStyle><scale>0.9</scale></LabelStyle>

Try:

Find: (?-si:<LabelStyle>|(?!\A)\G)(?s-i:(?!</LabelStyle>).)*?\K(?-si:\R)
Replace: make sure this box is empty
Search mode: Regular expression

It’s an application of a technique discussed HERE. It’s a bit of an advanced thing for your problem, but it works.

However, I’m concerned that you may not have stated your problem correctly–we shall see…

Josef Moertl

@Alan-Kilborn

Unbelievable … I’m sitting here at my desk and shaking my head … I still can’t believe it … Alan you are a genius !!! … the formula looks soooo complicated … but … it worked exactly as I wanted it to

Alan thanks a lot !!!
This is something I will never forget
Thank you !!!

Alan Kilborn

@Josef-Moertl said in Is it possible to merge two lines in a KML file ?:

Alan you are a genius

Well. Ahem. Credit for the base formula goes to its author; see the link I provided.

guy038

Hello @josef-moertl, @alan-kilborn and All,

Of course, the @alan-kilborn solution works nice ! But, as you said :

You could then use Find and Replace to change the size of the label for many hundreds of placemarks.

I’m thinking about an second solution !

For example, from this INPUT text, part of your KLM file :

...
...
<LabelStyle>
<scale>0.9</scale>
</LabelStyle>
...
...
...
    <LabelStyle>
        <scale>37</scale>
</LabelStyle>
...
...
  <LabelStyle>
  <scale>100</scale>
  </LabelStyle>
...
...

Using the regex S/R :

SEARCH ^(\h*<LabelStyle>\R\h*<scale>)\d+(?:\.\d+)?(</scale>\R\h*</LabelStyle>\R)
REPLACE ${1}3.7${2}

It would change the size of any label to the 3.7 value and you’ll get the OUTPUT text, below :

...
...
<LabelStyle>
<scale>3.7</scale>
</LabelStyle>
...
...
...
    <LabelStyle>
        <scale>3.7</scale>
</LabelStyle>
...
...
  <LabelStyle>
  <scale>3.7</scale>
  </LabelStyle>
...
...

Thus, although I miss something obvious, no need to get each block of 3 lines in a single line !

In addition, like the @alan-kilborn’s regex, it does not mind about the kind of EOL, which can be, either a Windows, Unix or Mac line-break !

Just place, in the replacement part, your desired number between the two values ${1} and ${2}. For instance :

${1}100${2}
${1}0.05${2}
${1}0${2}
${1}12.3456{2}

Best Regards,

guy038

Josef Moertl

@guy038
… you guys are really incredible … for me this is another dimension !!! … wow … it worked great !!! … and I hope that your solutions will help many many others … I’m pretty sure about that, as I spent hours !!! trying to find a solution before, as this is not possible with Google Earth and there is no third party software solution yet …
Thank you so much … ;-)