> 'Quick Search' in BBEdit is vaguely similar to what I'm looking for, > but personally I find it mostly useless, because it won't stay on top > of the main window, and it doesn't support regular expressions.
Improving Quick Search is on our list of things to do, but I can't tell you (because I don't know) when that's expected to ship. > The main BBEdit find dialog does support regular expressions, but for > one thing its huge and takes lots of screen real estate, and secondly > it disappears after I press enter, modal or not. Usually the first hit > is not the one I want. Well, there are a few things that might help. Pressing return/enter to complete the search does dismiss the dialog, but typing Command-G (the keyboard equivalent for Find Again) leaves it visible. Also, clicking the search button in the window will search, leaving the window visible. However, because all of the searching commands are available though key-equivilents, you can perform most searches without bringing the find dialog up at all. I tend to select the term I'm looking for, type Command-E (Use Selection for Find), then keep typing Command-G (Find Next) until I find the instance I'm looking for. The key equivalents for the direct search gestures, as well as the ones that drive the Search window can be configured in the Menus preference pane. Hope this helps, Steve --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en If you have a specific feature request or would like to report a suspected (or confirmed) problem with the software, please email to "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
