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Re: Grumpy pills
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Re: Grumpy pills


  • Subject: Re: Grumpy pills
  • From: Ben <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 10:14:56 -0700 (PDT)

No, I also think Find is pretty lame. Seems to be missing basic regex
searching, as far as I can tell. Even better would be regex search and
replace, with the ability to use matches as variables in the replace
string.

On Wed, 2 Jun 2004, Markian Hlynka wrote:

> While we're on the subject of the "Find" command, I find xcode's find
> to be extremely un-useful. For I don't have the ability to "start from
> top of file", nor the ability to "Find All", either in a file or
> multiple files.
>
> Am I missing something, or is Find pretty lame? So far, every time I
> use it I want to go back to BBedit.
>
> Markian
>
> On Jun 2, 2004, at 8:49, John Clements wrote:
>
> > I must be feeling grumpy tonight. Here's a couple more complaints
> > about the XCode user interface.
> >
> > After performing a 'Find in Project', the results window default
> > layout has two columns. They default to equal width, but I want to
> > make the left column (actual result) much wider than the right column
> > (the file name containing the result). I can drag the divider across,
> > but if I close and re-open the project, XCode has forgotten my window
> > settings, and I have to drag it again. Not very polished.
> >
> > Another rough edge is the following. I scan down the results from my
> > 'Find in Project', and see the place I want to go to. Why can't I use
> > the keyboard to get there. I can move the selection with the up and
> > down arrow keys, but that's just a tease. I still have to move the
> > mouse and double-click on the result I'm interested in. Why can't I
> > select it with the arrow keys then press return, or Cmd-down arrow?
> >
> > John.
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