| 1 | [:page:PageHeader][:toc:]
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| 2 | + Incremental Search
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| 4 | In order to start an incremental search in the left field of the status bar,
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| 5 | just type [Ctrl-F] or [F3] while You are in a document.
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| 7 | Now, being in incremental search mode anything you type becomes a search
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| 8 | string, and as you type you are forwarded to any matches found in the current
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| 9 | text.
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| 11 | Type [Ctrl-F] or [F3] again, or type [Cursor-Down] or [Page-Down]
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| 12 | in order to "Search Next". In order to "Search Backwards" just type
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| 13 | [Shift-F3], [Cursor-Up] or [Page-Up]
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| 15 | To exit incremental search mode type [Enter].
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| 17 | Incremental search supports [regular expressions]. For example: To match the
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| 18 | word "incremental" or the word "search" in this document, type:
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| 20 | [Ctrl-F]
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| 21 | incremental|search
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| 22 | Then type [Ctrl-F] again to cycle through the matches.
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| 25 | Further details of the behavior of incremental search:
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| 27 | * [Ctrl-F] while text is selected in editor copies it to search
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| 28 | field up to the first newline or up to 30 characters
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| 29 | * [F3] starts search field with last search entered
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| 30 | * Search starts at cursor position (1.8beta5 and prior started
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| 31 | always at page beginning)
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| 32 | * [Enter] terminates search and keeps last found text selected (if any)
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| 33 | * [Esc] terminates search and goes back where search began
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| 34 | * Clicking outside of the search field terminates search
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| 35 | * If search pattern is found search field is green
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| 36 | * If search pattern is not found search field is yellow
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| 37 | * If search pattern is an invalid regex, color doesn't change
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| 40 | In the options dialog, page "Searching" there is also an option
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| 41 | "Delay before auto-close". Entering a number greater 0 denotes the
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| 42 | number of seconds of inactivity before incremental search is closed
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| 43 | automatically. 0 means "wait forever".
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