how to show all matched search results?

[lxl65]

Hello,

I just started using vedit today and here is my first question. Let's say I am editing following 4 lines of code:

abc 123 abcd abc
ABC dAbc
abcABC aBC
ABcd abcD ABC AbCd


I am trying to search for word "abc" ignoring case, and I want vedit can highlight all matched results (5 matches in this example) no matter it is from bottom or from above.

How can I do that? Thanks.

[Scott Lambert]

Hi Lxl65,

Welcome to Vedit & the Forum!

To do that from the menu system:

1. Select Search from the main menu
2. Select Search from the Search Menu
3. Enter abc as your search term
4. click on box labelled Word, so it is checked.
5. make sure the case sensitive box is unchecked
6. to ensure search starts at top of file, check begin-of-file/block, else search starts at current file position.
7. click Next
8. To goto the second and beyond found match, from the menu, use Search > Next

It won't highlight the word, just the first letter, to highlight the word would require a macro.

Does that help?

Scott

[lxl65]

thanks. I think I can live with this.

[pal]

Hi Lxl65,
It won't highlight the word, just the first letter, to highlight the word would require a macro.
Scott

Scott, what do you mean Search only highlights the first letter? It does highlight the word or string you were searching, but the highlighting is removed when you move the cursor.
But it does not highlight all the words on screen that match the search, as many other programs (such as web browsers) do.

Some years ago I wrote this macro (attached) that highlights all the searched words using syntax highlighting.
After you have performed the search, call this macro to highlight all words. (However, it does not work if you use pattern matching codes or regular expressions.)

Another way is to use "Search" -> "Wildfile" (or click the Wildfile button on Toolbar).
It displays all matching lines on a window.
Normally, it searches multiple files on disk, but if you only want to search the current file, leave the "Files" field empty.

[Scott Lambert]

Hi Peter,

You are correct. Vedit does highlight the whole word. What was I thinking when I posted that???? Thank you for catching that... my bad.

Interesting use of syntax highlighting. Well done Peter!

Scott