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Incremental Search
When in a document type CTRL-F or F3 to start an incremental search in
the left field of the status bar.
When in incremental search mode anything you type becomes a search
string, and as you type you are brought to matches in the current
text. Typing CTRL-F, or F3 again or typing CURSOR DOWN or PAGE DOWN
will "Search Next" while SHIFT-F3, CURSOR UP or PAGE UP search
backwards.
To exit incremental search mode type ENTER.
Incremental search supports regex. For example: To match the
word "incremental" or the word "search" in this document, type:
CTRL-F
incremental|search
Then type CTRL-F again to cycle through the matches.
Further details of the behavior of inc. search:
Ctrl-F while text is selected in editor copies it to search
field up to the first newline or up to 30 characters
F3 starts search field with last search entered
Search starts at cursor position (1.8beta5 and prior started
always at page beginning)
ENTER terminates search and keeps last found text selected (if any)
ESC terminates search and goes back where search began
Clicking outside of the search field terminates search
If search pattern is found search field is green
If search pattern is not found search field is yellow
If search pattern is an invalid regex, color doesn't change
In the options dialog, page "Searching" there is also an option
"Delay before auto-close". Entering a number greater 0 denotes the
number of seconds of inactivity before incremental search is closed
automatically. 0 means "wait forever".
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