Re: [PATCH 2.6.20-rc3] qconf Search Dialog

[Shlomi Fish <shlomif@iglu.org.il>]

On Wednesday 03 January 2007 23:05, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 10:01:28PM +0200, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> > Interesting. I didn't notice this search dialog before because its menu
> > item was placed in the "File" menu, which is the wrong place for a find
> > command (Which should be in an "Edit" or "Search" menu). I believe others
> > have missed it as well. Also, it is possible it wasn't available when I
> > wrote the preliminary version of the patch back in March.
> >
> > Aside from that my search dialog has some advantages:
> >
> > 1. Full text search - if you search for "available" in File->Search you
> > won't find anything. Searching for it in Edit->Find will find many
> > things. I think File->Search only searches using the identifiers or at
> > most also the title.
> >
> > 2. Regular expression search.
> >
> > 3. Displaying the results in a tree, with their context.
> >
> > All that said, I don't mind merging my modifications into the existing
> > code, or replacing it entirely.
>
> Please merge the best of the existing and the new search dialog.
>

OK.

> I would prefer it as separate smaller steps.
> So one patch where you move the dialog and another where you improve
> the search dialog.
>

Move the dialog from where, to where, and in what respect?

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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