On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 22:19, Trevor Smith wrote: > On September 28, 2004 11:16 pm, Thomas E. Dukes wrote: > > I was wondering if there is a text editor equivalent to TextPad for > > Windows. > > > > What I'm looking for is the ability to search for a word or phrase in a > > directory of files. > > If you are using KDE, click the K menu and select "Find Files". It allows > searches of file names, types, attributes and contents. Quite thorough. If > you're not using KDE, you should be. I just started using kde a few days ago. Looks like I may be 'stuck' with it as switchdesk won't let me go back to gnome. I found what you mentioned above and its will do exactly what I want. When it locates a file(s) with a word or phrase and I double click, Kwrite opens and allows me to edit the file. Thanks!!