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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@...>]

Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> I have been working on one of my todo list items of replacing the
> EESchema find dialog with an improved wxFormBuilder version and ran into
> a few issues with the current search behavior. I wanted to get some
> input from the group before I continue plowing ahead on my current
> trajectory. The current item search in EESchema uses a wild card
> pattern search similar to a typical file name search using * and ?. The
> problem with this is if you want to search for the components that are
> not annotated (D?, C?, etc.), setting the search string to D? does not
> yield the result that I think most users would expect. I'm also not
> sure that the average user understands * and ? pattern matching. I
> would think most users are more familiar with matching the whole word or
> any part of a word options that most find dialogs provide. So I am
> proposing the following initial changes the EESchema find dialog:
>
> 1) Make the dialog modeless and don't dismiss it on every search.
nice
> 2) Save find dialog position, size, and search settings between sessions.
execellent
> 3) Use whole/part of word and case sensitive/insensitive search options
> instead of * and ?
I like * and ?, and if ? is really a single character wildcard, should 
it not match a ? ?

That last ? is for the question. And that is humorous, according to 
me. :)

> 4) Always zoom in and move the cursor to the found schematic item.
nice
> 5) Add wrapping around past the end of the search list.
either way.
> I don't know if I will get these initial changes before the next release
> but I will keep pushing forward. After the dust settles on the initial
> changes, I also have a some enhancements I would like add for future.
>
> 1) Reverse item searching ( requires implementing reversible containers
> for all of the schematic item lists ).
with your wrapping, maybe not important
> 2) Optional regular expression searching for power users which would be
> disabled (hidden) by default.
a compile time option? I think any user this powerful is going to use a 
text editor, and won't need regexs in eeschema.
> 3) Add replace item text capability to find dialog.
could be good.
> 4) Implement similar find/replace capabilities to the other Kicad apps
> where it makes sense.
could be good.


I would like:
*) control-F for all find dialogs, with initial focus on the text entry 
field.
*) make the text entry field be an editable combobox so it can retain 
past search strings?



> If you have any comments, suggestions, or just can't live without the
> current find dialog, please let me know before I get too far along.
>
> Wayne

Yes Vesa, this crap is getting tedious:

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