An improved Search/Replace function
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:37 pm
PB keeps improving with each new release. I love that.
The latest (5.60) is no exception. I love it.
But some areas of the IDE have been left behind for way too long, and remain poorly developed.
The Search/Replace function is one such element.
The current function is, in my view, still rather primitive.
For instance, when you press [Find next] to launch a search operation from a selected word or expression, the search invariably locks onto the current selection as the first occurence of the search criterion ! That's exasperating, and quite illogical. I believe, however, it could be very easily fixed.
A number of suggestions have been made to improve this function, some of them excellent.
uwekel (March 2017) Improvement for the Find/Replace dialog
Fredi (January 2017) : Add "Count" button to the Find/Replace window
NikitaOdnorob98 (June 2012) : What we lack in the IDE PB
bug report (July 2016) :[5.42] Replace by using old replace phrase fails...
It would be nice to see those suggestions implemented, in part or in totality, in the near future.
The Search & Replace function definitely needs to be modernized and generally improved.
In its present state, it's definitely one of the chief annoyances in PB.
The latest (5.60) is no exception. I love it.
But some areas of the IDE have been left behind for way too long, and remain poorly developed.
The Search/Replace function is one such element.
The current function is, in my view, still rather primitive.
For instance, when you press [Find next] to launch a search operation from a selected word or expression, the search invariably locks onto the current selection as the first occurence of the search criterion ! That's exasperating, and quite illogical. I believe, however, it could be very easily fixed.
A number of suggestions have been made to improve this function, some of them excellent.
uwekel (March 2017) Improvement for the Find/Replace dialog
Fredi (January 2017) : Add "Count" button to the Find/Replace window
NikitaOdnorob98 (June 2012) : What we lack in the IDE PB
bug report (July 2016) :[5.42] Replace by using old replace phrase fails...
It would be nice to see those suggestions implemented, in part or in totality, in the near future.
The Search & Replace function definitely needs to be modernized and generally improved.
In its present state, it's definitely one of the chief annoyances in PB.
