@guy038 said:
First, many thanks for adding the Find in Files capability within the Search++ plugin.
Thank you for trying it!
It’s important to emphasize that the Filters search is always a NON-SENSITIVE search.
I made it that way by default since file and folder names are not case sensitive in Windows. You can still prefix the expression with (?-i) to make it case sensitive. I don’t know if the API I use to retrieve file paths from a folder is guaranteed always to return names in the correct case, but it appears that it does.
Now, is there a particular reason for not allowing the ICU search ?
Just the same as before — allocation of time and effort. ICU is not a “drop-in replacement” for Boost::regex; it would have significantly delayed me being able to release a public version of this had I included ICU search. Since Notepad++ users are already familiar with Boost::regex syntax, and I am more familiar with its programming interface (and so can work with it more quickly than ICU), I have prioritized Boost::regex.
I am not ruling out adding it later. I will say, though, that I plan to study and attempt to incorporate its useful unique features into Boost::regex before spending too much time trying to implement additional ICU search variants of Search++ functions. It remains to be seen whether I can successfully fork Boost::regex and extend/enhance it to make the ICU search option redundant. It definitely helps me that you are making note of ICU features you miss in Boost::regex.
Regarding the Search++ Results dialog :
Would it be possible to add a Purge option, like in the context menu of the N++ Search results dialog ? You could use the same label Purge for every search or some equivalent ( I do like Purge before each search )
That makes sense and sounds possible. I’ll add it.
Although written in your files list, I also noted that the number of scanned files is not reported in the Search++ Results** dialog, unlike with the N++ **Search results` dialog
And, if possible, it would be best to include the chosen options of the current regex too, like Regex, Case,... ?!
Agreed. I’ll add that information.
To end with, I noticed that, within the N++ Search results, it is possible to easily see all files which has matches, without seeing the matched lines :
By hitting Ctrl and clicking on ⊟, on the first line => The search collapsed after some time and then with a simple click on ⊞
By using the Fold All option of the Context dialog and then a simple click on ⊞ of the first line
I see your point. There is some flexibility missing. I will look for a way to make that easy to do.
