Hide all then show search results

[N1ST]

Hello,

Long ago I used the ISPF editor, and it had the ability to hide all lines, do a search, and it would only show lines where the result was found. Then these lines could be easily deleted, copied, etc. Is there a way to do something similar in NP++?

Thanks.

[Alan Kilborn]

@N1ST

hide all lines

No, not in the sense you mean.

easily be copied

Yes, 2 ways at least: Copy from the Find-result window after doing a Find All in Current Document search. Or use the Line Filter plugin which will provide matched lines in a different tab. Either way it is fairly easy to copy the hit lines.

easily be deleted

The best way is to do this via Regular Expression replacement. Search for what you what to delete and replace it with nothing.

If you can tell us your typical use-case, we can probably refine this advice to something more specific.