I'm not sure what you mean by a "section", but here's a script that will
select up to any characters. You can then search the selection.
Steve
(* Select up to any characters:
>> Opens a find window for the characters
>> Examples:
>> To select up to a double line break, enter (unquoted) "\r\r"
>> To select up to "*/", enter "\*\/"
>> *)
>> tell application "BBEdit"
>> set _searchto to the text returned of (display dialog "Enter search
>> string" default answer "")
>> set _sstring to "(?s).+?(?=" & _searchto & ")"
>> find _sstring searching in text 1 of front document options {search
>> mode:grep, starting at top:false, wrap around:true, backwards:false, case
>> sensitive:false, match words:false, extend selection:true} with selecting
>> match
>> end tell
>>
>
>
On Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:56:39 AM UTC-4, David A. Lewis wrote:
>
> It seems to me that BB has REMOVED several functions from the Search
> Dialogue box that I (previously) found very very useful.
>
> One of them, the most irritating new ommission, is the checkbox, that
> would "extend the selection", so that if I put the text-insertion point
> into a document at the beginning of a section, had "extend selection"
> checked-on, and then searched for a word at (for example) the end of that
> section, the ENTIRE BLOCK OF TEXT would be highlighted.
>
> So, where have they hidden this feature in the new "improved" version 10?
> PLEASE bring it back, (or advise on where it went! :O)
>
On Tuesday, April 16, 2013 2:56:39 AM UTC-4, David A. Lewis wrote:
>
> It seems to me that BB has REMOVED several functions from the Search
> Dialogue box that I (previously) found very very useful.
>
> One of them, the most irritating new ommission, is the checkbox, that
> would "extend the selection", so that if I put the text-insertion point
> into a document at the beginning of a section, had "extend selection"
> checked-on, and then searched for a word at (for example) the end of that
> section, the ENTIRE BLOCK OF TEXT would be highlighted.
>
> So, where have they hidden this feature in the new "improved" version 10?
> PLEASE bring it back, (or advise on where it went! :O)
>
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