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On 12/11/13, 24:30 , Jerry wrote: > > On Dec 10, 2013, at 4:04 AM, Rainer M Krug <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hi >> >> Sometimes it is useful to highlight all occurrences of the >> search term, e.g. when navigating to locations in the text where >> a certain term occurs. Is this possible in LyX? I couldn't find >> anything in the search dialog. >> >> I am only referring to highlighting on the screen, not the >> compiled document. >> >> Is there something I have overlooked? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Rainer >> > This is indeed a useful function. However, there is another > function that achieves similar results and in some ways is better. > > It works like this: Once the Find function finds its first result, > pressing a specified key combination takes you to the next result > no matter if the Find dialog window is open or not--there is no > need to constantly mess with the Find dialog or remove your fingers > from the keyboard to re-open it or to click a button. Agreed - this would be very useful and time saving. > > To find the previous occurrence of the find-string, press another > key combination. Also agreed - forward and backward search by keyboard would be very useful. > One way that this is superior to the highlight-all approach is that > the screen is scrolled for you. In the highlight-all approach, > scrolling to the next or previous find result can be difficult > especially when the results are far apart. Both are useful - It is advantageous to see all occurrences highlighted to assess the context of the search term, but moving to the next one by keyboard shortcut would be a very useful addition to this - they would supplement each other. See e.g. the search in Firefox: one Button which says "Highlight All" and one to search backward and forward - just also via keyboard shortcuts. > > When this functionality is combined with the ability to pass > selected text to the Find function with still another key > combination (without the need to copy the selected text, open the > Find dialog, paste the selected text, then click some more to > search forward or backward), the searching process becomes > unbelievably streamlined. Sounds great - effectively a search in the background. If pone wants to see a dialog, just press a different key combination. > > This functionality has been a standardized feature in OS X > programs from the beginning (going on 12 years) and might have been > present in pre-OS X OS's from Apple (I can't recall for sure). Interesting - I am using Mac, but was never aware of this - what are the shortcuts there? > > Some will recall that I have discussed this before, so I hate to > be redundant, but I believe this is a very useful approach (and > not exclusive to the highlight-all approach) and is sorely missed > by OS X users. And it can be implemented in such a way that the > more laborious approach is available in its current form--that's > the way OS X does it, with sort of the "long" way and the "power > user" way both available. +1 This definitely sounds like a useful GSoC project? Rainer > > Jerry > - -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax : +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: [email protected] Skype: RMkrug -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.22 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSqXj0AAoJENvXNx4PUvmCE5YH/1D9Eyg0hfoGiLggMpJRwU/N AnXybzYSoQ7bIA7CfLF0Y9S8muwH4rjQVBoLuMDEPXXWyxSwv+c/x6aaRHR2rx4d pHV9R90ly37EYYhxEjkjadz2k0yxzRUoCzuASEshHBYaRdTKPkzFa9v+Km4uW9b0 dfv4CMfVFQCbNDiGSPBuFGk/7JVK6VxpFUsU8Ae+weFB2e7ZckUJ1Uj9rncfLDRM eP8iXmquLYXbmeJoIxySdFyorrc2ZNCp0jyatLMTxFgE0l2EMM4Co5uyr9l347we PWTeGzsXrBVEvoYBsCmPpGv7z8A5ycWuysTKyFWF67GLqt1l8VMFSGAmdnX1wTg= =e73O -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
