> I bet the engineers at Microsoft are secretly using Linux and XP is just their > little joke on the rest of us.
No, Bill you are wrong here. According to some comments in the published Windows Source code, they actually use Mac ;-) And I can only agree with Flavio: Use UltraEdit ! Peter Horsb�ll M�ller GIS Developer Geographical Information & IT COWI A/S Odensevej 95 DK-5260 Odense S Denmark Tel +45 6311 4900 Direct +45 6311 4908 Mob +45 5156 1045 Fax +45 6311 4949 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cowi.dk > -----Original Message----- > From: B. Thoen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 2:57 AM > Cc: MapInfo-L > Subject: RE: MI-L How to Search MapBasic Files Using XP's > Bloody Stupid Se arch Assistant > > > On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Simmonds, Ashley (OPT) wrote: > > > i was looking for information in some PHP files the other days, and > > that frickin mutt (now switched off/deleted) tells me what i want > > isn't in them. > > That's the only puppy I've ever wanted to kick. > > > why the hell it can't just accept that i want the "search > system" to > > treat WHATEVER FILES I TELL IT TO as text files i'll never know. > > Yes! It LETS YOU PICK ANY FILE SPEC, but it doesn't tell that > it won't > search inside those files. How stupid is that? Especially > since the search > assistant worked fine in W2K!! > > > so does that registry patch mean i'd have to do it for > EVERY type of > > file i want to search in? bah, i'll make my own. > > Well, it works for *.txt, but not for .c, .h, .bas, .php, ... etc. > You can add files using that reg fix just by changing the > extension. Seems > like a lot of work to me. > > Hasn't any programmer at Microsoft noticed this yet? At the > MS XP General Support forum, the "Why doesn't the Search > work?" question occurs once for every three other questions. > XP must not be for Real Programmers. I bet the engineers at > Microsoft are secretly using Linux and XP is just their > little joke on the rest of us. > > - Bill Thoen > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | > www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message number: 10578 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 10580
