Re: Way to increase the number of previous searches?

2015-05-15 Thread Maarten Sneep
On 15 May 2015, at 01:32, Thomas Floeren t...@me.com wrote: Sometimes it takes some time until you realize that you’ll need the pattern again or regularly. But then most of the time it’s already vanished, with only 16. 16 is better than 10, but if you do lots of small searches in

Re: Way to increase the number of previous searches?

2015-05-15 Thread Brian L. Matthews
On 5/15/15 2:17 PM, Michelle wrote: What about collapsing the list of recent searches after 16? To view searches 17+, the user must click a View More button/link. Only /then/ would the scrollbar appear. That way, there is no usability issue. On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 1:49:37 PM UTC-7,

Re: Way to increase the number of previous searches?

2015-05-15 Thread Michelle
I suspect that many people (like me) buy BBEdit because it handles search-and-replace in large files very well. Adding a View More option will serve those people well (and will not hamper anyone's workflow). -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or

Re: Way to increase the number of previous searches?

2015-05-15 Thread Michelle
EXACTLY! On Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 6:36:01 PM UTC-7, Tom wrote: Sometimes it takes some time until you realize that you’ll need the pattern again or regularly. But then most of the time it’s already vanished, with only 16. -- Tom -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion

Re: Way to increase the number of previous searches?

2015-05-15 Thread Maarten Sneep
On 15 May 2015, at 18:30, Thomas Floeren t...@me.com wrote: On 15 May 2015, at 13:29, Maarten Sneep maarten.sn...@xs4all.nl wrote: On the other hand, a really long list is impractical as well. Maintain a list per file-type or even per file? No, I don't think a file-based list would

Re: Way to increase the number of previous searches?

2015-05-15 Thread Thomas Floeren
On 15 May 2015, at 13:29, Maarten Sneep maarten.sn...@xs4all.nl wrote: On the other hand, a really long list is impractical as well. Maintain a list per file-type or even per file? No, I don't think a file-based list would be a good idea. Of course, it depends of your workflow, but I

Re: Way to increase the number of previous searches?

2015-05-15 Thread Christopher Stone
On May 14, 2015, at 19:21, Michelle essayt...@gmail.com wrote: I just need the list of recently used GREPs to be longer. My hope is that one of the experts here will know how to increase the limit of 16. __ Hey Michelle,

Re: Way to increase the number of previous searches?

2015-05-15 Thread Maarten Sneep
On 15 May 2015, at 21:00, Thomas Floeren t...@me.com wrote: On 15 May 2015, at 19:16, Maarten Sneep maarten.sn...@xs4all.nl wrote: And I don’t think a list of 30 or 50 entries is really long. Admitted, GUI-wise it’s a bit ugly to get such a long list, but it would be helpful, I think.

Re: Way to increase the number of previous searches?

2015-05-15 Thread Thomas Floeren
On 15 May 2015, at 19:16, Maarten Sneep maarten.sn...@xs4all.nl wrote: And I don’t think a list of 30 or 50 entries is really long. Admitted, GUI-wise it’s a bit ugly to get such a long list, but it would be helpful, I think. Would require a different user interface Why? -- Tom

Re: Way to increase the number of previous searches?

2015-05-15 Thread Thomas Floeren
On 15 May 2015, at 19:16, Maarten Sneep maarten.sn...@xs4all.nl wrote: OK, by file-type then. Many searches (for me at least) are file-type specific. Probably OK, not sure. File-type-specific, of course, is 1000 times more useful than doc-specific. -- This is the BBEdit Talk public

Re: Way to increase the number of previous searches?

2015-05-15 Thread Michelle
What about collapsing the list of recent searches after 16? To view searches 17+, the user must click a View More button/link. Only *then* would the scrollbar appear. That way, there is no usability issue. On Friday, May 15, 2015 at 1:49:37 PM UTC-7, Maarten Sneep wrote: Usability for

Re: Way to increase the number of previous searches?

2015-05-15 Thread Christopher Stone
On May 15, 2015, at 16:17, Michelle essayt...@gmail.com wrote: What about collapsing the list of recent searches after 16? __ You may already be in the scrolling boat if you have your Find Dialog positioned low on your monitor.

Way to increase the number of previous searches?

2015-05-14 Thread Michelle
Hello, I edit large files all day long. I use a seemingly endless stream of different, trial-and-error GREPs to aid me in finding/replacing/deleting content. I frequently find myself referring to my previous searches that are listed/stored under the little box with a clock on the right-hand

Re: Way to increase the number of previous searches?

2015-05-14 Thread Thomas Floeren
On 15 May 2015, at 24:52, Christopher Stone listmeis...@suddenlink.net wrote: but you can use the button below that to SAVE search patterns Saving search patterns is one thing, and, of course, Text Filters are very useful, too, and I use them extensively. But I also advocate an increased

Re: Way to increase the number of previous searches?

2015-05-14 Thread Michelle
Hello, Chris, Thanks for the tip, but it doesn't really suit my needs. The nature of my work requires me to create new, completely unique GREP patterns on-the-fly, based on unique circumstances that I come across in each 5MB+ text file. So, creating templates is not the solution to my