So going to a stack and using the Find command is OK, speedwise? I'm searching 5 substacks, each with 200-500 cards.
The Dictionary says that offset is faster. I was hoping that someone with eons of experience would say, "Nah, you should do such and such..." I guess I'll have to try both. Thanks Jacqueline for the bug pointer. Peter UCLA On Dec 17, 2012, at 8:28 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 12/17/12 9:53 PM, Kay C Lan wrote: > >> Sorry, not an answer but a pointer. How does the IDE's Find and Replace do >> it? This searches multiple stacks without visibly visiting the stacks - you >> end where you started, at the Find and Replace stack. It basically does >> what you want, except it only lists one line even if there are multiple >> entries, and it doesn't have 3 words before and after. > > The 1-line entry is an ancient bug. Resize the stack slightly and they all > show up. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
