On 11 September 2014 21:38, Péter <[email protected]> wrote: > Lex Trotman wrote: >>> >>> I can manually add the extra "-l" option to grep, but maybe it is worth >>> to >>> add a "only file names" checkbox too. >> >> >> You wouldn't need to do that, just ignore the line number in the >> message window. Opening from clicking on the line in the message >> window already checks if the file is open and just switches to it >> without re-opening. >> >> Exactly where "open all files listed in the message window" menu item >> should go is debatable, but if a pull request was provided then that >> can be bikeshedded afterwards. > > > I guess it may be a quite common procedure currently to:
How "common" something is is always debatable since everyone has their own usage patterns, all you can say is it is common for you, and I don't think I've ever done it :) > 1. issue a "find in files" (with extra "-l" grep-option to achieve a *lot* > shorter list); > 2. keep pressed the "next message" until all files (with the searched text > in them) get opened; > 3. issue a "replace all (in session, i.e. opened files)" command. > > The 2. point is cumbersome, ugly, and maybe error-prone (is it guaranteed > that no file will skipped? will it start from the first hit?). So that will be extra incentive for you to provide a pull-request/patch :) Cheers Lex > > > -- > Péter > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
