user manual

Introduction
User Interface
  Windows layout
  Main Panel
  Project Manager
   Search
   Makefile
   Add to User library
  Library Manager
  Text Editor
  Status Window
How To
Tutorials
Terms and Definitions
Instruction Set

 

SEARCH

The command is available in the Library Manager window menu "Search". The search command allows the user to find any word/expression in the project/library source/documentation files. The PDF searching ability is supported too. 

Click on the command "Find in files..." in the menu "Search" in the Library Manager window.

 

The "Search..."  dialog contains the following items:

Text to find - enter the requested text for searching. The user can specify also more words for the search. The following table shows syntax of strings in the search function:

Syntax Search
word1 word2 documents with either or both of the words word1 and word2
"word1 word2"  documents with the phrase word1 word2
word1 & word2 documents with both words word1 and word2
word1 | word2 documents with either or both of the words word1 and word2
word1 !& word2 documents with word word1 and without word2

Valid characters are numbers and letters only. Any other characters are not supported.

File locations (list box) - specify location to start the search 
(see picture below)

  • project sources - search in the sources located in the user directory (searching only in the subdirectory "Projects")
  • project documentation - search in the documentation located in the user directory (searching only in the subdirectory "Projects")
  • National library sources - search in the sources located in the National library
  • National library documentation - search in the documentation located in the National library
  • user library sources - search in the sources located in the User library
  • user library documentation - search in the documentation located in the User library

File mask - find all files with these extensions only (see picture below)
  • "*.*" - search in all file types - (the file types are displayed in the field beside the File mask)
  • "*.xxx" - search files with extension "xxx" only. The available list of file extensions (xxx) depends on the selected file type in the "File location" selection and it depends also on the type of the current project. The predefined mask types will be displayed in the field beside the "File mask".
  • user mask - search files with an user defined mask only. The user can enter an user selectable type of extension. Enter the user-defined extension to the field beside the "File mask". The user-defined extensions can be divided by a semicolon.


Find whole word only (check box) - limits the search to whole words only. 

If the check box "Find whole words only" is not selected, the search function finds all words starting with the entered word/characters. For example if the user enter word "inter", the search engine find for example the following words  "inter" "interrupt", "interactive".... 

After setting all the conditions click on the "Find" button to start the search. The results of the search will be displayed in Status window (see picture below). The user can double-click on any item from the list of files to open the file. The sources will be opened in the internal editor and documentation in user Internet browser. 

The search function finds first 64 files only. If is available more than 64 files, there is displayed "and more ..." at the end of the list of files in the Status window.

 

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