Author Topic: A small thing (a small suggestion not to get lost in the edit of the code)  (Read 2201 times)

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Offline krovit

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Hi,

surely you will have better solutions to check the code in the case of hundreds of files.
When debugging and the reference files are really many (more than 500 in my case in the project I process) it is very easy to get lost and not find a word, a variable, a function... what file is it in?

I have to run after the trace of a word or a variable and to get to the right place I would lose every time quarters of an hour.

The suggestion to simplify life is this (little thing, as I told you, but you never know: someone might care!): use TextCrawler

The version 2.50 is free and is located here:
https://textcrawler.en.uptodown.com/windows/download/48735

The combined use of your editor with TextCrawler will quickly provide all the necessary information to find the right file in a few moments!

Sorry if it's little... but in my case it is really very useful.






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Offline euklides

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**** Does this program allow searches with accented characters like à ç ê ï û ê ô É ...?

I explain.
You have this text in uppercase:
HANNIBAL TRAVERSA LES ALPES AVEC DES ELEPHANTS

Does the program find "ELEPHANT" when my request is "éléphant" ?
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**** What kind of files does this program work with ? TXT, WORD, RTF PDF (txt)?????
« Last Edit: August 19, 2021, 11:11:52 am by euklides »
Why not yes ?

Offline krovit

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Hi, Euklides

well, I would say that the result is correct.
About your particular case if the text is "ELEPHANTS" you can't hope to find "éléphant".
However you can find "phant"... maybe with a little imagination you can get around many obstacles.
You can specify a case sensitive search or not. And many other settings.

Texcrawler finds the word and also the accented characters you indicated.

The program searches in many types of files but certainly gives the best results in text files (CSS, HTM, BAS - as are our -, PHP and many others). Also search inside ZIP and EXE. It does not seem to be able to enter the PDF (what a pity!)

Imagine having to change the name of a variable that you have no idea how many times it appears in your project and especially where! in a few moments you change it everywhere in complete safety!


Versions beyond 2.50 are shareware and maybe they will be even more complete (but for our purposes it works very well even the 2.50).


« Last Edit: August 19, 2021, 01:26:13 pm by krovit »
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Offline SpriggsySpriggs

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The IDE has the ability to change all instances of text
Shuwatch!