[Idle-dev] SearchBar - Have fun searching in IDLE!

Sean Wolfe sean at ticketweb.com
Wed Jun 24 23:23:46 CEST 2009


 
Hey Tal and co thanks for the work on IDLE... I'm continuing to use and
enjoy the ide.... loving the lightweight approach and simplicity. 
 
I'm using the pygame module for fun gaming stuff and the 'selenium' web
test suite for my jobby job... and having a blast!
 
thanks again and be well :o)
Sean - San Francisco

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From: idle-dev-bounces+sean=ticketweb.com at python.org
[mailto:idle-dev-bounces+sean=ticketweb.com at python.org] On Behalf Of Tal
Einat
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 3:16 AM
To: idle-dev at python.org
Cc: Michael Haubenwallner; Kurt B. Kaiser
Subject: Re: [Idle-dev] SearchBar - Have fun searching in IDLE!


I've finally found the time to fix up SearchBar - the powerful
replacement for IDLE's feeble search capabilities. It supports all of
the original search engine's features, a less intrusive interface,
incremental searching (search-as-you-type), highlighting of all matches
in the text and word completion in the find/replace entries.

I hope this is now almost ready for including in IDLE out-of-the-box.
I've fixed all outstanding issues, cleaned up and optimized the code,
and added comments and documentation where needed.

This version should work with any 2.x version of Python from 2.3
onwards. I have tested with versions 2.3 through 2.6 on WindowsXP. I'd
appreciate anyone who can give it a try and see how it works out,
especially non-Windows users.


Installation: (see the included README file)
Unpack the attached archive, or download from
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/SearchBar/
Place the .py files in your Lib/idlelib directory, and add the following
to the text file Lib\idlelib\config-extensions.def:

[SearchBar]
enable=1
is_incremental=1
[Searchbar_bindings]
toggle-search-bar=

Usage:
Just search as usual. (When the extension is enabled it binds to the
usual find/replace events.)


*	Enter, Control+f and Control+g all search for the next
appearance
	
*	The Escape key closes the search bar, and so will clicking
outside of it 
*	Alt+/ completes words in the find and replace entries, press
multiple times to cycle through possible completions
	
*	When replacing: Enter replaces and jumps to the next appearance,
Shift+Enter jumps to the next appearance without replacing 
*	Incremental searching can be toggled via the extension
configuration 


On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 2:40 AM, Tal Einat <taleinat at gmail.com> wrote:


	Attached is a first working version of the SearchBar extension,
with incremental search and word completion.
	
	What I need now is beta testers! Please take the 2 minutes it
takes to install this, and report and issues or comments.
	(You can always disable the extension in config-extensions.def
(enable=0), and the good old dialogs will kick in.)
	
	* AFAIK this -should- work with all recent versions of IDLE
(those shipped with Python2.2 and above).
	
	Enjoy!
	Comments et. al. much appreciated.
	
	- Tal
	
	
	Usage:
	Just search as usual. When the extension is enabled it binds to
the usual find/replace events.
	To complete words in the find and replace entries: Alt+/
("slash", on the question mark key)
	
	Installation:
	Place the attached files in your idlelib dir,
	and add the following lines to config-extensions.def:
	"
	[SearchBar]
	enable=1
	is_incremental=1
	[Searchbar_bindings]
	toggle-search-bar=
	"
	
	(yes, the last 2 lines are required)
	
	
	
	On 12/8/06, Tal Einat <taleinat at gmail.com> wrote: 



		On 12/7/06, Michael Foord < fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk
<mailto:fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> > wrote: 

			Kurt B. Kaiser wrote:
			> My top items:
			[snip]
			

		

			> Incremental search (in a text entry widget in
the bottom status bar).
			>
			
			+1 million. :-) 
			
			Not because I need it, but just because it's the
best way.

		 
		I've been working some on that too. I've created a
Search Bar extension which can be used instead of the Find & Replace
dialogs. The search bar shows a thin bar on the bottom of the window,
with an entry box and the usual options (wrap, direction,
case-sensitive...). For replacing, the bar is twice as thick, with two
entries and extra replacement options (replace, find next, replace all).




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