Find in files, find in viewer doesn't work

[mikcz]

Repro steps A:
1. Create ansi file 'file.txt' with content:
g:\branches\trunk\bin\script.bat
2. Search for any file with content:
g:\branches\trunk

Expected results: File should be found
Actual result: No files found

Repro steps B:
1. Create ansi file 'file.txt' with content:
g:\branches\trunk\bin\script.bat
2. Open this file with viewer
3. Ctrl+F and enter:
g:\branches\trunk

Expected results: Text should be found
Actual result: Not found: window appears


Version: 8.51a x64

[Gral]

TC treats "\t" as "Tab" (0x09) in this case (also "\n" as a line break).
Use "\\t" instead.

From help:

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Find text 
If this option is checked, you can enter text to be searched. With \t you find tabstops, and with \n line breaks (ENTER) in texts. To find a backslash \, you need to give it twice: \\ .

[Dalai]

No bug, but intended and documented behaviour:

Find text
If this option is checked, you can enter text to be searched. With \t you find tabstops, and with \n line breaks (ENTER) in texts. To find a backslash \, you need to give it twice: \\ .

Regards
Dalai

[mikcz]

A good example how to solve the issue is Notepad++. There is 'normal' search - plain text, extended - with \n \t \r etc, and regexp.

As an 'average user' I expect plain text search, since I'm not searching for anything that contains '\\t' but '\t'. Current behavior is counter intuitive. Where can I find information what pairs will not work as expected (or only \t and \n are supported, which would be few)?

[Dalai]

You don't have to worry about \t or \n, just double the backslashes.

Regards
Dalai

[mikcz]

And yes, I've read help - mentions only '\\', '\t', '\n'

[mikcz]

I don't want to change searched text. I've used Notepad++ instead since it's configurable. Still I would like TC to be the top tool.

Anyway, thanks for the answers.

[Dalai]

I agree that this is not quite intuitive and could be done in a better way, e.g. an additional checkbox "Literal search" would do where \, \t and \n are treated as normal text.

Regards
Dalai

[Hacker]

[mod]Moved to the English forum.

Hacker (Moderator)[/mod]