Revision: 1437 http://svn.sourceforge.net/geany/?rev=1437&view=rev Author: ntrel Date: 2007-04-05 04:27:44 -0700 (Thu, 05 Apr 2007)

Log Message: ----------- Add filtering out version control files with Extra options info to Find in Files section.

Modified Paths: -------------- trunk/ChangeLog trunk/doc/geany.docbook

Modified: trunk/ChangeLog =================================================================== --- trunk/ChangeLog 2007-04-05 11:24:10 UTC (rev 1436) +++ trunk/ChangeLog 2007-04-05 11:27:44 UTC (rev 1437) @@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ * tagmanager/tm_workspace.c: Write tm_tag_enumerator_t and tm_tag_macro_t (e.g. for GTK_STOCK_*) tags when creating a global tags file, and store the pointerOrder. + * doc/geany.docbook: + Add filtering out version control files with Extra options info to + Find in Files section.

2007-04-03 Nick Treleaven nick.treleaven@btinternet.com

Modified: trunk/doc/geany.docbook =================================================================== --- trunk/doc/geany.docbook 2007-04-05 11:24:10 UTC (rev 1436) +++ trunk/doc/geany.docbook 2007-04-05 11:27:44 UTC (rev 1437) @@ -635,12 +635,13 @@ The search results are shown in the Messages window. </para> </section> - <section> + <section id="search_fif"> <title>Find in files</title> <para> Find in files is a more powerful version of Find usage that searches all files in a certain directory using the Grep tool. The Grep tool must be correctly set in Preferences to the path of the system's Grep utility. + GNU Grep is recommended. </para> <para> <figure> @@ -648,6 +649,33 @@ <graphic fileref="images/find_in_files_dialog.png"></graphic> </figure> </para> + <para> + The <emphasis>Extra options</emphasis> field is used to pass any additional + arguments to the <literal>grep</literal> tool. + </para> + <section><title>Filtering out version control files</title> + <para> + When using the <emphasis>Recurse in subfolders</emphasis> option with a + directory that's under version control, you can set the + <emphasis>Extra options</emphasis> field to use <literal>grep</literal>'s + <literal>--exclude</literal> flag to filter out filenames. + </para> + <para> + SVN Example: <literal>--exclude=*.svn-base</literal> + </para> + <note> + <para> + The GNU Grep project added support for excluding directories, + using the <literal>--exclude-dir</literal> flag. + At the time of writing (April 2007) this is unreleased outside + of version control. + Check your Grep manual to see if your version supports it. + </para> + <para> + Example: <literal>--exclude-dir=.* --exclude-dir=CVS</literal> + </para> + </note> + </section> </section> <section> <title>Replace</title>

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