<p><code>-l</code> is <em>not</em> a workaround since the search criteria (available in <code>find</code>) are the main point.</p>

<p>Instead of another message tab I would rather envision it as a kind of a a clone of the existing <code>grep</code> dialog (i.e. launchable via the edit menu) with the opportunity to enrich it even more like <code>mate-search-tool</code> (not required by me at all but this would increase usability for people not familiar with <code>find</code>, cf. <a href="https://windywindycitytech.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/screenshot-search2bfor2bfiles.png">https://windywindycitytech.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/screenshot-search2bfor2bfiles.png</a>)</p>

<p>In <a href="https://github.com/geany/geany/pull/54" class="issue-link js-issue-link" data-url="https://github.com/geany/geany/issues/54" data-id="5869022" data-error-text="Failed to load issue title" data-permission-text="Issue title is private">#54</a> the OP waited for answers to his questions before abandoning it mentally ;)</p>

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