Find vs. Offset

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Tue Dec 18 13:08:42 EST 2012


On 12/18/12 2:29 AM, Kay C Lan wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:28 PM, J. Landman Gay
> <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>wrote:
>
>> On 12/17/12 9:53 PM, Kay C Lan wrote:
>>
>>   except it only lists one line even if there are multiple
>>> entries, and it doesn't have 3 words before and after.
>>>
>>
>> The 1-line entry is an ancient bug. Resize the stack slightly and they all
>> show up.
>>
>> I didn't mean that. I meant that if a field contains 7 instances of the
> word 'cheese' it will only be listed in Find and Replace as one line , not
> 7.
>
> If you double-click on the line it will take you to the fld of the cd of
> the stack and 'box' the first instance of the word 'cheese'.
> Double-clicking the same line again will 'box' the second instance etc etc.

I get it now, I've never noticed that. Maybe that's because I usually 
only search scripts, and I use the Find field in the script editor to 
find repeat instances. Thanks.

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