Searching
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Through menu Edit the Find menu can be opened. The same can be done through the keyboard shortcut Control-F.
A hit-list (list of verses containing the searched item) in the Referencess Area is created.
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Basic Find
Menu / Edit / Find (Ctrl+F) searches exacty (except case sensitive) for the sequence of characters entered into the Search for box, punctuation marks and spaces included. Case sensitive can be switched on or off. Searching can be limited to the current book.
Example: Searching for ue. t shows all the references (in the Reference Area) with the words: true. The.
Advanced Find
Menu / Edit / Find (Control+F, Control+F) allows more complex searches than the Basic Find:
- Search box to enter text.
- Case sensitive: on or off.
- Search in curent book only: this limits searching to the current book.
- Interprete * and ? as wildcards: on or off.
- Match start of word: on or off.
- Match end of word: on or off.
- Select books: some books (all), for details see Select books dialog.
- Which area of the text to search in.
- What to do with the search results. This gives the choice how the results will show up in the Reference Area, see loading results.
There are two wildcards. The ? and the *. The ? means "any single character". If one were to search for "p?t", and ticks the option for wildcards, then the search will hit results like "pit" and "put". The * works similar, but means "zero or more characters".
Searches can be done in certain areas of the text. When searching in the raw USFM text, then one searches in the text as it is stored, e.g. one can search for markers too, like \add. When searching in all the text except the USFM codes, one searches in the text as it will appear on the paper when printed. This means that searching for markers is not possible, as these will be hidden on the paper. When searching in certain categories, one can limit searches to, let's say, only the introductions, or only the verse text, or only headings and identifiers, and so forth.
Find in BibleTime
When BibleTime is running, one can also search for text in BibleTime, and the references will then be loaded straight into Bibledit.
The 'Search in' tool has the the following four options to search in BibleTime:
- Standard Bible: This is the Bible, which is chosen as the Standard Bible in BibleTime.
- Open modules: All the modules (called works in BibleTime) which are currently open in BibleTime.
- Bible: Clicking on the down arrow next to it gives the choice of any bible in Bibletime, regardless of whether it is opened or not.
- Commentary: Clicking on the down arrow next to it gives the choice of any commentary in Bibletime, regardless of whether it is opened or not.
The 'What to do with the search results' tool gives the choice how the results will show up in the Reference Area, see loading results.
Loading results
Once an advanced or BibleTime search has been done, one can decide how they interact with what is already in the references area.
- The search results can simply be loaded in the references area, and so replaces anything that is already there.
- Or the search results can be added to the references already there.
- Or they can be removed from the references already loaded.
- Sharing the search results with what is already in the references area means that only the references that are the same will be kept in the references area, and the other ones will be discarded.
In the case that in a Special Find the option: 'Share them with the ones already in the References Area' is chosen, and this special find with this option is repeated several times, several groups of characters can be highlighted in the Text Area (as a result from the different searches) when a reference is activated in the References Area.
Search and Replace
Menu / Edit / Find and Replace (Ctrl+R) searches for text and allows to replace this text.
It consists of a:
- Search box to enter text: searches exacty (except case sensitive) for the sequence of characters entered into the "Search for" box.
- "Replace with" box: to enter text to replace the text searched for.
- Case sensitive: on of off.
- Select books: some books or all, for details see Select books dialog.
After you have entered the text to find and replace and clicked on find, a second Replace dialog opens, which gives the options:
- Do you with to replace this text: ... (text in unreplaced form).
- ... with this text? It can be edited also (suggested text in replaced form).
- There are four possible responses: Yes, No, All, Cancel