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<revision version="VERSION.NUMBER" date="2021-07-31" status="draft"/>
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<name>Günther Wagner</name>
<email>info@gunibert.de</email>
<years>2021</years>
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<desc>Search and replace text</desc>
<keywords>search, replace</keywords>
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<title>Search and Replace</title>
<p>GNOME text editor allows you to quickly search in big text files for a specific
text parts. Oftentimes these text parts need to be replaced also.</p>
<list>
<title>Search for text</title>
<item><p>Activate the search panel via <guiseq><gui>Main Menu</gui><gui>Find/Replace...</gui></guiseq> or activate it via <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>F</key></keyseq>.</p></item>
<item><p>Add your search term into the entry field.</p></item>
<item><p>The search is performed as you type. You can now iterate the search result with <key>↑</key> or <key>↓</key> or with the buttons beside the entry.</p></item>
<item><p>Pressing <key>Enter</key> will move the cursor to the currently highlighted search result.</p></item>
<item><p>Pressing <key>Escape</key> will discard the search panel and the search result.</p></item>
</list>
<list>
<title>Search tips & tricks</title>
<item><p>In order to quickly search for a word highlight the word and press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>F</key></keyseq>. The word will be automatically entered into the search entry.</p></item>
<item><p>The search can be refined with additional options in the <gui>gear</gui> menu.</p>
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<item><p>Only match the whole word</p></item>
<item><p>Using regular expressions as search term</p></item>
<item><p>Respecting case sensitivity of the search term</p></item>
</list>
</item>
</list>
<list>
<title>Replace text</title>
<item><p>Activate the search panel via <guiseq><gui>Main Menu</gui><gui>Find/Replace...</gui></guiseq> or activate it via <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>H</key></keyseq>.</p></item>
<item><p>In case you opened the search panel via the <gui>Main Menu</gui> you have to click the button for activating the replace functionality.</p></item>
<item><p>Add your search term which should be replaced into the entry field.</p></item>
<item><p>Add your replace term into the second entry field.</p></item>
<item><p>The search is performed as you type. You can now iterate the search result with <key>↑</key> or <key>↓</key> or with the buttons beside the entry.</p></item>
<item><p>It is now possible to only replace the current search result element via <gui>Replace</gui> or you can replace all occurrences via <gui>Replace All</gui>.</p></item>
</list>
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