Hi everybody, The Finder has answered my question but the proper answers were sort of hidden in a heap of apparently insignificant answers. I'm sure it's useful and I would like to understand how, if someone is gentle enough to tell me. Cheers, Mark
Because 'now' is a case insensitive substring of each of those selectors (like ..known.. or ..nOwner.. , both seem quite common).
On 19 Feb 2017, at 12:20, Mark Neagu <mark@mneagu.fr> wrote:
Hi everybody,
The Finder has answered my question but the proper answers were sort of hidden in a heap of apparently insignificant answers.
I'm sure it's useful and I would like to understand how, if someone is gentle enough to tell me.
Cheers, Mark<Finder does strange things.jpg>
You might tick Regexp and search for... now$ cheers -ben On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 7:24 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <sven@stfx.eu> wrote:
Because 'now' is a case insensitive substring of each of those selectors (like ..known.. or ..nOwner.. , both seem quite common).
On 19 Feb 2017, at 12:20, Mark Neagu <mark@mneagu.fr> wrote:
Hi everybody,
The Finder has answered my question but the proper answers were sort of hidden in a heap of apparently insignificant answers.
I'm sure it's useful and I would like to understand how, if someone is gentle enough to tell me.
Cheers, Mark<Finder does strange things.jpg>
This is unfriendly. A Regex checkbox for the two people in the world who can memorize regular expression patterns... Wouldn't be easier to add a "Exact match" check box? There are also uppercase and lowercase issues there. Cheers, Hernán 2017-02-19 12:37 GMT-03:00 Ben Coman <btc@openinworld.com>:
You might tick Regexp and search for... now$ cheers -ben
On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 7:24 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <sven@stfx.eu> wrote:
Because 'now' is a case insensitive substring of each of those selectors (like ..known.. or ..nOwner.. , both seem quite common).
On 19 Feb 2017, at 12:20, Mark Neagu <mark@mneagu.fr> wrote:
Hi everybody,
The Finder has answered my question but the proper answers were sort of hidden in a heap of apparently insignificant answers.
I'm sure it's useful and I would like to understand how, if someone is gentle enough to tell me.
Cheers, Mark<Finder does strange things.jpg>
Martin's idea of sorting exact matches to the top should satisfy this in practice, without needing another checkbox. The less modes the better. cheers -ben On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 10:46 AM, Hernán Morales Durand <hernan.morales@gmail.com> wrote:
This is unfriendly. A Regex checkbox for the two people in the world who can memorize regular expression patterns...
Wouldn't be easier to add a "Exact match" check box? There are also uppercase and lowercase issues there.
Cheers,
Hernán
2017-02-19 12:37 GMT-03:00 Ben Coman <btc@openinworld.com>:
You might tick Regexp and search for... now$ cheers -ben
On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 7:24 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <sven@stfx.eu> wrote:
Because 'now' is a case insensitive substring of each of those selectors (like ..known.. or ..nOwner.. , both seem quite common).
On 19 Feb 2017, at 12:20, Mark Neagu <mark@mneagu.fr> wrote:
Hi everybody,
The Finder has answered my question but the proper answers were sort of hidden in a heap of apparently insignificant answers.
I'm sure it's useful and I would like to understand how, if someone is gentle enough to tell me.
Cheers, Mark<Finder does strange things.jpg>
Mmmm not really... below two examples of widely used software with complete search UI and used by millions of people (not even developers). They are TotalCommander and Notepad++, maybe we can learn something from them. It's a matter of learning how to design a nice UI, not reducing the features or inventing something completely new. Cheers, Hernán 2017-02-22 7:07 GMT-03:00 Ben Coman <btc@openinworld.com>:
Martin's idea of sorting exact matches to the top should satisfy this in practice, without needing another checkbox. The less modes the better.
cheers -ben
On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 10:46 AM, Hernán Morales Durand <hernan.morales@gmail.com> wrote:
This is unfriendly. A Regex checkbox for the two people in the world who
can
memorize regular expression patterns...
Wouldn't be easier to add a "Exact match" check box? There are also uppercase and lowercase issues there.
Cheers,
Hernán
2017-02-19 12:37 GMT-03:00 Ben Coman <btc@openinworld.com>:
You might tick Regexp and search for... now$ cheers -ben
On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 7:24 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <sven@stfx.eu> wrote:
Because 'now' is a case insensitive substring of each of those
selectors
(like ..known.. or ..nOwner.. , both seem quite common).
On 19 Feb 2017, at 12:20, Mark Neagu <mark@mneagu.fr> wrote:
Hi everybody,
The Finder has answered my question but the proper answers were sort of hidden in a heap of apparently insignificant answers.
I'm sure it's useful and I would like to understand how, if someone is gentle enough to tell me.
Cheers, Mark<Finder does strange things.jpg>
I've sometimes thought it would be nice if the Finder were to list any *exact* match first, then puts the inexact matches below. It would save considerable scrolling in cases like this. Regards, -Martin On 02/19/2017 03:24 AM, Sven Van Caekenberghe wrote:
Because 'now' is a case insensitive substring of each of those selectors (like ..known.. or ..nOwner.. , both seem quite common).
On 19 Feb 2017, at 12:20, Mark Neagu <mark@mneagu.fr> wrote:
Hi everybody,
The Finder has answered my question but the proper answers were sort of hidden in a heap of apparently insignificant answers.
I'm sure it's useful and I would like to understand how, if someone is gentle enough to tell me.
Cheers, Mark<Finder does strange things.jpg>
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