Re: [gedit-list] gedit-list Digest, Vol 107, Issue 11

[Ray Andrews <rayandrews eastlink ca>]

On 16/12/13 08:56 PM, gedit-list-request gnome org wrote:
> My LMDE just upgraded me to gedit 3.4.2 and I hafta say that what has
> been done to the 'find' box seems to me to be positively crazy. Is there
> some way to restore the older, sane, functionality? If there is no way
> to get the find box to stay open until *I* close it, then I'll be
> downgrading.  Which is the latest version that does *NOT* behave that
> way?  Who thinks these things up? Or is it just me that things boxes
> should stay open until closed by the user?

> ------------------------------
> When learning the keyboard shortcuts, the incremental search is quite
> convenient to use. See help -> contents in the menu, or press F1.
>
> If you still don't like, try the Commander plugin, it also contains a
> search command.
>
> Or use the search and replace dialog.
>
> There are also other search and replace third-party plugins.
>
> Cheers,
> S?bastien
Thanks S?bastien,

What do you mean by 'incremental search'? I just want the box to stay 
open and not need to be recalled every few seconds.  This new behaviour 
is something I've never seen in any program before. However, as you 
suggest, the  'Search' box does stay open, so that's fine. What is the 
'Commander' plugin? It isn't listed in Editor>Preferences>Plugins.

One more thing, I have no 'help' here.  'F1' gives: "There was an error 
displaying the help. The specified location is not supported." Can I fix 
that manually?

Thanks again.