linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.20-rc3] qconf Search Dialog

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Date:	Wed, 3 Jan 2007 22:05:35 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Shlomi Fish <shlomif@...u.org.il>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.20-rc3] qconf Search Dialog

On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 10:01:28PM +0200, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> 
> Interesting. I didn't notice this search dialog before because its menu item 
> was placed in the "File" menu, which is the wrong place for a find command 
> (Which should be in an "Edit" or "Search" menu). I believe others have missed 
> it as well. Also, it is possible it wasn't available when I wrote the 
> preliminary version of the patch back in March.
> 
> Aside from that my search dialog has some advantages:
> 
> 1. Full text search - if you search for "available" in File->Search you won't 
> find anything. Searching for it in Edit->Find will find many things. I think 
> File->Search only searches using the identifiers or at most also the title.
> 
> 2. Regular expression search.
> 
> 3. Displaying the results in a tree, with their context.
> 
> All that said, I don't mind merging my modifications into the existing code, 
> or replacing it entirely.
Please merge the best of the existing and the new search dialog.

I would prefer it as separate smaller steps.
So one patch where you move the dialog and another where you improve
the search dialog.

	Sam
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