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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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type="guide"
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id="gedit-search-and-replace">
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<info>
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<link type="guide" xref="index#gedit-working-with-files" group="sixth" />
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<desc>Find and replace portions of text in a file.</desc>
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</info>
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<title>Search and replace</title>
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<links type="topic" groups="first" />
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<section>
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<title>The simple search</title>
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<p>
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To open the search entry field, click on:
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</p>
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<p>
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<guiseq>
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<gui style="menu">Menu Button</gui>
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<gui style="menuitem">Find…</gui>
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</guiseq>
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</p>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>The search and replace</title>
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<p>
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To open the Find and Replace dialog, click on:
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</p>
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<p>
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<guiseq>
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<gui style="menu">Menu Button</gui>
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<gui style="menuitem">Find and Replace…</gui>
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</guiseq>
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</p>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>Clear highlight</title>
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<p>
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Usually, the text that you've searched for will remain highlighted in the
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document. To remove the highlight, click on:
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</p>
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<p>
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<guiseq>
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<gui style="menu">Menu Button</gui>
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<gui style="menuitem">Clear Highlight</gui>
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</guiseq>
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</p>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>Tips</title>
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<p>
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If you first select a portion of text in the document, and then start a
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simple search or open the Find and Replace dialog, the text you've
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selected will appear in the search entry.
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</p>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>Search options</title>
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<p>
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The Find and Replace dialog presents the search options as check boxes.
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</p>
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<p>
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For the simple search, click on the
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<gui style="button">Magnifying Glass</gui> icon in the search entry field.
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</p>
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<list>
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<item><p>
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Select <gui>Match Case</gui> to make the search case sensitive.
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</p></item>
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<item>
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<p>
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Select <gui>Match Entire Word Only</gui> to search for a specific word
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without including fragments of other words.
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</p>
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<p>
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For example, if you searched for the word “and” with this option
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selected, the word “and” would be matched, but the words
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“sand” and “comm<em>and</em>er” would not be matched.
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</p>
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</item>
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<item><p>
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Select <gui>Wrap Around</gui> to continue at the other end of the
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document when going to the next or previous search result.
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</p></item>
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</list>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>Using escape sequences</title>
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<p>
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In a search or replace entry, you can use <em>escape sequences</em> with
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the following meanings:
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</p>
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<terms>
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<item>
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<title>\n</title>
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<p>Newline</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<title>\r</title>
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<p>Carriage return</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<title>\t</title>
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<p>Tab</p>
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</item>
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<item>
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<title>\\</title>
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<p>
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Backslash. If you actually want a backslash and avoid one of the above
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special meanings, the backslash needs to be escaped.
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</p>
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</item>
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</terms>
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</section>
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</page>
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