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Re: search from within an help page [message #471466] Mon, 21 January 2008 15:22 Go to next message
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Originally posted by: nospam_kowalskilee.gmail.com

Hi Eric,

Oh yes, I just tried Ctrl+F, and it does work.

Of course, you have to make sure that you put focus in the topic frame
(if you want to find terms in the topic) before you do Ctrl+F.

And it's not intuitively obvious. :-)

Does work though!

--Lee Anne

Eric Rizzo wrote:
> Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> when I use the eclipse help system, I can enter a topic to search for;
>> but when I get to a page in the help, there's no way to perform a
>> search in that specific page... am I missing something, or is it a
>> missing feature?
>>
>
> Ctrl+F ?
>
> Eric
Re: search from within an help page [message #471532 is a reply to message #471466] Tue, 22 January 2008 07:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Lorenzo Bettini is currently offline Lorenzo BettiniFriend
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Lee Anne wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
> Oh yes, I just tried Ctrl+F, and it does work.
>
> Of course, you have to make sure that you put focus in the topic frame
> (if you want to find terms in the topic) before you do Ctrl+F.
>
> And it's not intuitively obvious. :-)
>

I'm afraid it doesn't work (of course that was the first thing I had
tried)... at least under linux...


Re: search from within an help page [message #471535 is a reply to message #471532] Tue, 22 January 2008 17:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
> Lee Anne wrote:
>> Hi Eric,
>>
>> Oh yes, I just tried Ctrl+F, and it does work.
>>
>> Of course, you have to make sure that you put focus in the topic frame
>> (if you want to find terms in the topic) before you do Ctrl+F.
>>
>> And it's not intuitively obvious. :-)
>>
>
> I'm afraid it doesn't work (of course that was the first thing I had
> tried)... at least under linux...

The Help window is using a browser to display, so whatever key shortcut
works in the system browser (Mozilla?) should work in the Help window.

Eric
Re: search from within an help page [message #471536 is a reply to message #471535] Tue, 22 January 2008 19:17 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Eric Rizzo wrote:
> Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
>> Lee Anne wrote:
>>> Hi Eric,
>>>
>>> Oh yes, I just tried Ctrl+F, and it does work.
>>>
>>> Of course, you have to make sure that you put focus in the topic
>>> frame (if you want to find terms in the topic) before you do Ctrl+F.
>>>
>>> And it's not intuitively obvious. :-)
>>>
>>
>> I'm afraid it doesn't work (of course that was the first thing I had
>> tried)... at least under linux...
>
> The Help window is using a browser to display, so whatever key shortcut
> works in the system browser (Mozilla?) should work in the Help window.
>
> Eric

in my case it looks like it's using the eclipse browser...

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Re: search from within an help page [message #471538 is a reply to message #471536] Wed, 23 January 2008 15:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
> Eric Rizzo wrote:
>> Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
>>> Lee Anne wrote:
>>>> Hi Eric,
>>>>
>>>> Oh yes, I just tried Ctrl+F, and it does work.
>>>>
>>>> Of course, you have to make sure that you put focus in the topic
>>>> frame (if you want to find terms in the topic) before you do Ctrl+F.
>>>>
>>>> And it's not intuitively obvious. :-)
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm afraid it doesn't work (of course that was the first thing I had
>>> tried)... at least under linux...
>>
>> The Help window is using a browser to display, so whatever key
>> shortcut works in the system browser (Mozilla?) should work in the
>> Help window.
>>
>> Eric
>
> in my case it looks like it's using the eclipse browser...
>

If you search in the Preferences dialog for "browser" you'll find a
couple of settings that might help control that.

Eric
Re: search from within an help page [message #471591 is a reply to message #471538] Tue, 29 January 2008 10:12 Go to previous message
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Eric Rizzo wrote:
> Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
>> Eric Rizzo wrote:
>>> Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
>>>> Lee Anne wrote:
>>>>> Hi Eric,
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh yes, I just tried Ctrl+F, and it does work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course, you have to make sure that you put focus in the topic
>>>>> frame (if you want to find terms in the topic) before you do Ctrl+F.
>>>>>
>>>>> And it's not intuitively obvious. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm afraid it doesn't work (of course that was the first thing I had
>>>> tried)... at least under linux...
>>>
>>> The Help window is using a browser to display, so whatever key
>>> shortcut works in the system browser (Mozilla?) should work in the
>>> Help window.
>>>
>>> Eric
>>
>> in my case it looks like it's using the eclipse browser...
>>
>
> If you search in the Preferences dialog for "browser" you'll find a
> couple of settings that might help control that.
>
> Eric

OK, I set firefox as the external browser.

Ctrl+F still acts globally on the page, but at least it also searches
the topic frame

--
Lorenzo Bettini, PhD in Computer Science, DI, Univ. Torino
ICQ# lbetto, 16080134 (GNU/Linux User # 158233)
HOME: http://www.lorenzobettini.it MUSIC: http://www.purplesucker.com
http://www.myspace.com/supertrouperabba
BLOGS: http://tronprog.blogspot.com http://longlivemusic.blogspot.com
http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite
http://www.gnu.org/software/gengetopt
http://www.gnu.org/software/gengen http://doublecpp.sourceforge.net


Re: search from within an help page [message #607673 is a reply to message #471466] Tue, 22 January 2008 07:58 Go to previous message
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Lee Anne wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
> Oh yes, I just tried Ctrl+F, and it does work.
>
> Of course, you have to make sure that you put focus in the topic frame
> (if you want to find terms in the topic) before you do Ctrl+F.
>
> And it's not intuitively obvious. :-)
>

I'm afraid it doesn't work (of course that was the first thing I had
tried)... at least under linux...


Re: search from within an help page [message #607679 is a reply to message #471532] Tue, 22 January 2008 17:22 Go to previous message
Eric Rizzo is currently offline Eric RizzoFriend
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Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
> Lee Anne wrote:
>> Hi Eric,
>>
>> Oh yes, I just tried Ctrl+F, and it does work.
>>
>> Of course, you have to make sure that you put focus in the topic frame
>> (if you want to find terms in the topic) before you do Ctrl+F.
>>
>> And it's not intuitively obvious. :-)
>>
>
> I'm afraid it doesn't work (of course that was the first thing I had
> tried)... at least under linux...

The Help window is using a browser to display, so whatever key shortcut
works in the system browser (Mozilla?) should work in the Help window.

Eric
Re: search from within an help page [message #607680 is a reply to message #471535] Tue, 22 January 2008 19:17 Go to previous message
Lorenzo Bettini is currently offline Lorenzo BettiniFriend
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Eric Rizzo wrote:
> Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
>> Lee Anne wrote:
>>> Hi Eric,
>>>
>>> Oh yes, I just tried Ctrl+F, and it does work.
>>>
>>> Of course, you have to make sure that you put focus in the topic
>>> frame (if you want to find terms in the topic) before you do Ctrl+F.
>>>
>>> And it's not intuitively obvious. :-)
>>>
>>
>> I'm afraid it doesn't work (of course that was the first thing I had
>> tried)... at least under linux...
>
> The Help window is using a browser to display, so whatever key shortcut
> works in the system browser (Mozilla?) should work in the Help window.
>
> Eric

in my case it looks like it's using the eclipse browser...

--
Lorenzo Bettini, PhD in Computer Science, DI, Univ. Torino
ICQ# lbetto, 16080134 (GNU/Linux User # 158233)
HOME: http://www.lorenzobettini.it MUSIC: http://www.purplesucker.com
http://www.myspace.com/supertrouperabba
BLOGS: http://tronprog.blogspot.com http://longlivemusic.blogspot.com
http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite
http://www.gnu.org/software/gengetopt
http://www.gnu.org/software/gengen http://doublecpp.sourceforge.net


Re: search from within an help page [message #607685 is a reply to message #471536] Wed, 23 January 2008 15:04 Go to previous message
Eric Rizzo is currently offline Eric RizzoFriend
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Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
> Eric Rizzo wrote:
>> Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
>>> Lee Anne wrote:
>>>> Hi Eric,
>>>>
>>>> Oh yes, I just tried Ctrl+F, and it does work.
>>>>
>>>> Of course, you have to make sure that you put focus in the topic
>>>> frame (if you want to find terms in the topic) before you do Ctrl+F.
>>>>
>>>> And it's not intuitively obvious. :-)
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm afraid it doesn't work (of course that was the first thing I had
>>> tried)... at least under linux...
>>
>> The Help window is using a browser to display, so whatever key
>> shortcut works in the system browser (Mozilla?) should work in the
>> Help window.
>>
>> Eric
>
> in my case it looks like it's using the eclipse browser...
>

If you search in the Preferences dialog for "browser" you'll find a
couple of settings that might help control that.

Eric
Re: search from within an help page [message #608429 is a reply to message #471538] Tue, 29 January 2008 10:12 Go to previous message
Lorenzo Bettini is currently offline Lorenzo BettiniFriend
Messages: 1812
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Eric Rizzo wrote:
> Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
>> Eric Rizzo wrote:
>>> Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
>>>> Lee Anne wrote:
>>>>> Hi Eric,
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh yes, I just tried Ctrl+F, and it does work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course, you have to make sure that you put focus in the topic
>>>>> frame (if you want to find terms in the topic) before you do Ctrl+F.
>>>>>
>>>>> And it's not intuitively obvious. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm afraid it doesn't work (of course that was the first thing I had
>>>> tried)... at least under linux...
>>>
>>> The Help window is using a browser to display, so whatever key
>>> shortcut works in the system browser (Mozilla?) should work in the
>>> Help window.
>>>
>>> Eric
>>
>> in my case it looks like it's using the eclipse browser...
>>
>
> If you search in the Preferences dialog for "browser" you'll find a
> couple of settings that might help control that.
>
> Eric

OK, I set firefox as the external browser.

Ctrl+F still acts globally on the page, but at least it also searches
the topic frame

--
Lorenzo Bettini, PhD in Computer Science, DI, Univ. Torino
ICQ# lbetto, 16080134 (GNU/Linux User # 158233)
HOME: http://www.lorenzobettini.it MUSIC: http://www.purplesucker.com
http://www.myspace.com/supertrouperabba
BLOGS: http://tronprog.blogspot.com http://longlivemusic.blogspot.com
http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite
http://www.gnu.org/software/gengetopt
http://www.gnu.org/software/gengen http://doublecpp.sourceforge.net


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