Search is on the Edit menu. Search looks through the outline for each occurrence of a specified character pattern of up to 127 characters. Search is frequently used with Find Next and Change To to search and replace character patterns. The Search options are:
Search For Specifies the character pattern to be found. If a previous pattern was specified, it will appear in the box. If text is highlighted in the outline view, it appears in this text entry box. Enter different text if you wish.
Change To Specifies the replacement text. If a previous pattern was specified for the change-to text, it appears in this text entry box. Enter different text if you wish.
Search Looks for the first occurrence of the search pattern. As MORE scans the outline, it expands headlines and open windows, as necessary. If the search pattern does not appear in the portion of the outline you selected, a dialog box will inform you of this. The Search window remains on the screen. To resume the search, click on the Search button again, or choose Find Next , or press cmd-F.
Change Changes a single occurrence of the search pattern to the text specified in the Change To box.
Change All Changes all occurrences of the search pattern to the text specified in the Change To box.
Change, then Search Looks for the first occurrence of the search pattern and changes it to the text specified in the Change To box. It then searches for the next occurrence of the search pattern.
Find All Searches for all the occurrences of the search pattern at once. A dialog box appears telling you how many there are. This is often used with Mark Matches.
Mark Changes Marks the headlines containing replacement text in the headline or document window.
Mark Matches Marks the headlines containing a match in the headline or document window text.
Whole Word Finds only patterns that are whole words. Otherwise, MORE finds patterns embedded in other words.
Match Case Finds only the occurrences that have the same arrangement of uppercase and lowercase letters as the search pattern. Otherwise, MORE will ignore the case of the letters in both the search string and in the found occurrences.
Match Pattern Accepts “wild card” characters in the search string. (The wild card characters are summarized below.)
Suboutline Only Searches through only those headlines and document windows subordinate to the selected headline. Otherwise, MORE conducts a “flat” search down the entire outline, starting after the insertion point of the selected headline.
Expanded Only Searches through only expanded headlines and document windows.
After you specify a search pattern, MORE displays the first part of the text next to Find Next on the Edit menu. MORE also displays the text in the type-in box of the Quick Find dialog. If you previously specified a search pattern in the Quick Find dialog, that text will be the default text in the Search For box.
When you quit the MORE application, MORE saves the search settings for Find, Replace, Whole Word, Match Case, Match Pattern, and Suboutline Only with the program. MORE does not save the setting for Expanded Only.
Summary of Pattern Matcher Characters
The table below summarizes the pattern matcher characters used by MORE:
Character Meaning
[ ] Encloses a set of alternative.
( ) Groups pattern elements together.
, Separates alternatives in a set.
– Separates a range of alternatives.
? Stands for any character.
# Stands for any digit.
* Stands for zero or more repetitions of the preceding character.
+ Stands for one or more repetitions of the preceding characters.
~ Stands for any character, except the character immediately following.
^ Indicates that the following character is literal, not a “wild card” character.
% Indicates that the following pattern appears at the beginning of a headline or document window.
$ Indicates that the preceding pattern appears at the end of a headline or document window.
& In a change string, indicates the occurrence itself.
