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- FindIt
-
- Introduction
-
- One of the things that drives me nuts is trying to find out what header file
- Apple put a function prototype into. Some are obvious some are not. So I wrote
- a program to search through a folder, (or some folders, (or some folders inside
- other folders)), full of text files for a text string.
-
- If you find this program useful send me a post card or an E-mail message. If
- you think this is a stupid program send me a postcard or an E-mail message and
- tell me why.
-
- Other free programs
-
- ChemTools: Calculates molecular weight given a molecular formula, displays
- some useful constants, displays valence electrons for atoms. Runs under
- System 6 and System 7.
-
- Table: A periodic table click on an element and get some useful information
- about it. Runs under System 6 and System 7.
-
- ChangeMaker: Drop a file or a set of files on Change maker and you can change
- each file’s type and creator individually. Runs under System 7. But works with
- System 6.
-
- Instructions
-
- Just drag a folder onto the FindIt icon. It is OK if there are other types of
- files in the folder FindIt will skip those.
-
- A small dialog box will appear. Enter the text you want to find. The text must
- be exact. Regular expressions are not implemented. (Yet.) Using the check boxes
- select either a case insensitive search, and/or recursive folder search. (A
- recursive folder search, searches folders inside folders, inside folders…) Hit
- the return key or click on the OK button. Also select whether or not you would
- like the full path name of the file or just the file name displayed. FindIt
- remembers the check box selections during a session and between runs.
-
- If FindIt finds the text the full path name of the file will be displayed,
- along with the line number the text was found on and the line as well.
-
- FindIt uses the spinning beach ball cursor trick to let you know how things are
- progressing. A little spin for each file.
-
- “done.” is printed when FindIt is done searching all the files.
-
- Text can be cut, copied or cleared from the display. Cmd-A doesn’t select all
- the text, it clears it. Be careful.
-
- To search again just drop a folder on the FindIt icon. It may be grayed out
- because the application is running. There is no need to quit. The new results
- are placed after the old results.
-
- For ResEdit Users
-
- There isn't much you can change using ResEdit, but you can change the “Found
- in:” heading for the path to the file. It's in STR# resource 128 string 1.
-
- Limitations
-
- The display uses TextEdit to display the found files and lines. FindIt won’t
- bomb if you try to stuff more than 32K character into the display but the
- output is truncated. I tested this by finding “;” in the apple header files.
-
- The search uses a straight Boyer-Moore text search. I wanted a fast search.
- Maybe I’ll put in regular expression searching, if there is a real interest.
-
- FindIt searches the files a line at a time. Lines should be less than 2048
- characters long.
-
- FindIt loads the whole file into a buffer to search it. If FindIt can’t get
- a buffer large enough you will get a dialog saying “Not enough memory for x”
- where x is some file. Try increasing FindIt’s memory partition.
-
- There is some overhead for each file in the list of files to search. This
- limits the size of the file that can be searched. The more files you search
- the smaller the file you can search. If you have a problem with this, increase
- the size the partition FindIt runs in.
-
- If you try to search very deeply nested folders with the recursive folder
- search the stack will overflow. By deep I mean an entire CDROM. I can search
- the 67 Megs of data on my hard disk in a 256K byte partition with no problems
- other than having to skip files too large to fit in memory.
-
- Tips
-
- I use System 7.0, and I keep an alias to the “Apple includes” next to an alias
- of FindIt on the desktop. Any time I need to find out what file to include for
- a function prototype, I just drop the Apple includes alias on the FindIt alias.
- Since the line is printed out, this is also a good way to find the order of
- variables in a function prototype.
-
- Legal Stuff
-
- Although FindIt is free, it is not “public domain”. It is copyrighted, and
- the copyright will be enforced whenever appropriate.
-
- The source is not, and will never be, available.
-
- FindIt cannot be sold, either by itself or in combination with any other
- product, without my express written permission. The one exception to this rule
- is made for user groups. If you’re a user group which is publishing a CD-ROM or
- floppy collection, you may include FindIt and all of its included files without
- restriction, save that the original package is included. Contact me for
- up-to-date versions and information.
-
- FindIt may be posted on an information service which charges its users for
- general connection time and downloading, but it may NOT be posted to an
- information service which will charge for the specific right to download
- FindIt, without my express written permission.
-
- FindIt may be given away as a support utility for a package which is itself
- to be given away. People who have need to distribute FindIt as a support
- utility should contact me for up-to-date versions and information.
-
- The following warranty is merely to cover the bases:
-
- Geoffrey Clements makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the
- software or documentation including (but not limited to) implied warranties of
- merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event will
- Geoffrey Clements be liable for loss of profits or goodwill or other indirect,
- special, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the
- software or documentation, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
- Geoffrey Clements shall have no liability for any data stored with this
- program, including the costs of recovering such data.
-
- Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of implied warranties or
- liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or
- exclusion may not apply to you. This warranty gives you specific legal rights,
- and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state.
-
- FindIt is copyright ©1993 by Geoffrey P. Clements. All rights reserved.
-
- History
-
- 1.0.0 First Release.
-
- 1.0.1 If you allocate memory, you should check to make sure you get it. Duh!
- Fixed some screen handling stuff. Fixed a memory leak.
-
- 1.0.2 2/2/93 Added a case insensitive search. Fixed a bug in which FindIt
- would skip the last file in a folder. Fixed a bug where
- GetNewCWindow is called even if the machine doesn't have
- color Quickdraw. Remembering where the window was works
- better.
-
- 1.1.0 2/11/93 Added “Recursive Folder Search” option. (Search folders inside
- folders.) Always add text at the end of the display. Display
- “Findit 1.1.0” as the display window title not “Search”
- Fix the line numbering. Was off by one. Added “Display Full
- Path Name” option. Increased partition size to 256K. Remember
- what options where selected for last search. Don't bomb on older
- machines that don't have Color Quickdraw, or at least pseudo
- Color Quickdraw like the Classic II has.
-
- 1.1.1 2//93 This should repair a problem with some older Macs in which the
- machine would bomb because of a Color Quickdraw call on non-
- color Macs. Corrected a user interface guideline inconsistency.
- Made Cmd-B clear all, and Cmd-A select all.
-
- Geoffrey Clements
-
- Internet: clementsg@gw1.hanscom.af.mil
-
- US postal: 19 Samuel Rd.
- Chelmsford, MA 01824
-