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-- Experimental search for Textadept using the status bar
-- ctrl-f, ctrl-g: next, ctrl-shift-g: previous
-- backspace: delete all, delete: delete one char
keys.cf = {function()
local KEYSYMS = _m.textadept.keys.KEYSYMS
local string_char = string.char
local search_term = ''
gui.statusbar_text = 'Search: '
events.emit('update_ui')
events.connect('keypress', function(code, shift, control, alt)
if KEYSYMS[code] == 'esc' or
KEYSYMS[code] == 'up' or
KEYSYMS[code] == 'down' or
KEYSYMS[code] == 'left' or
KEYSYMS[code] == 'right' then
events.disconnect('keypress', 1)
gui.statusbar_text = ''
return
elseif control and code == 103 then --"g"
buffer:goto_pos(buffer.anchor)
buffer:search_anchor()
result = buffer:search_next(0, search_term)
buffer:scroll_caret()
if result == -1 then
buffer:document_start()
buffer:search_anchor()
buffer:search_next(0, search_term)
buffer:scroll_caret()
end
return true
elseif control and shift and code == 71 then --"G"
buffer:search_anchor()
result = buffer:search_prev(0, search_term)
buffer:scroll_caret()
if result == -1 then
buffer:document_end()
buffer:search_anchor()
buffer:search_prev(0, search_term)
buffer:scroll_caret()
end
return true
elseif KEYSYMS[code] == '\b' then -- backspace
search_term = ''
gui.statusbar_text = 'Search: '
return true
elseif KEYSYMS[code] == 'del' then
search_term = string.sub(search_term, 1, #search_term -1)
gui.statusbar_text = 'Search: '..search_term
return true
elseif code < 256 then
char= string_char(code)
search_term = search_term..char
gui.statusbar_text = 'Search: '..search_term
buffer:search_anchor()
result = buffer:search_next(0, search_term)
buffer:scroll_caret()
if result == -1 then
buffer:document_start()
buffer:search_anchor()
buffer:search_prev(0, search_term)
buffer:scroll_caret()
end
return true
else
-- other keys are not processed
return true
end
end
, 1)
end
}
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