[Konsole-devel] Review Request 108998: Search toward most recent lines by default

[Kurt Hindenburg]

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Interesting idea - gnome-terminal does this however this is due to their having a 'search backwards' option that is enable by default.

I think in my use cases I would prefer applying this patch.   Any one else have an opinion?

- Kurt Hindenburg


On Feb. 17, 2013, 6:41 p.m., Lindsay Roberts wrote:
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> (Updated Feb. 17, 2013, 6:41 p.m.)
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> Review request for Konsole.
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> Description
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> This is a fairly simple diff mechanically, but does change noticeable behaviour.
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> Current history search searches "down", wrapping instantly from the current
> location to search from oldest to newest. As lines in a terminal generally
> decrease in relevance as they move away from current output, the most
> relevant lines and therefore search results can be found "upwards" of the
> current output line. This patch makes searches default to "up".
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> Diffs
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>   src/SessionController.cpp 0691856 
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> Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/108998/diff/
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> Testing
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> Tested with several search invocation methods and for a variety of use cases involving log tailing and output highlighting.
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> Thanks,
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> Lindsay Roberts
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