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   RussT
   Member

   Hello,

   Firstly just want to say thank you for developing a reliable and quality tool. My colleagues always try all sorts of different editors (we mainly do php) and always fall back on pnotepad :)

   I was wondering, on the list of future features, if we can add an exclude field to the find in files. I use find in files a lot (textpad does it nicely, it allows you to preserve previous searches for example), but regularly find many many versions of the same file thanks to my .svn directories being searched. If there was a way to exclude .svn folders and files within (like filezilla the ftp client lets you do) it would make my searching a bit easier and no doubt faster.

   Anyway keep up the good work, love the program.

   Cheers

   Russ

   Posted 1 year ago #
2. 

   jumpfroggy
   Member

   I have this problem too. You can use two things together: first, make sure the "Include hidden" checkbox is not checked in PN. Then go to the folder in windows explorer, right click on the .svn folder, and check the hidden checkbox. Those folders should be hidden by default, but sometimes they're not.

   If you have multiple files, you can hit Control+F in explorer and search for .svn. Select everything, right click, properties, check Hidden (make sure it's checked, not gray) and hit ok. That will hide all .svn files in your subfolders.

   Let me know if this doesn't work for you.

   Posted 1 year ago #
3. 

   RussT
   Member

   I'm an idiot for not thinking of that!! Brillaint, thank you for your help. I've no reason to have it checked anyway.

   Do you know if there is a way to search within multiple file types, e.g.

   I wish to search all files, but not .html files

   or if I can't do an exclude, can I append multiple file types i.e.

   I wish to search all *.php AND *.js

   Thank you for your help, much appreciated

   Posted 1 year ago #
4. 

   simon
   PN Developer

   The hidden thing is a nice solution, thanks James.

   For *.php and *.js just do this as your filter:

   *.php;*.js

   Posted 1 year ago #
5. 

   RussT
   Member

   Thank you very much Simon, today will be a good day for searching :)

   Posted 1 year ago #

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