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NAME

       texfind - graphical tool to search for text in TeX input files

SYNOPSIS

       texfind  [ OPTION ...  ]

DESCRIPTION

       texfind  is  a  graphical,  interactive  tool  that helps you searching
       through TeX input files, including subdirectories, and allows you to do
       search/replace  tasks  using  perl(1) regular expressions. It opens two
       windows: One displays the directory  hierarchy  and  allows  to  select
       different  search  directories.  The second window is used to enter the
       query and display the results.

SEARCHING

       Enter a search string  in the input box at the  top,  choose  the  file
       extension  (tex  by  default)  and  hit  ENTER to start the search. The
       results will be displayed in the rest of the window.

       The search string is a perl regular expression (see  perlre(1)),  which
       gives  you  lots  of  flexibility. The search-and-replace function also
       uses perl regex syntax, but you  can  also  just  use  simple  strings.
       Currently there is no way to save changed files.

MENU

       Use the right mouse button to open a menu.

       File : Currently only used to exit the program

       Edit : Copy selections, select or unselect all

       Search  :  Open a Find dialog that allows further searching through the
              displayed results. The Replace option can  be  used  to  replace
              single  or  all occurrences of a string, but currently it is not
              possible to change the file.

       View : Select specific lines, and adjust word or character wrapping.

OPTIONS

       --font : specify the font used for the menu. Default is courier.

       Other options probably exist.    I  appreciate  input  by  the  program
              authors, experienced users, or Perl geeks.

SEE ALSO

       ·      perl(1), perlre(1).

       ·      ConTeXt wiki 〈http://www.contextgarden.net〉.

BUGS

       None known. However, the replace function isn’t the most useful one.

AUTHOR

       texfind  was  written  for  the  ConTeXt  package by Hans Hagen and Ton
       Otten, PRAGMA.

       This manual page was written by Frank Küster  <frank@kuesterei.ch>  for
       the   Debian   GNU/Linux   system,   and  modified  by  Sanjoy  Mahajan
       <sanjoy@mit.edu>.  It may  be  used  and  modified  by  others  without
       contacting the authors.