Feature Request - Text Filtering

[IanAtSalt]

One of my primary uses for a text editor is viewing logs. Often I'll need to correlate non-consecutive lines based on something like a transaction ID. I'd like to be able to completely hide any lines that do not match a given string. This is ALMOST implemented when I do a search and FIND ALL, but the lines in that little window are truncated.

[1024jp]

For such (minor) usage, I prefer creating a script rather than adding a new feature to CotEditor itself.

[lolbat]

Select the document and then under the Find menu select Select All Find Matches. Then copy them and paste them into a new document

I am doing it right now for some files

[IanAtSalt]

I think the previous suggestion was probably the right way to go with this. The documentation for scripting plugins was not super clear to me at first. Since I can use python, it is easy to pull the document text into a buffer, popup a search window, search the buffer, and replace the document text with matching lines. Then when I close out, the original buffer is restored to the document.

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[foss-]

TextMate has solved this by allowing users to just cmd+a the search results. This can then be copied to a new file.
In CotEditor this is not possible currently. Maybe that would be a nice workaround to implement and resolve this feature request?

[1024jp]

@foss- CotEditor already has the “Select All Matches” in the Find menu. The command has no keyboard shortcut by default, but you can assign any key combination in Key Bindings settings.

[foss-]

Hm, this seems to behave differently than TextMate. In a log after pressing cmd+f and entering a search term, results are highlighted in CotEditor. Find all shows the matching strings at the bottom of the Find & Replace dialog.

Were you refering to menubar > Find > Select all Find Matches? When I do that, all matches are selected in CotEditor. But as expected only that term is copied when I copy that to a new file, so that is not helpful.

Is there a way to copy all lines with a matching search term?

[1024jp]

@foss-
Then, maybe:

1. Find > Select All Find Matches
2. Edit > Select Line
3. Edit > Copy

And now I understand what you suggest. I miss the words "the search results". And, I think it's not a bad idea. Let me think if I can easily implement it.

[1024jp]

... allowing users to just cmd+a the search results. This can then be copied to a new file.

Ok, I've just implemented it. The feature will be shipped with CotEditor 4.6.0, which will be released soon this month.

[foss-]

Should this be in Version 4.6.0-beta.3 (585) already?

[1024jp]

Should this be in Version 4.6.0-beta.3 (585) already?

Not yet. I'll release the stable version of 4.6.0 next week.

[foss-]

Verified in Version 4.6.0-rc (587)
This is a very welcome change. Thanks so much.

[1024jp]

@foss- It's my pleasure. Thank you for your quick check and feedback.