I am afraid that it is not enough to write a specialized Find/Replace dialog, but change (maybe subclass) the Lpex editor because it actually:
a) had to implement the IFindReplaceTarget interface
b) register an action handler for the Eclipse FindReplaceAction
At least that is what I do in the new "Data Area Editor" that comes with the next iSphere version.
Last but not least the Find/Replace thing is just one tiny piece of all differences between the Lpex editor and other editors. I absolutely understand the history of the Lpex editor and why it is the way it is. But with the modern /free RPG the Lpex editor should be modernized, too.
For example I do not remember when I used the column-restricted search. It is pretty useless for /free and actually the new outline view is a good replacement for the column-restricted search. I prefer to use the outline view rather than searching for a field at position 50 to see where it gets changed.
Just my two cents.
Thomas.
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Von: WDSCI-L [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von Buck Calabro
Gesendet: Dienstag, 23. Dezember 2014 17:43
An: wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Betreff: Re: [WDSCI-L] Find text in RDi 9.1.1
On 12/23/2014 2:04 AM, Thomas Raddatz wrote:
I assume the heart of the problem is that the guys who develop RDi do not develop RPG applications with RDi.
It was some time ago that I worked with Eclipse RCP so my memory is faded. I remember looking to extend the standard find/replace dialogue and being unable to find a way to do it. It seemed to me that I had to write a whole new one from scratch. Well, I could copy the Eclipse source and work from that, but I seem unable to do 'a little' Eclipse development - it takes me a very long time to put all the concepts together in my head.
If they really had to write their own find/replace, that explains why it behaves differently. And it is different to the Eclipse find/replace because of the column-restricted search.
So here is a funny question. Is the column selection in the RDi find dialogue necessary for you (and by 'you' I mean the list)? I haven't got the time to research it this instant, but I think it is possible to create a user action that invokes the default. In Eclipse 4, it is part of \eclipse422\plugins\org.eclipse.ui.workbench.texteditor_3.8.0.v20120523-1310.jar
- org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.FindReplaceDialog
I think that to incorporate this as a user action I need to tinker the CLASSPATH or copy the jar file to the place my RDi CLASSPATH can find it. Once it's a user action, it can be assigned to a key sequence.
Another thought - very ephemeral - is that I might be able to override Ctrl-F in my RDi / Eclipse profile.
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--buck
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