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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Find Text Mechanism
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On Aug 4, 2015, at 11:54 AM, Edward Hennessy (ehennes AT sbcglobal DOT net) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> What about providing two dialogs for searching? One pop-up dialog with all the checkboxes. The second dialog is docked, like the one in source control now, but with no checkboxes. But, the second one uses the same settings the user selected in the first dialog.

Every such option provides one more way for the user to waste time lost in GUI. One of the most wonderful features of gschem compared to commercial offerings has been that it minimizes such distractions.

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