Tip: How to search OWLNext source code using Notepad++

[Ognyan Chernokozhev]

Notepad++ is a very powerful text editor. I use it for many actions, and one of them is to search recursively OWLNext source code and examples for the usage of certain classes/methods/members/constants/etc.

For example:

But a small annoying issue with this method for this global searching is that if I had built some of the example projects with C++ Builder, it generates a bunch of cache folders that also get listed in the search results, like this:

C:\Work\OWLNext\Subversion\trunk\build\embarcadero\__astcache\@c@@work@owlnext@subversion@trunk@build@embarcadero\c@@work@owlnext@subversion@trunk@source@owlcore@mdiclien.cpp (2 hits)
    Line 244:     T EV_COMMAND(CM_CASCADECHILDREN, CmCascadeChildren),
    Line 249:     T EV_COMMAND_ENABLE(CM_CASCADECHILDREN, CmChildActionEnable),
  C:\Work\OWLNext\Subversion\trunk\build\embarcadero\__astcache\@c@@work@owlnext@subversion@trunk@build@embarcadero\c@@work@owlnext@subversion@trunk@source@owlcore@mdiframe.cpp (2 hits)
    Line 116: /// the following identifiers: CM_CASCADECHILDREN, CM_TITLECHILDREN, or
    Line 133:         (TUser::GetMenuState(childMenu, CM_CASCADECHILDREN, MF_BYCOMMAND) != (uint) -1 ||
  C:\Work\OWLNext\Subversion\trunk\build\embarcadero\__astcache\@c@@work@owlnext@subversion@trunk@build@embarcadero\c@@work@owlnext@subversion@trunk@source@owlcore@menudesc.cpp (1 hit)

Fortunately, it is possible to exclude these folders by adding a recursive exclusion filter like this: !+\__astcache

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[Damon Register]

I use Notepad++ a lot but that is a new one for me. Thanks for posting that.