Search programs (was Re: In with the New)

[Eric Van Tassel 101233.342@xxxxxxxx]

Well, I was going to stay out of this discussion, but I'm prompted by
recent postings concerning the two existing routines

(1)       find
and
(2)       se c:\dir\*.*/string/

I want a program that will combine these two -- because the utility of (2)
is limited by having to know the directory, and that of (1) by having to
know the filename. And then (as others have requested) when you *open* the
file the program should jump to (the first instance of) the sought-for
string.

Cheers
Eric Van Tassel



PPS: Besser is quite right to say that in routine (2) it *should* be
possible to "mark files as you find them in a search, then open them in a
chain." This would probably be easier to write, and easier to use, than the
alternative I'd thought of, which was to open each desired file as you
encounter it, but then resume the search without also hitting on
already-opened files again.