[BUG] can't search for two directory names at once

[compie]

If I search for directories named debug I get results.
If I search for directories named release I get results.

Now if I search for directories named "debug; release" (without the quotes) I get no results!
(Searching for "debug release" also doesn't work.

Am I doing something wrong or is this a bug? (I'm using TC 7.01).

[icfu]

Search for: debug. release.

Am I doing something wrong or is this a bug?

It's not a bug – it's TC.

(Besides that the semicolon of course doesn't make sense as a separator even in a normal file manager, because it's an allowed char in filenames...)

Icfu

[StatusQuo]

Thanks for this interesting solution/workaround, icfu.

BTW, a single dot after only one of the names would be enough, so these phrases also work (here):

debug. release
debug release.

[compie]

Search for: debug. release.

Am I doing something wrong or is this a bug?

It's not a bug – it's TC.

(Besides that the semicolon of course doesn't make sense as a separator even in a normal file manager, because it's an allowed char in filenames...)

Icfu

I think the semicolon is a good separator. If you wish to search for it anyway it should be possible to escape it.
I consider this to be a bug in TC and I don't understand why including a point makes it work.

[icfu]

Thanks for this interesting solution/workaround, icfu.

It's not a workaround, it's the way ghisler has designed the search to work. He has explained it here in detail (German):
http://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=78777#78777

As you can see, two years later the alternative searching styles have not been implemented unfortunately...

Icfu

[StatusQuo]

He has explained it here in detail (German):
http://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=78777#78777

And once in english (a little shorter): http://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=37806#37806

[compie]

Search for: debug. release.

Ok that works, but now I also would like to search for directories named "___win32_release".
Seraching for: "debug. release. ___win32_release." doesn't work!

Is this a bug? How can I work around this one?

[m^2]

Use regular expressions.

Code: Select all

^(debug|release|___win32_release)$