RegEx available in "Find" (Ctl-F) command in two-pane text comparison ?

[Hammillian7]

Is RegEx available in "Find" (Ctl-F) command in two-pane text comparison ?

Pressing Ctl-F, when watching the comparison of two text files, each one in one pane, the search dialog window appears, the "Help" button says that Regular Expressions are supported, but the dialog doesn't offer the "RegEx" option. Is there any way of using RegEx's for the text search, please?

I'm using Version 9.51 now.

An example of the syntax by showing the introduced text?

[Dalai]

The help page opened in this dialog is the same as the one opened via Lister's Find dialog. The RegEx support applies to the latter.

As a workaround you might be able to use a dedicated editor like Notepad++ which supports such a thing (via a plugin AFAIK). Or use WinMerge which also seems to support RegEx in its search. An external comparison tool can even be used in place of TC's internal one via

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[Configuration]
CompareTool=path\to\some\tool

[Hammillian7]

The help page opened in this dialog is the same as the one opened via Lister's Find dialog. The RegEx support applies to the latter.

As a workaround you might be able to use a dedicated editor like Notepad++ which supports such a thing (via a plugin AFAIK). Or use WinMerge which also seems to support RegEx in its search. An external comparison tool can even be used in place of TC's internal one via

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[Configuration]
CompareTool=path\to\some\tool

Thanks, Dalai.

Do you mean Notepad++ within the 2-pane comparison? (for searching in individual file, I may already use the TC Lister).

Good idea using an external tool supporting RegEx and thanks for the info on how to configure it !

[Dalai]

Do you mean Notepad++ within the 2-pane comparison?

No, I mean regular Notepad++ that can be extended via a plugin to have a similar comparison feature.