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EVE FIND — VMS 5.5-2H4

 FIND

 Searches for a string of text you specify and highlights the found text.

 Keys:  EVE Default    VT100 Keypad    EDT Keypad    WPS Keypad
        ---------------------------------------------------------------
        FIND           PF1             GOLD-PF3      GOLD-, on keyboard

 Steps:

    1.  Use FIND (see key list above).

    2.  Type the text you want to find (see examples below).

    3.  To find another occurrence of the same string,
        use FIND NEXT or press the FIND key twice.

 Examples:

    Commands               Purposes or Effects
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------
    FIND digital           Finds any occurrence of the string, regardless
                           of its case, such as "digital," "Digital,"
                           "DIGITAL," "dIgItAl," and so on.

    FIND Digital           Finds an exact match---in this example, first
                           letter uppercase and other letters lowercase.

    SET FIND CASE EXACT    Enables case-exact searches, and then finds
    FIND digital           only an all lowercase occurrence.

    SET FIND WHITESPACE    Enables FIND to treat spaces, tabs, and up to
    FIND mark twain        one line break as whitespace, so you can find
                           "mark" at the end of a line and "twain" at the
                           start of the next line.

 Usage notes:

 o  If an occurrence is found, EVE puts the cursor at start of the found
    text and highlights the found text in bold video.

 o  If there is no occurrence in the current direction, EVE automatically
    searches in the other direction.  If there is an occurrence in that
    direction, EVE asks if you want to go there---press RETURN for Yes, or
    type No and press RETURN.

 o  To edit the found text, use a command or key that works on a range or
    box, such as COPY, BOX CUT, FILL, REMOVE, or UPPERCASE (see help on
    Ranges And Boxes).  If you used SET BOX SELECT, an editing operation on
    the found range uses the start and end of the range as diagonally
    opposite corners of a box.

 o  To cancel the highlighting, move the cursor out of the found range,
    or use RESET.

 o  You can use a direction-setting key as a terminator key for FIND to
    make the search begin in a particular direction:

       1.  Use FIND, letting EVE prompt you for the search string.

       2.  Type the search string, and then press a direction-setting key
           ---for example, with the EDT keypad, press KP5 for REVERSE.

    If you press RETURN instead, the search starts in the current direction
    of the buffer (shown in the status line).

 o  In typing the FIND command, if you want to search for the word "next"
    or "selected," put it in quotes or let EVE prompt you for the string.

 Related topics:

    Ranges And Boxes       CHANGE DIRECTION       FIND NEXT
    FIND SELECTED          REPLACE                RESET
    SET FIND CASE EXACT    SET FIND WHITESPACE    WILDCARD FIND

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