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I don't think so. If the end is to search for arbitrary text there is a mean: Cmd-F. If the end is to search for another instance of the selected text there i
by johncoltrane 15y ago
I don't think so.
If the end is to search for arbitrary text there is a mean: Cmd-F.
If the end is to search for another instance of the selected text there is a mean: Cmd-E - Cmd-F.
There are actually more means for each end: the edit menu, right click, buttons in the toolbar…
I'm not confused about them.
Confusion happens when you think, wrongly, that one mean (Cmd-F) allows to reach another end than the one it's designed for.
Confusion happens when you don't know the full capabilities of your tool and you use the most readily available mean, Cmd-F, to reach every conceptually related ends. Such a strategy is neither efficient nor sustainable at all.
Confusion happens when you keep doing the same mistake over and over without searching for a better way and complain about the dumbness of your tool and by extension of its authors.
But I think we are going to stick to our guns.