EVE$HELP.HLB  —  FIND_SELECTED
  FIND SELECTED

  Searches for the currently selected text, rather than for a typed string.
  This is useful to find a mixed-case occurrence (such as a book title or a
  person's name) without having to type the string exactly.

  Steps:

     1.  Select the text you want to find (see help on SELECT).

         The selection can be in EVE or in another DECwindows application
         running concurrently, but the selection cannot cross lines.

     2.  Use the FIND SELECTED command.

  Usage notes:

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

  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. If SET BOX
     SELECT is in effect, an editing operation on the found range uses the
     start and end of the range as diagonally opposite corners of a box---
     see help on Ranges And Boxes.

  o  To cancel the highlighting, move the cursor out of the found range or
     use RESET. To find another occurrence of the same string, use FIND NEXT
     or press the FIND key twice.

  o  If there is a found range and no selection, FIND SELECTED is the same
     as FIND NEXT.

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

  Related topics:

     CHANGE DIRECTION    FIND    RESET    SELECT    WILDCARD FIND
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