On Jul 19, 2007, at 11:11 AM, Mat Schaffer wrote:

> On Jul 19, 2007, at 10:51 AM, Ian Smith-Dahl wrote:

>> I use it pretty extensively when searching for the use of specific

>> variables in a huge Java codebase.    Even though I
rarely make  

>> edits to the code base (I'm mostly responsible for the graphic

>> skins), I haven't found any tool better than TextMate's ability
to  

>> dynamically create projects by opening file folders (and so to

>> specify scope specifically for one search) and then quickly  

>> pinpoint lines of code using Find in Project.

>>

>> Is there a better tool for that?

>

> grep and find are pretty good in conjunction for that sort of thing:

>

> grep -l <search term> `find <starting directory> -name
*.java`

>

Thanks, Mat.    That's definitely another way to do it... but
I don't  

think it's better.     Since textmate jumps me to the line while

showing me the whole docco, I have a lot more freedom to explore the  

context.    I can even execute finds in the docco I'm looking
at,  

while preserving the results of the find in the project.   Plus, I

get highlighting and folding (as mentioned by Andy).    Grep
(and  

doxygen) are definitely powerful for what they do, but what they do  

is filter out matches.   I don't necessarily want the filter, I just

want the find.

I personally don't have any problems with not making edits, but I  

wanted to back up the original poster that Textmate is a great browse-

only tool.

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