[texhax] Re: Searching for string in TEX file using XP
Martin Heller
mr_heller at yahoo.dk
Tue Dec 13 18:46:59 CET 2005
Trilok Haridas wrote:
> I would like to know if there is a way to search for strings in a .tex
> file using Windows XP search facility.
> I tried searching for words but Windows XP search facility did not
> provide any results.
> I tried converting the .tex to a .txt and it managed to find the string
> I was looking for.
>
> Any help in the matter would be appreciated.
It sounds as if you have selected 'Text document' in Type? You
should select 'TeX source file' or something similar. Anyway,
this works on my Win2000 system -- I haven't tried XP.
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