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Message   Martin Foster    August Abolins   oxp: highlight matching search results?   May 5, 2019
 11:16 AM *  

Hello August!

On 27.04.19 at 14:29, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:

 AA>>>> Would it be possible to improve OXP's search feature to return with
 AA>>>> highlighted text in the echomail/netmail messages?

 MF>>> Can I ask why you would want that?

[snip]
 AA>> It can be a bit frustrating to find an apparent search match, but
 AA>> without a visual clue as to WHERE the match is, we waste time looking
 AA>> all over a message, and maybe even miss seeing it.

 MF> Yes and now that I'm fully awake, I think that's a must-have feature.
 MF> I'll pass your suggestion on to the developer right away.

Update .....

Although he thought it was a really good idea and he was up for it,  
he's come back with words to the effect that due to the complexity of  
the search routines, he's very reluctant to try and implement it for  
fear of breaking other stuff :-(

Regards,
Martin

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