[kovidgoyal]

Originally Posted by arspr

Wow.
Why Saved Searches are just restricted to regex ones? I mean, obviously regex ones are much more suited for this feature but would it be difficult to add support for normal ones? (Maybe, they could be useful in certain situations, or for entry basic users).

I dont think this is an important enough use case to waste UI space/add an extra option for. EDIT: I changed my mind, I have added the ability to specify the mode of saved searches.

[*]The location, direction and wrap options are logically not saved. But I think it's pretty strange that they are not synchronized with the "normal" search toolbar. Why? I mean, of course there can be situations in which this double setting could be useful, but I really think that in most cases it's going to be extremely confusing.

Because there is no connection between the two. I think it is much more confusing to have two unrelated UI controls change their values due to a mysterious correlation. I for one would be very confused if after using a saved search which might logically operate on a very different location, the location for normal searches was changed.

Alt+R is used in Replace and Remove search. And it doesn't do anything but toggle the focus between both buttons.

That's what happens when two controls share the same accelerator key. You have to press enter, in addition. But, I will change it so that Remove search uses Alt+M

[*]Count All is Alt+C while in normal editing is Ctrl+N. Wouldn't Alt+N be more logical?

Maybe, maybe not. It depends on the individual user. Alt+C is a mnemonic accelerator, unlike Ctrl+N. Mnemonic accelerators are typically assigned to the first letter or the "strongest" letter whenever possible. I for one would instinctively use Alt+C not Alt+N

[*]Wouldn't a "Copy to Search toolbar" button/link/whatever method be useful in the Saved Searched dialogue? (I mean the opposite method from the "Save current search" option).

Why? Again, no connection between the two.

[*]In the lower part of the dialogue you have the Find and Replace info of your selected Saved Search. But no info is shown about Case or Dot all options, and it could be really important.

While it *could* be important, IMO it wont be very often and I dont want to waste UI space on it. You should really be assigning descriptive names to your searches so you dont have to parse the find expression to figure out what it does. You can always double click on a search to check the status of those flags. EDIT: I though of a way of showing that info without using too much space.