Bug#402209: make finding in gedit more 'intuitive'

[Fabian Greffrath]

package: gedit
version: 2.14.4-2
severity: wishlist

Hello!

I wanted gedit to find the string '\newline' within a LaTeX document, so
I entered it in the 'Find' dialog. After clicking 'Find' gedit claimed
that it has not found the string, although I could see it at least three
times with my own eyes.

I took a few minutes until I realized that when entering something like
'\n' gedit does not look for the string '\n' but interpretes it as
'newline'. I had to enter '\\newline' to make gedit find what I
expected. Similar things happen with '\t' etc. 

Of course this is a powerful feature and now that I know about it, I do
not want to miss it anymore. But it MUST be documented somewhere! Or
even better: It should be possible to turn the feature 'on' and 'off' in
the 'Find' dailog. This is especially important for new users I think...

Maybe this is something that should be forwarded to upstream as a
wishlist item or minor bug.

Thank you for your effort!

Cheers,
Fabian