Bug#489182: gedit: ctrl+k search box should not disappear automatically

[xsdg]

Package: gedit
Version: 2.22.3-1
Severity: wishlist

Currently, if I hit ctrl+k, and type some characters to search for, the search
dialog will disappear after 30 seconds.  This should either be configurable (so
that it can be disabled manually) or should just be disabled -- it's easy
enough to hit <enter> or <esc> to make the box go away.

My code-editing workflow typically goes as follows:
1) run into some struct or function I want to find out more about
2) hit ctrl+k, search for the name, and hit <up> and <down> until I find the
   definition
3) sit there and read the relevant code for a bit
4) possibly hit <up> or <down> to look at the other places where the search
   keyword occurs
5) hit <esc> to jump back to where I was before the search

When the search box disappears prematurely, not only do I have to retype the
search keyword to hop around to the different occurrences again, I also lose
the easy way of getting back to where I was before the search.

--xsdg


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.25.7 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gedit depends on:
ii  gconf2                     2.22.0-1      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gedit-common               2.22.3-1      official text editor of the GNOME 
ii  iso-codes                  3.0-1         ISO language, territory, currency,
ii  libatk1.0-0                1.22.0-1      The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libattr1                   1:2.4.41-1    Extended attribute shared library
ii  libc6                      2.7-12        GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                  1.6.4-6       The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libenchant1c2a             1.3.0-5       a wrapper library for various spel
ii  libgconf2-4                2.22.0-1      GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0                1:2.6.2-1     library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0               2.17.0-1      The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome2-0                2.20.1.1-1    The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomeui-0               2.20.1.1-1    The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0             1:2.22.0-2    GNOME Virtual File System (runtime
ii  libgtk2.0-0                2.12.10-2     The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libgtksourceview2.0-0      2.2.1-1       shared libraries for the GTK+ synt
ii  libpango1.0-0              1.20.3-1      Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libx11-6                   2:1.1.4-2     X11 client-side library
ii  libxml2                    2.6.32.dfsg-2 GNOME XML library
ii  python                     2.5.2-1       An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-glade2              2.12.1-1      GTK+ bindings: Glade support
ii  python-gobject             2.14.1-4      Python bindings for the GObject li
ii  python-gtk2                2.12.1-1      Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
ii  python-gtksourceview2      2.2.0-1+b1    Python bindings for the GtkSourceV
ii  python-support             0.7.7         automated rebuilding support for P
ii  python2.5                  2.5.2-3       An interactive high-level object-o
ii  scrollkeeper               0.3.14-16     A free electronic cataloging syste

Versions of packages gedit recommends:
pn  libgnomevfs2-bin              <none>     (no description available)
pn  python-gnome2                 <none>     (no description available)
ii  zenity                        2.22.1-1   Display graphical dialog boxes fro

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