creating project/new document from file search

mindless

[This question has to have been answered already, but apparently the search feature isn't working. If so, please just guide me to the response!]

I am struggling with a simple operation of using the file search to identify files containing a given keyword, then either copying them to a new document or better yet, copying/linking the files into a new project.

1) I am able to mark a directory as a project, 2) I am able to add individual files to the project by manual selection (within the project menu), and 3) I can view files and excerpted contents that contain my keyword. Doing 3) and 2) without 'manual' selection is what I want to do.

In bash, I can do this via
grep -rl "poop" . | xargs cat > out.txt

Is there something I am doing incorrectly, or is this not an intended use of zettlr?

Thanks in advance!

hendrik

This has indeed not been asked, and this isn't yet a feature of Zettlr.

I've noticed that the search bar always wants to search for "solved" threads, one has to manually click on "Search everything", I'll see if I can find a setting for that …

mindless

Thanks! Is this a feature that might be added in the near future? Is the best practice for zettle to have a smaller curated directory of files, then use the project feature to select specific files for a document?