AstroGrep includes the following features - Regular expressions
- Concurrent multiple file types
- Recursive directory searching
- A "context" feature that selects the lines above and below your search expression
- Most Recently Used list for search paths
- Somewhat versatile printing options
- Double click to open file with editor of your choice
- Store Most Recently Used file names and search expressions
- Match Whole Word Only
- Syntax highlighing
- Free of charge and Open Source
Possible upcoming features - search Microsoft Word files
- search pdf documents (researching)
- sort indicator for results list
- save settings to file instead of using registry (automatically upgrade to use file if registry settings exist)
- refine search code (possible speed improvements)
- make document on how to use AstroGrepBase.dll (will be renamed to libAstroGrep.dll)
- add help to application (for Microsoft Windows, pending for Linux)
- support for different languages
- GTK# GUI frontend for Linux