Searching for Articles and The Search Window

    

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The user can search in the current newsgroup or across all newsgroups with plain text strings or regular expressions (PCRE).
Gravity can search in "From" and "Subject" which provide fast results without online activity because these are always stored in the database.
You can also search "Bodies" and (all) "Headers".  If you limit the search to articles with local (stored) bodies, the search is fast with no online activity. If the articles bodies are not saved locally, either of these two options will cause Gravity to fetch articles from the server.

Article Display
If you select an article from the results, Gravity will display the article in the bottom pane for reading.
Go To Article
If you select "Go To Article," Gravity will find it in the main window.

Search Fields and Commands

Regular Expression
ü     Select the check box to use a Regular expression (PCRE). Otherwise the entry is a plain text search string.
Look in Header
Searches all headers and behaves the same as "Look in Body." Read the following notes about searching bodies (versions before 2.9.11 do not have this option).
Look in Body
Searches article bodies. If the bodies are not stored locally, Gravity will begin downloading them from the server. This could be *all* articles for the current group or in all subscribed groups, if selected. This also applies to the "Look in Headers Option"
This can be a server intensive operation. In addition, Gravity does not save the bodies. There is an option to limit the search to locally saved article bodies only, which is fast and involves no server activity.
You probably do not want to search bodies or headers on a slow dialup connection or in large groups, unless you limit the search to local bodies.
You should not search bodies or headers in binary groups (for obvious reasons).
* Important Notes about Searching Bodies and Headers *

Ø    If the bodies are not stored locally, Gravity downloads them (all) from the server.

Ø    Gravity does not save (store) the fetched bodies.

Option - Across this/all newsgroup(s)
Limits the search to the current newsgroup or all subscribed groups.
Option - Search Local Bodies Only
Gravity searches the only the articles that have local stored bodies.
Options Tab
There is only  one option: Go To Article should load article.
If not checked, Gravity will find the article in the main window, but will not load or fetch it.