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     The Pwbhelpsearch function performs a global search of the open
     Help files.
     See: ◄About Global Help Search►
 
     The search is case insensitive unless you use the Meta form of
     Pwbhelpsearch, which uses the Case switch to determine case
     sensitivity.
 
     Pwbhelpsearch («pwbhelpsearch»)
          Displays the results of the last global Help search.
 
          Equivalent to the predefined macro _pwbhelp_searchres
          («_pwbhelp_searchres»).
 
     Arg Pwbhelpsearch («arg» «pwbhelpsearch»)
          Searches Help for the word at the cursor.
 
     Arg textarg Pwbhelpsearch («arg» textarg «pwbhelpsearch»)
          Searches Help for the selected text.
 
     Arg Arg Pwbhelpsearch («arg» «arg» «pwbhelpsearch»)
          Searches Help using the regular expression at the cursor.
 
     Arg Arg textarg Pwbhelpsearch («arg» «arg» textarg «pwbhelpsearch»)
          Searches Help for the selected regular expression.
 
     Meta ... Pwbhelpsearch («meta» ... «pwbhelpsearch»)
          As above, except the search is case sensitive if the Case
          switch is set to yes.
 
     Returns
 
     True:  At least one match found.
     False: No matches found, or search canceled.
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