Find only shows first match per line

Bug #1099424 reported by Victor Engmark
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Bug Description

How to reproduce:
1. Run `echo hello world` (without the backticks)
2. Press Ctrl-Shift-F
3. Press E
4. Click Find repeatedly

When going back through the history, this only shows the first match on each line. That is, "h*e*llo world", then "*e*cho hello world", then whatever is above that line in the history.

Expected behavior: Show every match (possibly non-overlapping) on each line. . That is, "h*e*llo world", then "echo h*e*llo world", then "*e*cho hello world", then whatever is above that line in the history. This is very useful when searching through for example the enormous output of a build program, or when looking for duplicate occurrences of strings. Since the opposite use case is probably also common, it would be nice if this were an option.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-terminal 3.4.1.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-35.55-generic 3.2.34
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-35-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jan 14 15:06:31 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20120214.2)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-terminal
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-07-19 (179 days ago)

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