Search and replace does not find multiline strings

[ShawnHartley-NovusTerra]

• VSCode Version: Code 1.18.1 (929bacb, 2017-11-16T18:32:36.023Z)
• OS Version: Windows_NT x64 6.1.7601
• Extensions:

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
html-snippets	abu	0.1.0
project-manager	ale	0.23.0
path-intellisense	chr	1.4.2
bracket-pair-colorizer	Coe	0.10.14
xml	Dot	1.9.2
php-intellisense	fel	2.0.1
file-icons	fil	1.0.7
auto-close-tag	for	0.5.3
code-runner	for	0.8.4
output-colorizer	IBM	0.1.2
csharpextensions	jch	1.3.0
mssql	ms-	1.2.1
python	ms-	0.8.0
cpptools	ms-	0.14.2
csharp	ms-	1.13.1
PowerShell	ms-	1.5.1
team	ms-	1.122.0
debugger-for-chrome	msj	3.5.0
color-highlight	nau	2.3.0
material-icon-theme	PKi	3.1.0
vscode-icons	rob	7.18.1
code-spell-checker	str	1.5.1
vim	vsc	0.10.5
html-css-class-completion	Zig	1.14.0

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Steps to Reproduce:

Description:
When searching for multi line strings it appears that the default behavior of the search is to strip newlines from the paste. This prevents the search function from matching the string and therefore prevents multi line search and replaces.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Copy code in "Code used" and paste into a new empty file in vs code several times.
2. Ctrl F and paste the code in Search.
3. 0 matches found since newlines are stripped.

Text to be searched.

Search and Replace Box:

Code used:
`# tmp = ""

for r in relationships:

if r == relationships[-1]:

tmp = tmp + "\n\tnew ListItem() { Value = "" + r + "", Text = "" + r + "" }\n"

else:

tmp = tmp + "\n\tnew ListItem() { Value = "" + r + "", Text = "" + r + "" },"

out = "return new ListItem[] { " + tmp + " };\n"

print(out)`

Reproduces without extensions: Yes/No

[roblourens]

/duplicate of #13155

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