Could you still use regex matching on the back end, but just internally escape the raw string input to turn it into a pattern? I think this should be possible.... maybe by simpling escaping every char in the input string.
Larry Becker wrote: > Yes, Eclipse has that option, however it would be much more difficult > to program without using the pattern matcher. It would basically > revert to a simple exact match string comparison. > > Larry > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Martin Davis <mbda...@refractions.net > <mailto:mbda...@refractions.net>> wrote: > > Is it worth having an option to choose plain text or regex? Some text > editors do this. That way if a search string contains some of the > (numerous) special regex chars, the user doesn't have to escape > everything in sight. > > M > > Michael Michaud wrote: > > Larry Becker a écrit : > > > >>> @Larry : I think that the use of regexes should be mentionned > in the > >>> user interface of your search tool > >>> One reason is that the user will have to escape regex > metacharacter if > >>> he wants to make a simple search on (, [ ,*... > >>> > >> I agree. I was just intimidated by the complexity of > explaining this > >> in a sidebar. :-) Perhaps it would be enough to list the "special > >> characters". > >> > > Of course, I didn't think of explaining regex syntax in the > sidebar, but > > just mentionning that regex syntax can (or must ?) be used in the > > textfield so that users are aware that they can use or learn how > to use > > this powerful syntax. > > > > Michaël > > > >> Larry > >> > >> On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Michael Michaud > >> <michael.mich...@free.fr <mailto:michael.mich...@free.fr> > <mailto:michael.mich...@free.fr <mailto:michael.mich...@free.fr>>> > wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> For a one page cheatsheet, look at > >> > http://www.addedbytes.com/download/regular-expressions-cheat-sheet-v1/pdf/ > >> or > >> > http://www.omicentral.com/cheatsheets/JavaRegularExpressionsCheatSheet.pdf > >> > >> for a full site dedicated to regex : > >> http://www.regular-expressions.info/ > >> > >> note : regex is also available in OJ's simple query plugin > >> ...and in postgresql (operator ~) > >> > >> @Larry : I think that the use of regexes should be > mentionned in the > >> user interface of your search tool > >> One reason is that the user will have to escape regex > metacharacter if > >> he wants to make a simple search on (, [ ,*... > >> > >> Michaël > >> > >> > >> Larry Becker a écrit : > >> > That's it. I've looked for a better (more user oriented) > reference, > >> > but never found one. > >> > > >> > Larry > >> > > >> > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Martin Davis > >> <mbda...@refractions.net <mailto:mbda...@refractions.net> > <mailto:mbda...@refractions.net <mailto:mbda...@refractions.net>> > >> > <mailto:mbda...@refractions.net > <mailto:mbda...@refractions.net> > >> <mailto:mbda...@refractions.net > <mailto:mbda...@refractions.net>>>> wrote: > >> > > >> > Perhaps > >> > > >> > > >> > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html > >> > > >> > ?? > >> > > >> > Stefan Steiniger wrote: > >> > > > >> > >> By the way, since it uses the Java pattern matcher, > >> Search All > >> > >> Attributes supports many different meta-characters > to control > >> > the search > >> > >> such as ^ to match the start of a line and $ to > match the > >> end. > >> > >> > >> > > oha..interesting.. how to get to know these chars? > >> > > is there a table? > >> > > > >> > > 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