[scite] Re: Regex search/replace: ? does not work
On 03/08/2007 15:18, Alexander Kriegisch wrote: Searching for ob? in regex mode should yield two results, but it yields zero. There seems to be a problem with ?. You'll find the answer here: http://scintilla.sourceforge.net/SciTERegEx.html Would you mind quoting the paragraph where I can find the answer? On the whole page there is not a single occurrence of ?. This is not an answer (I do know how to work with REs), but leaves room for speculation at best. Well, if you don't find ?, that mean it isn't supported... REs in Scintilla are pretty primitive... Note that with a more complete RE library, and the text you gave: foo foobar fubar baz foobaz you should find 6 occurences: 6 with o and 2 with ob. -- Philippe Lhoste -- (near) Paris -- France -- http://Phi.Lho.free.fr -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ___ Scite-interest mailing list Scite-interest@lyra.org http://mailman.lyra.org/mailman/listinfo/scite-interest
Re: [scite] Re: Regex search/replace: ? does not work
Would you mind quoting the paragraph where I can find the answer? On the whole page there is not a single occurrence of ?. This is not an answer (I do know how to work with REs), but leaves room for speculation at best. Well, if you don't find ?, that mean it isn't supported... REs in Scintilla are pretty primitive... Thanks for this information. As I said: It not being mentioned left room for speculation. I have read hundreds of manuals in the last 20 years, and from my experience the fact alone that something is not mentioned does not necessarily mean that it is unsupported. Often it just means that the documentation is incomplete. So forgive me if I asked, I wanted to be sure. If your initial answer would have been just the tiniest bit more explicit, this to-and-fro would have been avoided. Note that with a more complete RE library, and the text you gave: foo foobar fubar baz foobaz you should find 6 occurences: 6 with o and 2 with ob. Correct. I was just focusing on the two I was testing on, my fault. Talking about REs, I would like to ask the developers if there is any chance for a more extensive RE library being implemented or adapted (there are several free candidates which might fit in, I can imagine) in the near future? I do not want to push, just know, so I have a basis to decide if I can plan on making SciTE my default editor or still stay with another product, even though there are many features I like very much about SciTE. But I do need basic RE support (? is pretty basic, I guess) and also often need multi-line REs, in rare cases even things like lazy matching (nice to have). As I said, just asking, explaining and suggesting, not pushing. Who am I to force you anyway? ;-) Regards -- Alexander Kriegisch ___ Scite-interest mailing list Scite-interest@lyra.org http://mailman.lyra.org/mailman/listinfo/scite-interest
[scite] Re: Regex search/replace: ? does not work
On 03/08/2007 18:38, Alexander Kriegisch wrote: If your initial answer would have been just the tiniest bit more explicit, this to-and-fro would have been avoided. I am not Istvan... Talking about REs, I would like to ask the developers if there is any chance for a more extensive RE library being implemented or adapted (there are several free candidates which might fit in, I can imagine) in the near future? Asked several times, little chance to happen in SciTE. Some work can be done in Lua, either with the base native RE library (primitive too) or with the lpeg library. -- Philippe Lhoste -- (near) Paris -- France -- http://Phi.Lho.free.fr -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ___ Scite-interest mailing list Scite-interest@lyra.org http://mailman.lyra.org/mailman/listinfo/scite-interest
Re: [scite] Re: Regex search/replace: ? does not work
Alexander Kriegisch: Talking about REs, I would like to ask the developers if there is any chance for a more extensive RE library being implemented or adapted No. Neil ___ Scite-interest mailing list Scite-interest@lyra.org http://mailman.lyra.org/mailman/listinfo/scite-interest
