David,
I think the point is probably to do a
trawl through legacy code and see how much of it can be flushed,
if any.
I wish! Sometime later.
Although regex is available with *nix, it isn't part of Windows. My choice
is to remove it or fix the broken regex implemenation included in Film
tor 2002-11-28 klockan 00.32 skrev David Weeks:
Robin,
I called you right the first time.
David,
please keep childish name-calling rants like this for yourself. Thanks.
Kind regards,
Christian
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Sven,
The regex code is used by gimp-plug-ins-query (and a similar function
in script-fu).
Yes, I can follow that from the code. I understand what regex does
generally, just not why gimp-plug-ins-query needs it.
My confusion relates to script-fu and gimp plug-ins with respect to regex.
Why
Robin Rowe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
The regex code is used by gimp-plug-ins-query (and a similar function
in script-fu).
Yes, I can follow that from the code. I understand what regex does
generally, just not why gimp-plug-ins-query needs it.
My confusion relates to script-fu and gimp
Simon,
My confusion relates to script-fu and gimp plug-ins with respect to
regex.
Why query a plug-in as a regular expression? What's the point?
To have a nice way to specify a search pattern. For thinks like a
PDB-Browser for example.
Ok, I guess I'm just not making my question clear. I
Robin Rowe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
What I have trouble imagining is the scenario where regex search in Gimp is
necessary or useful. Few users even know how to phrase a regex search. Is
this just feature-itis? Do I correctly surmise that regex could be removed
without being missed?
Well,
Hi,
Robin Rowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi. GIMP has its own regex.c that the procedural database uses. That seems
to look up plug-ins using regexec. I'm having a little difficulty
understanding the logic of the code. Can anybody explain how regex is used
by GIMP? Why is it necessary?
GIMP
Hi. GIMP has its own regex.c that the procedural database uses. That seems
to look up plug-ins using regexec. I'm having a little difficulty
understanding the logic of the code. Can anybody explain how regex is used
by GIMP? Why is it necessary?
Thanks!
Robin
