Re[2]: Some questions about 1.36

1999-10-14 Thread Oliver Sturm
Hi HAVOK, On Donnerstag, 14. Oktober 1999 at 1:40:44 you wrote: >> Does anyone have an idea how I could get The Bat! to show me lines >> starting with "Iquotedis:" (or whatever) as quotes in the message >> viewer? Again, I mean, using the red and bold style. H> You mean something like %REGEX

Re: Some questions about 1.36

1999-10-13 Thread HAVOK
On Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 09:30:54PM +0200, Oliver Sturm wrote: > > On Mittwoch, 13. Oktober 1999 at 9:48:18 you wrote: > >> > >> >> 1) What do I do with %REGEXPTEXT & %REGEXPQUOTES macros ? > >> [my try at an explanation for %REGEXPQUOTES] > Wow, now I get a first idea what all this might be ab

Re: Some questions about 1.36

1999-10-13 Thread Paula Ford
On Wednesday, October 13, 1999, Oleg Zalyalov wrote: > When I was a programmer, I used regular expressions for search and > replace widely, and I can at least imagine what it is. But I cannot > understand how regexps can be applied to inserting quoted text. That > is why I need docum

Re[2]: Some questions about 1.36

1999-10-13 Thread Oliver Sturm
Hi HAVOK, On Mittwoch, 13. Oktober 1999 at 9:48:18 you wrote: >> >> >> 1) What do I do with %REGEXPTEXT & %REGEXPQUOTES macros ? >> H> The default setting for this option is "^([ \t]*[>|#:}])+". This means: H> - Zero or more spaces/tabs (tab, space, tab, tab is valid); H> - Followed by the sy

Re[3]: Some questions about 1.36

1999-10-13 Thread tracer
Hello Oleg, Wednesday, Wednesday, October 13, 1999, you wrote: Oleg Zalyalov> Hello, the Bat! list recipients, Oleg Zalyalov> Tuesday, October 12, 1999, Steve Lamb wrote about Oleg Zalyalov> Some questions about 1.36: SL>> Also something that you may be overlooking is that

Re: Some questions about 1.36

1999-10-12 Thread HAVOK
On Mon, Oct 11, 1999 at 11:34:41AM -0400, Paula Ford wrote: > On Monday, October 11, 1999, Andrew K. Lovetski wrote: > > >> 1) What do I do with %REGEXPTEXT & %REGEXPQUOTES macros ? > > > Steve Lamb already answered this. > > He didn't really explain what they do or what they might be used for

Re[2]: Some questions about 1.36

1999-10-12 Thread Oleg Zalyalov
Hello, the Bat! list recipients, Tuesday, October 12, 1999, Steve Lamb wrote about Some questions about 1.36: SL> Also something that you may be overlooking is that the regexps SL> aren't only implemented in the filters and the macros but also the SL> search strings. W

Re: Some questions about 1.36

1999-10-12 Thread Steve Lamb
Tuesday, October 12, 1999, 10:45:18 AM, Oliver wrote: > Ok, you might say, just don't use them. I was just wondering... I know you > can do a LOT of nice things with regexps, so I'd really like to use them in > some way ;) In 'merica we have a saying for this. "Give a child a hammer and ever

Re[2]: Some questions about 1.36

1999-10-12 Thread Oliver Sturm
Hi Steve Lamb, On Dienstag, 12. Oktober 1999 at 17:47:00 you wrote: SL> Tuesday, October 12, 1999, 2:20:53 AM, Oleg wrote: >> I believe it can be very useful if you are answering a standard letter, >> where it is easy to select a text which have to be quoted. Anyway, did >> anybody try this alre

Re: Some questions about 1.36

1999-10-12 Thread Steve Lamb
Tuesday, October 12, 1999, 2:20:53 AM, Oleg wrote: > I believe it can be very useful if you are answering a standard letter, > where it is easy to select a text which have to be quoted. Anyway, did > anybody try this already and can provide an example? Another good example would be to automat

Re[3]: Some questions about 1.36

1999-10-12 Thread Oleg Zalyalov
Hello, the Bat! list recipients, Monday, October 11, 1999, Oliver Sturm wrote about Some questions about 1.36: OS> Well, I know something about regular expressions and I'd sure like to OS> use them (actually got them to work in the inbox filters), but I still OS> can't i

Re[2]: Some questions about 1.36

1999-10-11 Thread Oliver Sturm
Hi Andrew K. Lovetski, On Montag, 11. Oktober 1999 at 13:15:53 you wrote: >> 2) If I create a new message, enter some text and close the window, >> why is that question asking me whether to trash my changes in >> russian (or some other language I can't read)? AKL> If you have Internationa

Re[2]: Some questions about 1.36

1999-10-11 Thread Oliver Sturm
Hi Steve Lamb, On Montag, 11. Oktober 1999 at 10:07:04 you wrote: SL> Monday, October 11, 1999, 1:01:26 AM, Ali wrote: OS 1) What do I do with %REGEXPTEXT & %REGEXPQUOTES macros ? >>> I do suspect that these macros should change the quoting prefix, >>> although I didn't check it myself

Re: Some questions about 1.36

1999-10-11 Thread Steve Lamb
Monday, October 11, 1999, 8:34:41 AM, Paula wrote: > He didn't really explain what they do or what they might be used for. > Anyone else? Well, not those specifically. If I were to guess you would put a regexp expression into the macro and it would either copy (test) or quote (quote) the mat

Re: Some questions about 1.36

1999-10-11 Thread Paula Ford
On Monday, October 11, 1999, Andrew K. Lovetski wrote: > Hello, The Bat Users! >> 1) What do I do with %REGEXPTEXT & %REGEXPQUOTES macros ? > Steve Lamb already answered this. He didn't really explain what they do or what they might be used for. Anyone else? -- Paula Ford The Bat! 1.35 (reg)

Re: Some questions about 1.36

1999-10-11 Thread Alexander V. Kiselev
Hi there! On 11 Oct 99, at 3:51, Ali Martin wrote about "Re: Some questions about 1.36": Btw, for all interested: www.perl.com --- the Regular Expression syntax is all there:-) > > The answer is in the changes log. They have added Perl style regular > > expres

Re: Some questions about 1.36

1999-10-11 Thread Ali Martin
Hi all, On Monday, October 11, 1999, 4:22:37 AM (-5 GMT), Steve scribbled: > Well, no. Regexps are one of those features where you don't know you'd > use it until you learn it and use it. Once you do then whenever you find > yourself in a situation that would be solved nicely and neatly wi

Re[2]: Some questions about 1.36

1999-10-11 Thread Nick Danger
In Reference to "Some questions about 1.36" From Steve Lamb: SL> Anyone who has done any work on unix with either grep, perl or SL> sed will know what regexps do and will most likely be doing the SL> jig next to their keyboard when they find out they are in TB!. So that&#

Re: Some questions about 1.36

1999-10-11 Thread Andrew K. Lovetski
Hello, The Bat Users! > 1) What do I do with %REGEXPTEXT & %REGEXPQUOTES macros ? Steve Lamb already answered this. What I want to add is the description of these macroses on the Macros Popup menu (Text submenu): %REGEXPTEXT - RegExp subpattern of %TEXT %REGEXPQUOTES - Quoted RegExp subpattern

Re: Some questions about 1.36

1999-10-11 Thread Steve Lamb
Monday, October 11, 1999, 1:51:23 AM, Ali wrote: > Should I take it to mean then that only those who are already familiar > with it would have use for it? Well, no. Regexps are one of those features where you don't know you'd use it until you learn it and use it. Once you do then whenever y

Re: Some questions about 1.36

1999-10-11 Thread Ali Martin
Hi all, On Monday, October 11, 1999, 3:07:04 AM (-5 GMT), Steve scribbled: >> I tried them and can't seem to get them to do change the quote prefix. >> Probably they're for some other mysterious purpose but I'd sure like to >> know since I may find use for them. > > The answer is in the cha

Re: Some questions about 1.36

1999-10-11 Thread Steve Lamb
Monday, October 11, 1999, 1:01:26 AM, Ali wrote: OS>>> 1) What do I do with %REGEXPTEXT & %REGEXPQUOTES macros ? >> I do suspect that these macros should change the quoting prefix, >> although I didn't check it myself. > I tried them and can't seem to get them to do change the quote prefix.

Re: Some questions about 1.36

1999-10-11 Thread Ali Martin
Hi all, On Monday, October 11, 1999, 2:23:46 AM (-5 GMT), Oleg scribbled: OS>> 1) What do I do with %REGEXPTEXT & %REGEXPQUOTES macros ? > I do suspect that these macros should change the quoting prefix, > although I didn't check it myself. I tried them and can't seem to get them to do ch

Re: Some questions about 1.36

1999-10-10 Thread Oleg Zalyalov
Hello, the Bat! list recipients, Sunday, October 10, 1999, Oliver Sturm wrote about Some questions about 1.36: OS> 1) What do I do with %REGEXPTEXT & %REGEXPQUOTES macros ? I do suspect that these macros should change the quoting prefix, although I didn't check it myself. O

Some questions about 1.36

1999-10-10 Thread Oliver Sturm
Hi there, 1) What do I do with %REGEXPTEXT & %REGEXPQUOTES macros ? 2) If I create a new message, enter some text and close the window, why is that question asking me whether to trash my changes in russian (or some other language I can't read)? 3) What exactly does Auto-Format do?