On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 09:47:55 -0500, Alexandro Colorado wrote: > On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 06:43:06 -0500, Paul_B > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 14:49:43 -0000, Ari Hauksson wrote: >> >>> My suggestion is to upgrade the RegExp enigine to more advanced one >>> ( that >>> has the ability of capturing and grouping). >>> The regexp is yet another reason to use OpenOffice instead of MS-Office. >>> With more advanced Regular Expression engine, (advanced) users would see >>> MS-Office as a much weaker option. >> >> I've never understood why the PERL engine isn't used. I believe >> it's free, and I know it's excellent both in function and syntax. >> >> p. >> > > I think because this will require a perl enviroment to be bundled up, I am > not sure about this but the same issue happens with OOo shipping of Python > 2.2.4 language.
I'm not sure what "a PERL environment" implies, but it can't be a bona fide PERL installation. Two apps I'm familiar with, the Xnews newsreader and the Hamster mail/news server, use PCRE's without being dependent on having PERL installed. If the difficulty in implementing PERL Re's wouldn't be too great, I submit the change would be well worth it due to the immense benefits gained in both power and ease of use. p. -- Using OOo 2.0.3 on Win XP sp2. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
