thank you both! I would add the plugin to the default-plugins.xml file if you don't mind
stefan Larry Becker schrieb: > Martin's solution worked wonderfully. I committed the change last > night. A check box was added for Regular Expressions that defaults to off. > > Larry > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 7:57 AM, Larry Becker <becker.la...@gmail.com > <mailto:becker.la...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hmm. Escaping every character sounds like it might be workable. > I'll give it a try. > > Larry > > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Martin Davis > <mbda...@refractions.net <mailto:mbda...@refractions.net>> wrote: > > 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> > > <mailto: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>> > > <mailto: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>>> > > >> > <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 > <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? > > >> > > > > >> > > stefan > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >> > > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > > >> > > It is the best place to buy or sell > services for > > >> > > just about anything Open Source. > > >> > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > >> > > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > > >> > > Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > > <mailto:Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>> > 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