On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 16:55:42 -0700 David Rogers <[email protected]> wrote:
> * Shelagh Manton <[email protected]> [2010-10-17 22:52]: > > >Should it be customizable? Or should I just make it so either is > >acceptable for highlighting. The former would be an interesting > >exercise for me but might take longer, the second is just a matter of > >working out a suitable regular expression and popping it in the right > >place. > > > > > >PS. I had a quick look at the ISO date format. It is quite complex. > >Does remind need a regex that will cover all flavours of ISO dates or > >just the obvious one of YYYY-MM-DD ? > > > Speaking only for myself, I would expect the simple method of making > both date formats highlight all the time, and I would think the > obvious date format is what is really wanted, with the rest of the > ISO standard being very much optional for this purpose. > > If I copy a line of Remind code from someone else, it may very well > have the dates the other way, and think I would prefer to see those > still highlighted, rather than having to choose one or the other. > Yes, I just did this. After I thought about it, it makes more sense to just be as flexible as possible. Cheers Shelagh -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Email: [email protected] Wave: [email protected] BA(Asian Studies) | ANU Grad Dip IST | UOW ---------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Remind-fans mailing list [email protected] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/remind-fans Remind is at http://www.roaringpenguin.com/products/remind
