Well if \bword\b is actually a solution, then presumably coding up an "exact word match" option should be easy. Just substitute the \b before each word and call the regexp code.
Actually I thought I was pretty expert in regexps, but I havn't heard of \b. David Burry wrote: >In most open source projects I've seen, people primarily write free code because they >want to use it, the fact that others may (or may not) find it useful too is >secondary. It seems to be a natural thing that open source in general fosters among >the selfish human race. It's not as bad here as we all seem to have more of a >"missionary" spirit, but it's still a lot of work to code, so I know I need to get >really excited about something before I'll dive headlong into it (and if you're >already more excited about it than me then you'll likely beat me to it). Does that >help explain some? > >Dave > > >At 03:48 PM 4/24/2002 -0600, Jorge Chacon wrote: > >>Well, >> >>With all the prospective users I know, not even a 2-hour class on >>regular expressions would do the trick. >> >>Seriously, is our target computer-savvy users or Christians that happen >>to use a computer? I do not claim to know the answer, but the answer to >>this question should dictate the solution. >> >>Jorge >> >> >>On Wed, 2002-04-24 at 15:19, Chris Little wrote: >> >>>We could use this as a good excuse to start teaching the commoners about >>>regular expressions. Anyone feel like finding/writing a regex tutorial >>>for the FAQ? >>> >>>--Chris >>> >>>On Wednesday, April 24, 2002, at 03:03 AM, Chris Bitmead wrote: >>> >>>>Call me a "fool" but I think this is too geeky for your typical bible >>>>reader. And the ability to search >>>>for a word is, well, pretty fundamental don't you think? >>>> >>>>Jacob Daniel wrote: >>>> >>>>>I believe that \bfool\b with Regular Expression search should work. >>>>> >>>>>On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 05:19:07PM +0200, Martin Gruner wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>>I wish you could do plain word searches in Sword. I.e. I wish >>>>>>>I could search for "fool" without getting all references to "foolish" >>>>>>>for example. >>>>>>> >>>>>>You can. Search for " fool ", using exact search. >>>>>> >>>>>>Martin >>>>>> >>>
