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.
>> 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.
SL> The answer is in the changes log. They have added Perl style regular
SL> expressions to certain areas of TB!. Regular expressions (regexp) are
SL> patterns that match against text and allow for the inclusion or exclusion of
SL> said text in a very powerful manner. Anyone who has done any work on unix
SL> with either grep, perl or sed will know what regexps do and will most likely
SL> be doing the jig next to their keyboard when they find out they are in TB!.
Well, I know something about regular expressions and I'd sure like to
use them (actually got them to work in the inbox filters), but I still
can't imagine what exactly these macros might be for.
Oliver Sturm
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