Hi Josiah, I will start implementing them and will let you know if I successful.
--Mohammad On Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at 12:45:23 PM UTC+3:30, TiddlyTweeter wrote: > > Mohammad wrote: >> >> Any other flags useful here? >> > > Ciao Mohammad > > My last post covered the "scope" flags. The remaining JS flags at MDN > <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/RegExp#Syntax>are: > > i s u y. > > i - That is already in Commander SNR. > > s - *Could be very useful *BUT at the moment Firefox and Edge *do not > *support > it. > It is supported by Chrome, Safari & Opera. > "s" enables the meta-character "." to match line endings. > *Probably NOT a good idea to include it until FF JS supports it.* > In any case, there is a simple workaround in regexp by using > character class "[\s\S]". > > u - Unicode support so that the match pattern is interpreted as a sequence > of Unicode code points > I'm not clear how this would interact in TW. > At the moment I think demand for it in TW is close to zero. Its > advanced regex to use it. > So *probably not needed*. > --this is interesting > > y - Matches from the index indicated by the lastIndex property of the > expression in the target. > I think the use cases would be of very limited numbers. > So *probably not needed*. > > So, overall, with 4 scope flags of my last post ("f", m, g, gm) and case > insensitivity (i) I think it should be enough. > Good! > > My thoughts! > Best wishes > Josiah > > > >> I also try to make the interface simple! Newbies should be able to >> perform SnR! >> >> --Mohammad >> >> On Thursday, January 2, 2020 at 6:05:06 PM UTC+3:30, TiddlyTweeter wrote: >>> >>> I appreciate your comments contribution. I hope I can receive your >>>> feedback on Commander features and if there are other features in your >>>> wish >>>> list. >>>> >>> >>> One of the things in TW Commander is Regular Expression support in a raw >>> form that is extremely powerful and useful ... >>> I have three related requests ... >>> >>> (1) that it supports "mg" flags simultaneously for regex; at the moment >>> it can run in "m" or "g", but "mg" flags combined is best (pass most >>> flexibility to the JS Engine). >>> >>> >>> (2) an issue with applying regex widely in TW is "recovering" if you >>> make a mistake! >>> >>> So integration of UN-delete type functions (Trash-Bin) is a very >>> good idea! >>> >>> >>> (3) I'm not sure if its possible in Commander, but the downside of >>> applying changes on a selection list of Tiddlers is danger of getting it >>> wrong. >>> >>> I wonder if we could have a "step-through"? Meaning >>> something like you change the first one. Then look at it to check & >>> confirm. >>> Then the next, and so on, till you are happy. >>> Then click "Change ALL". >>> (In my mind is search-and-replace in word-processors >>> which lets you SEE a result before you confirm it) >>> >>> TW Commander is a brilliant work. The architecture of it nicely modular. >>> >>> Best wishes >>> Josiah >>> >>> >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/97b14767-cb09-4048-bc5b-4dca9d606cc2%40googlegroups.com.
