Hi Josiah, I have pushed a new update to address your comment on regex flags.
http://commander.tiddlyspot.com/ Please kindly test these new features and let me know! Except the text field other fields are single line, so we should decide if we need all these flags and combination or not! --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*. > > 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. > > 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/aa2a1bab-4576-492d-93fb-cf8e23502163%40googlegroups.com.
