Thanks! Mohammad. I'll check it tomorrow & reply.
J, x On Wednesday, 15 January 2020 11:42:23 UTC+1, Mohammad wrote: > > 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 tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/1260d9f0-67c8-4a8e-a113-db1abbe8add3%40googlegroups.com.
