Mat wrote:
>
> TT - that does seem to work! Great!!!
>
It should work fine.
The two cases it will fail in are ...
-- When the problem is nested (I don't think that will happen for the OP).
-- When the item is the LAST in sequence. (That can be addressed but avoid
it if it its not absolutely needed as it will make the regex very complex)
TT
>
> For anyone curious, I have this:
>
> A tiddler with this arbitrary text
>
> title:tid
> text: Welcome to TiddlyWiki <<foo , a unique [[non-linear]] xx <<foo
> bar>>notebook
> for.
>
> And this is my testing code (at the moment):
>
> <$set name=re value='(<<foo([^>])*?)([<]{2})'>
> <$set name=txt filter='[[tid]get[text]]'>
> txt: <<txt>><br><br>
> list: <$list filter="[{tid}regexp<re>splitregexp<re>]">
>
> </$list>
> <br>
> <$set name=pre filter="[{tid}regexp<re>splitregexp<re>first[]]">
> pre:<<pre>>
> <br><br>
> <$set name=target filter="[{tid}regexp<re>splitregexp<re>nth[2]]">
> target: <<target>>
> <br><br>
> <$set name=post filter="[{tid}regexp<re>splitregexp<re>rest[2]]">
> post: <<post>>
> </$set>
> </$set>
> </$set>
> </$set>
> </$set>
>
> To be clear, the application in EditorMagic is to be replace the
> incomplete macro call with a complete one and to keep the surrounding text
> (the pre and the post) intact. In the above setup, the "target" contains
>
> <<foo , a unique [[non-linear
> <http://editormagic2.tiddlyspot.com/#%3C%3Cfoo%20%2C%20a%20unique%20%5B%5Bnon-linear>
> xx
> ]]
>
> Other than the added square brackets that mess up the link
> ([[non-linear]]) I'll have to split the real target, i.e <<foo from the
> rest and prepend the rest to the "post" text. So ideally, the regexp would
> cover that IF it says "<<foo blabla <<" THEN it should ONLY capture "<<foo"
> rather than include the blabla with it. I'm guessing this is too complex
> for a regex and will have to be done manually.
>
> <:-)
>
>
>
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