On Friday, July 26, 2013 6:30:19 AM UTC-7, Aquilai wrote: > > Can you confirm that the replace text function doesn't work with the > question mark "?" symbol? Is there a workaround for this? > > TiddlerTweakerPlugin "replace text" function uses standard javascript "regular expression" syntax for specifying the text *pattern* to match. Here's a good reference for "special characters in regular expressions:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/RegExp note particularly the usage of "?": ------------------ Matches the preceding item 0 or 1 time. For example, /e?le?/ matches the 'el' in "angel" and the 'le' in "angle." If used immediately after any of the quantifiers *, +, ?, or {}, makes the quantifier non-greedy (matching the minimum number of times), as opposed to the default, which is greedy (matching the maximum number of times). ------------------ Perhaps you are using the "?" incorrectly within your pattern. Unlike the use of "?" and "*" as 'wildcard symbols' in filenames, javascript regular expressions use the "." (dot) symbol to match a single "wildcard" character. You can make that character optional (0 or 1 instances) by adding a "?" following it (i.e., ".?"). You can match any number of characters (0 or more) by adding a "*" suffix following the dot (i.e, ".*") enjoy, -e Eric Shulman TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios HELP ME TO HELP YOU - MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO MY "TIP JAR"... http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#Donations Professional TiddlyWiki Consulting Services... Analysis, Design, and Custom Solutions: http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#Contact -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
