regex-coach April 2006

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[regex-coach] Feature request: turn off real time option
by David Evans 06 Jun '07

06 Jun '07

This is the best tool for building RegEx's I've found! Thanks, Edi! I use it to test expressions that search OCR text for multiple-date formats and invoice information. Sometimes I have long expressions and large target strings. When this happens, I would really like to be able to turn off the real time testing because my machine takes a while to process each keystroke - it would be cool to turn this feature off or only search when the text has not changed for >0.7 seconds (configurable?) or maybe on a key-combination. I would also like Regex Coach to fix all my OCR errors, make my tea and remind me about my wife's birthday.. ;-) Great product! --Dave

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[regex-coach] New version 0.8.5
by Edi Weitz 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

ChangeLog: Version 0.8.5 2006-04-28 Correct state of highlight buttons and messages when app starts up (caught by Shmuel Zeigerman) Download: <http://weitz.de/files/regex-coach.exe> [Windows] <http://weitz.de/files/regex-coach.tgz> [Linux, FreeBSD] Cheers, Edi.

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[regex-coach] Re: regex-coah and FC5
by Edi Weitz 27 Apr '06

27 Apr '06

[Please use the mailing list.] On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:58:36 -0400, Gaetan Lord <email(a)gaetanlord.ca> wrote: > I tried your software with Fedora Core 5. FC5 ship with openmotif > 2.3, and I can't get your software starting with it. > libXm.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. > > I tried to symlink libXm.so.4 to it but I get thye following message > Error: Motif version string ("@(#)Motif Version 2.3.0") indicates > invalid library version. Requires (("Lesstif" "2.1") ("Motif" > "2.2")). > > Any chance you will have a version compiled with a newer motif. This will most likely happen once I have the new LispWorks compiler which is due to be released in the next months. Cheers, Edi.

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Re: [regex-coach] problem with dot '.' inside brackets
by sites＠brynmosher.com 27 Apr '06

27 Apr '06

the "|m" was just in there for the example. I'm actually trying to match html tags with small contents inside like; <tag> V </tag> <tag> I </tag> <tag> A </tag> <tag> G </tag> <tag> R </tag> <tag> A </tag> with the expression similar to "/(>.{1,4}<[\S\s]*){4}/" and noticed the behaviour when I changed the ".{1,4}" to "[.^<]{1,4}". I did notice that "\s" and "\S" are matched inside a character class, which is what I think led me to assume other meta-characters would be too. I've only been using regex for a while, so I am stumbling along. Thanks for the man page. I'm reading it now. Any other advice you could give for this expression would be great. Thanks, Bryn ----- Original Message ----- From: Edi Weitz <edi(a)agharta.de> To: sites(a)brynmosher.com Cc: regex-coach(a)common-lisp.net Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 23:17:25 +0200 Subject: Re: [regex-coach] problem with dot '.' inside brackets > On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:44:30 -0700, sites(a)brynmosher.com wrote: > > > I've been using Regex-Coach 0.8.4 on Windows to test some > > SpamAssassin rules and noticed something odd: > > > > Placing the following expression: > > [.|m] > > > > to match the following data: > > bleh.com > > > > Matches the '.' in bleh.com and not the first non-linefeed character > > as the '.' character in the expression should match. It's almost as > > if I had excaped the '.' like '\.'. Using the expression '[.]' > > yields the same result. I've also noticed that the non-match > > character '^' doesn't work inside brackets as well. > > > > Is this an error or am I crazy? > > Well, at least it's not an error... :) > > Most characters that have a special meaning in regular expressions > (like the dot or the pipe symbol, for example) are treated like normal > characters within character classes, i.e. within square brackets. > > See 'man perlre' for details. > > BTW, it seems that your understanding of character classes as a whole > is wrong. If the dot /would/ match every non-linefeed character, then > "[.|m]" would be equivalent to "[.]". > > Cheers, > Edi. >

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[regex-coach] problem with dot '.' inside brackets
by sites＠brynmosher.com 26 Apr '06

26 Apr '06

I've been using Regex-Coach 0.8.4 on Windows to test some SpamAssassin rules and noticed something odd: Placing the following expression: [.|m] to match the following data: bleh.com Matches the '.' in bleh.com and not the first non-linefeed character as the '.' character in the expression should match. It's almost as if I had excaped the '.' like '\.'. Using the expression '[.]' yields the same result. I've also noticed that the non-match character '^' doesn't work inside brackets as well. Is this an error or am I crazy? Bryn

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[regex-coach] Re: Regex-coach
by Edi Weitz 15 Apr '06

15 Apr '06

[Please use the mailing list for bug reports.] On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:51:40 +0000, Þórður Jónsteinsson <unikorn(a)simnet.is> wrote: > I am, or ... was, a happy user of the regex-coach, under linux. I am > having problems starting it up after I upgraded my desktop computer > from Fedora Core 4 to Fedora Core 5, when starting from a Terminal I > get the following... > > ------------------------------ > [unikorn@ws regex-coach]$ ./regex-coach > Warning: Unknown map line : [ 00718000-00719000 r-xp 00718000 00:00 0 > [vdso] ] > Warning: Unknown map line : [ 091c8000-091f9000 rwxp 091c8000 00:00 0 > [heap] ] > Error: Could not register handle for external module #:CAP: > libXm.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. > 208FC138 201E4424 -> 201E434A = #:DEB > 208FC154 2029F647 -> 2029F5D2 = (#:SYM 5800) > 208FC17C 201E48FC -> 201E4792 = #:CON > 208FC1A8 2068F444 -> 2068F372 = (#:SYM 547) > 208FC1BC 2068F0D8 -> 2068F06A = (#:SYM 1763) > 208FC1E4 201E058B -> 201E04AA = (#:SYM 1674) > 208FC224 2079D755 -> 2079D73A = (#:SYM 3479) > 208FC230 2079D920 -> 2079D8C2 = (#:SYM 4000) > 208FC238 2035EFC0 -> 2035EFA2 = 0 > 208FC248 2028BF37 -> 2028BE22 = 0 > 208FC320 201B40DB -> 201B40B2 = (#:SYM 5276) > 208FC330 201BD8B2 -> 201BD84A = (#:SYM 4734) > [unikorn@ws regex-coach]$ > ------------------------------ > > I hope you could fix this for the next version You're missing OpenMotif/Lesstif or you have a wrong version of it installed. Search the archives of the mailing list for similar problems. Cheers, Edi.

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[regex-coach] New release 0.8.4
by Edi Weitz 07 Apr '06

07 Apr '06

ChangeLog: Version 0.8.4 2006-04-07 Fixed bug in output when a tilde appeared in regular expression (caught by anton m) Added info about FreeBSD (thanks to Jim Prewett) Download: http://weitz.de/files/regex-coach.exe http://weitz.de/files/regex-coach.tgz Cheers, Edi.

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