On 2/7/25 2:51 AM, Rens Oliemans wrote:
Richard Owlett <rowlett@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
I wish to write macros using ERE's[1] to make my project feasible.
This is not possible:
Clarification:
I'm unsure of explicitly "This" refers to.
...
I was referring to the general concept of an ERE, not an implementation.
Ah I'm sorry, rereading my email shows that it was a bit unclear on some parts.
I meant that the exact ERE syntax of sed that you linked to is not necessarily
possible. In general, the regex of KATE is quite powerful, so if you want some
form of extended regexps, I think that you're good.
[0] https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/kate/katepart/regex-patterns.html
[1] https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/1727
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+--- *????* my post was:
https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/manual/html_node/ERE-syntax.html
My search/replace example was about this book, but I forgot to add that.
You've given me a homework assignment.
KATE's regexp syntax is very similar to others, so I think that if you find a
good body of documentation for regexps, you can probably extend it quite easily
to KATE.
Alternatively, feel free to give a couple of examples of what you want replaced,
if you want to have some more examples.
I was planning that. I'm restarting my project after a hardware
triggered interruption. Your previous post and a re-read of
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/27901/match-one-part-of-a-regular-expression-in-a-kwrite-find-and-replace-regex
suggests a solution to a separate personal project.
The above link says in part:>
Try:
Find: ([a-z])[0-9]
Replace: \1
Parenthesis save content matched and can be used with expression \<number> depending of how many parenthesis used in the Find expression and its order from the beginning.
For example, if you wanted to change order between the letter and the number, would be:
Find: ([a-z])([0-9])
Replace: \2\1
Raises the question:
"In a KATE macro, instead of doing a "Replace:" operation could
there be an "append to a different file" operation be performed"?
Back to the manual ;}
*BTW*
Do you realize your posts do not appear in the archives at
https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde/2025-February/thread.html
????
Thanks again for your guidance.
