From: Nikolai Weibull <ruby-talk@...>
Date: 2003-10-10T02:41:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Extension Language for a Text Editor

* Ryan Pavlik <rpav@mephle.com> [Oct, 09 2003 09:10]:
> There seem to be simpler/more elegant solutions to these problems than
> reimplementing pcre:
You don't have to reimplement it, just change its syntax.
> I'd say this is way simpler, more effective, and more extensible than
> redefining all-new regexp syntax.  Especially since the existing
> syntax is hairy enough. ;-)
You should take a look at the Sam editor.  It works like this in a way.
It has very, very simple regexes, but the way you get advanced is by
combining different regexes and operators to get to the real match.
	nikolai

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