Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:38:41 -0800 From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Regular Expression Editor Message-ID: <866374fs5q.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> In-Reply-To: <BLU0-SMTP87607E292253E8D30ADD68936A0@phx.gbl> (carmel_ny@hotmail.com's message of "Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:30:54 -0500") References: <BLU0-SMTP87607E292253E8D30ADD68936A0@phx.gbl>
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>>>>> "Carmel" == Carmel <carmel_ny@hotmail.com> writes: Carmel> I am looking for a RegExp editor. I have one that I have used under Carmel> Windows; however, it will not obviously work on FreeBSD. What I need is Carmel> one that I can write the expression in and then have it test the Carmel> expression for both syntax and against example text that I enter. I Carmel> have not been able to locate a FOSS solution for that although there are Carmel> numerous commercial products available. You need to be specific about the kind of regex. While most regexp engines have common things like . and * and ^ and $, the meanings may vary a bit, and the more exotic things are certainly going to vary. (For example, despite the name, "Perl Compatible [sic] Regular Expressions" are *not* Perl compatible.) What tool are you using your regexes with? -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/>; Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion
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