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kovidgoyal · 01-24-2011, 06:07 PM

Guys, can I suggest we move off regexps please, and focus on how to improve this forum.

I get that some of you will never understand regexps, that's fine. Think of them as a programmer's feature. I never intended calibre to have only features usable by everybody. Remember that I (and most calibre contributors) write calibre to make it useful for ourselves, not just for others. Regexps are an awesome tool for someone with the knowledge to use them.

The vast majority of features in calibre are simple to use, intuitive and cover most of what the average user wants to do with their book collections.

The idea of this thread is to find the best way to structure this forum so that those of us that respond to questions are not overwhelmed.

01-24-2011, 06:07 PM	#67
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,445 Karma: 27757438 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Guys, can I suggest we move off regexps please, and focus on how to improve this forum. I get that some of you will never understand regexps, that's fine. Think of them as a programmer's feature. I never intended calibre to have only features usable by everybody. Remember that I (and most calibre contributors) write calibre to make it useful for ourselves, not just for others. Regexps are an awesome tool for someone with the knowledge to use them. The vast majority of features in calibre are simple to use, intuitive and cover most of what the average user wants to do with their book collections. The idea of this thread is to find the best way to structure this forum so that those of us that respond to questions are not overwhelmed. Last edited by kovidgoyal; 01-24-2011 at 06:15 PM.