[penguinaka]

@Chaley: avoiding quotes...lol ... i think he "Manichean" was to quick to get offended... what he and others should have taken from my post was. We need a sticky so that regex ideas and solutions can be bounced back and forth since the manual is not enough or has examples that are aplicable to what is needed regardless of who volunteered their time and wrote it. So once again I was agreeing/stating, the Need For A Sticky, which was ignored in preference of condemning me for not liking the examples in the manual.

This is the post I was agreeing with:

Originally Posted by nynaevelan

Manichean:
Would it be possible to add some more real life examples to it? Or perhaps some of the more complex examples that power or advanced users are using? I know you add examples but maybe something more complex might be helpful. Or perhaps some sticky post in the forum of more commonly used reg expressions. Just a thought.

This was my post about the need for a sticky:

Originally Posted by penguinaka

I agree there needs to be a sticky where there is a list of expressions that work and can be added to. Reading and working with regular expressions is like trying to learn an alien language. Also the expressions change depending on what language. It appears that calibre uses python regex.

I downloaded regexbuddy 3. which helps you craft them but it seems like calibre just won't accept some stuff that it says is good.

Anyway a sticky would be great. because your examples in the manual sad to say suxor

I'm going to start a new thread because i have a few more complicated regex questions and i don't want it buried at the end of a thread. cheers. btw thanks for creating such a great program!

But it seems like a certain individual fixated on the word manual and suxor and then to be snide posted as if i were thanking him for creating calibre which he knows I wasn't it was just a shout out to the developers.

Also I'll say this a sticky would be very useful for people looking for a quick solution than having to wait for a version update of a manual that may or may not come.

So I think I will wait for the sticky and post my regex suggestions in it then whoever can take it from there to the manual if they like.

@itimpi: I agree..thanks for pointing that out... but i'm more interested in trading thoughts and regex in a RegEx Sticky. Cheers.

@Curiosity: Nicely said. Seems like peoples egos inflate with their post count in some cases. I just ignore them most of the time except for a an occasional slap when i feel they deserve it.