Case-sensitive search in Regex mode?

Doitsu · 01-03-2013, 11:57 AM

I noticed that Sigil 6.2 won't find a capitalized word if Regex mode is selected.
For example, if I search for "test" it wont find "Test" in this example paragraph:

<p>This is a Test.</p>

However, it'll find "Test" if I switch to Normal mode.

I wondering whether this is by design or a bug, because the Editors with PCRE engines that I've seen so far all default to case-insensitive searches in Regex mode.

theducks · 01-03-2013, 12:33 PM

start with (?i) <- case insensitive

but you are discussing what should be the default, right

DiapDealer · 01-03-2013, 12:37 PM

I don't know. It seems to me that regex, by design, is case insensitive. That's why you have to add flags/switches to force it to be case insensitive. Almost all apps I use that have some sort of regex engine put the onus on the user to specify they want case insensitivity. Non-regex search engines always seem to default to case insensitive though.

Doitsu · 01-03-2013, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

start with (?i) <- case insensitive

(?i) indeed works fine.

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

but you are discussing what should be the default, right

Yes.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

I don't know. It seems to me that regex, by design, is case insensitive.

That was my assumption, too. But then again, I'm not exactly a regex guru.

Jellby · 01-03-2013, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

It seems to me that regex, by design, is case insensitive. That's why you have to add flags/switches to force it to be case insensitive.

I think there's an "in" too many.

I don't know what should be the default, but I'm used to my case-sensitive vim settings.

DiapDealer · 01-03-2013, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jellby

I think there's an "in" too many.

I don't know what should be the default, but I'm used to my case-sensitive vim settings.

Oops! You're correct. I meant "regex, by design, is case sensitive"... unless you tell it to behave otherwise.

That's what I'm used to as default.

cybmole · 01-04-2013, 07:44 AM

well when using the "replace" part of regex, you want some control over the case used in the replacement strings - so case sensitive is surely a sensible default

01-03-2013, 11:57 AM	#1
Doitsu Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,763 Karma: 24088559 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle PW2	Case-sensitive search in Regex mode? I noticed that Sigil 6.2 won't find a capitalized word if Regex mode is selected. For example, if I search for "test" it wont find "Test" in this example paragraph: <p>This is a Test.</p> However, it'll find "Test" if I switch to Normal mode. I wondering whether this is by design or a bug, because the Editors with PCRE engines that I've seen so far all default to case-insensitive searches in Regex mode.

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theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,326 Karma: 62025226 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	start with (?i) <- case insensitive but you are discussing what should be the default, right

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DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,915 Karma: 207182180 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I don't know. It seems to me that regex, by design, is case insensitive. That's why you have to add flags/switches to force it to be case insensitive. Almost all apps I use that have some sort of regex engine put the onus on the user to specify they want case insensitivity. Non-regex search engines always seem to default to case insensitive though.

01-04-2013, 07:44 AM	#7
cybmole Wizard Posts: 3,720 Karma: 1759970 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: none	well when using the "replace" part of regex, you want some control over the case used in the replacement strings - so case sensitive is surely a sensible default