Function mode in editor S&R -- coming soon

eschwartz · 11-18-2014, 03:28 PM

Yes, yes, YESSSSS!!!

It is finally here! The first commit was six hours ago!

By this Friday, we should finally have the ability to use functions in Search & Replace.

Kovid!

kovidgoyal · 11-19-2014, 11:04 PM

You're welcome

The implementation is complete, so feel free to play with it, if you run from source.

EDIT: There is some (incomplete) documentation here: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...ction_mode.rst

eschwartz · 11-20-2014, 12:02 AM

Yep, I saw it.

TBH, I don't really do a lot of fancy stuff with the editor.

I just think it is cool, and of course, many people will appreciate this far more than I. People who do a lot of hardcore editing.

I can probably think of a few things I'd like to do, given the time, though.

Terisa de morgan · 11-20-2014, 12:40 AM

Thank you, I use regex a lot but not functions usually. Anyway, it can be useful at any moment.

jbacelar · 11-20-2014, 03:22 AM

Kovid, thanks for this wonder.
I can't wait to try it.

phossler · 11-20-2014, 09:03 AM

Ditto all the above

BTW, in the (incomplete) documentation, the links like ...

Quote:

For the function, simply choose the :guilabel:`Title-case text` builtin function. The will change titles that look like: <h1>some TITLE</h1> to <h1>Some Title</h1> .

.... doesn't go anywhere so I figure that's part of the 'incomplete'???

I was especially liking the 'headings to Title Case' and the 'Auto Number sections'. Those by themselves will save me loads of time

I hope some of the really smart people here in MR will do a 'For Dummies' for people like me who are python-challenged. I have the basics of RE but I was struggling to understand the first example

kovidgoyal · 11-20-2014, 10:13 PM

That is not a link to the final documentation (it's just a quick pre-render), the final documentation will be in the User Manual, and those issues will go away. There will be a link to the documentation in the What's new page announcing this feature.

eschwartz · 11-20-2014, 10:22 PM

Gotta say I like the look of the numering thing. If only I had it when converting a 231-item ordered list to numbered paragraphs, which I eventually did with while read line echo...

phossler · 11-21-2014, 08:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

That is not a link to the final documentation (it's just a quick pre-render), the final documentation will be in the User Manual, and those issues will go away. There will be a link to the documentation in the What's new page announcing this feature.

1. Thanks

2. BTW, the User's Manual is probably one of the best around.

a. Organized towards the user using it instead of a 'Programmers Notebook' structure

b. Readable, and occasionally entertaining

kovidgoyal · 11-21-2014, 08:08 AM

You're welcome

I find having good documentation saves me lots of time answering questions.

DrChiper · 11-21-2014, 08:11 AM

True, now just convincing people to RTFM

That's the hard part

PeterT · 11-21-2014, 08:21 AM

Maybe time for a new sticky thread of useful to templates / expressions.

kovidgoyal · 11-21-2014, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterT

Maybe time for a new sticky thread of useful to templates / expressions.

The already stuck saved search examples could probably be used for these as well.

11-18-2014, 03:28 PM	#1
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Function mode in editor S&R -- coming soon Yes, yes, YESSSSS!!! It is finally here! The first commit was six hours ago! By this Friday, we should finally have the ability to use functions in Search & Replace. Kovid! Attached Thumbnails

11-19-2014, 11:04 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,337 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You're welcome The implementation is complete, so feel free to play with it, if you run from source. EDIT: There is some (incomplete) documentation here: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...ction_mode.rst Last edited by kovidgoyal; 11-19-2014 at 11:27 PM.

11-20-2014, 12:02 AM	#3
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Yep, I saw it. TBH, I don't really do a lot of fancy stuff with the editor. I just think it is cool, and of course, many people will appreciate this far more than I. People who do a lot of hardcore editing. I can probably think of a few things I'd like to do, given the time, though. Last edited by eschwartz; 11-20-2014 at 01:37 AM.

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