From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 14 18:38:42 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FADC1065670 for ; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:38:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from merlyn@stonehenge.com) Received: from blue.stonehenge.com (cl-52.chi-02.us.sixxs.net [IPv6:2001:4978:f:33::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68C8F8FC18 for ; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:38:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by blue.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D28A01DE294; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:38:41 -0800 (PST) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.17.0.8; tzolkin = 11 Lamat; haab = 6 Muan Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:38:41 -0800 In-Reply-To: (carmel_ny@hotmail.com's message of "Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:30:54 -0500") Message-ID: <866374fs5q.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.4 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: Regular Expression Editor X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:38:42 -0000 >>>>> "Carmel" == Carmel 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 Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion