Some syntax ideas

[gjvnq]

Just some syntax ideas you may find useful.

Melody	Regex	Status
maybe a little of or lazily	*?	❔
rematch 𝐷	\𝐷	❔
rematch 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒	\k<𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒>	❔
unicode class ...	\p{...}	❔
unicode except clas ...	\P{...}	❔
U+𝑋𝑋𝑋𝑋	\u𝑋𝑋𝑋𝑋	❔
X+𝑋𝑋	\x𝑋𝑋	❔
o𝐷𝐷𝐷 (e.g. o700)	\𝐷𝐷𝐷	❔
^𝑌	\c𝑌	❔
word boundary	\b	❔
word non boundary	\B	❔
rematch 1	$1	❔
insert { until match }	$`	❔
insert { full match }	$&	❔
Could not find this notation anywhere. Typo?	x20	❔
Could not find this notation anywhere. Typo?	x{06fa}	❔

Also, allow multiple regexps per file and let them refer to previous ones, e.g.:

regexp iso-date {
  4 of digit;
  "-";
  2 of digit;
  "-";
  2 of digit;
}

regexp iso-range {
  match iso-date;
  "/";
  match iso-date;
}

[joshuakb2]

Potential alternate syntax for bindings and macros:

let iso-date = {
  4 of digit;
  "-";
  2 of digit;
  "-";
  2 of digit;
};

let twoOf x between = {
  $x;
  $between;
  $x;
};

$twoOf $iso-date <space>

[kgutwin]

How about some dedicated syntax for common idioms? Things like

anything;  // equivalent to .*

That's the only thing I can come up with at the moment but I'm sure there are others...

[gjvnq]

That sounds like a good idea. Em qui., 17 de fev. de 2022 11:30, Karl Gutwin ***@***.***> escreveu:

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[yoav-lavi]

Thank you for the suggestions!

Will consider these, leaving open for now