Re: WebDNA Grep help wanted

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2004


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 56180
interpreted = N
texte = Hi Andrew, It might be a good alternative solution but I would really like to solve the Grep version. It will increase my knowledge to about Grep ;) Palle On 17/2-2004, at 21.46, Andrew Simpson wrote: > would a custom convert characters database work better and be more > suitable > for this maybe? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Palle Bo Nielsen" > To: "WebDNA Talk" > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 9:44 AM > Subject: WebDNA Grep help wanted > > >> Hi all, >> >> I have a messageboard developed in WebDNA. The messageboard does not >> accept HTML syntax due to security. In stead I have made a parsingt >> system which translate forum specific tags to HTML behind the scenes. >> >> [/b]If I wanted to post a message in the forum with bold words it >> would >> look like this[/b] >> >> [/i]If I wanted to post a message in the forum with italic words it >> would look like this[/i] >> >> The grep lines handling this process is pasted below, but it can't >> handle a line like this. And here I need some help... >> >> [b] this is a line of bold words including one word in [i]italic[/i], >> but it won't work - only the italic-tags are parsed correctly[/b] >> >> Any help is appreciated... >> >> ----- code ---- >> [!] -- REPLACE [b] WITH (ignore case) text [/!] >> [text]the_text=[grep >> search=\[[bB]\]([^[unurl]%5B[/unurl]]*)\[/[bB]\]&replace=\1> b>][text]the_text[/text][/grep][/text] >> >> [!] -- REPLACE [b] WITH (ignore case) text [/!] >> [text]the_text=[grep >> search=\[[iI]\]([^[unurl]%5B[/unurl]]*)\[/[iI]\]&replace=\1> i>][text]the_text[/text][/grep][/text] >> ----- code ---- >> >> There are lots of other Greps parsing syntax but I only include the >> above for this example. >> >> Palle >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > -- Venlig hilsen Palle B. Nielsen (PowerPalle) http://www.macnyt.dk/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: WebDNA Grep help wanted ( Kenneth Grome 2004)
  2. Re: WebDNA Grep help wanted ( Gary Krockover 2004)
  3. Re: WebDNA Grep help wanted ( Kenneth Grome 2004)
  4. Re: WebDNA Grep help wanted ( William DeVaul 2004)
  5. Re: WebDNA Grep help wanted ( Kenneth Grome 2004)
  6. Re: WebDNA Grep help wanted ( Gary Krockover 2004)
  7. Re: WebDNA Grep help wanted ( devaulw@onebox.com 2004)
  8. Re: WebDNA Grep help wanted ( devaulw@onebox.com 2004)
  9. Re: WebDNA Grep help wanted ( "Andrew Simpson" 2004)
  10. Re: WebDNA Grep help wanted ( Palle Bo Nielsen 2004)
  11. Re: WebDNA Grep help wanted ( "Andrew Simpson" 2004)
  12. WebDNA Grep help wanted ( Palle Bo Nielsen 2004)
Hi Andrew, It might be a good alternative solution but I would really like to solve the Grep version. It will increase my knowledge to about Grep ;) Palle On 17/2-2004, at 21.46, Andrew Simpson wrote: > would a custom convert characters database work better and be more > suitable > for this maybe? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Palle Bo Nielsen" > To: "WebDNA Talk" > Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 9:44 AM > Subject: WebDNA Grep help wanted > > >> Hi all, >> >> I have a messageboard developed in WebDNA. The messageboard does not >> accept HTML syntax due to security. In stead I have made a parsingt >> system which translate forum specific tags to HTML behind the scenes. >> >> [/b]If I wanted to post a message in the forum with bold words it >> would >> look like this[/b] >> >> [/i]If I wanted to post a message in the forum with italic words it >> would look like this[/i] >> >> The grep lines handling this process is pasted below, but it can't >> handle a line like this. And here I need some help... >> >> [b] this is a line of bold words including one word in [i]italic[/i], >> but it won't work - only the italic-tags are parsed correctly[/b] >> >> Any help is appreciated... >> >> ----- code ---- >> [!] -- REPLACE [b] WITH (ignore case) text [/!] >> [text]the_text=[grep >> search=\[[bB]\]([^[unurl]%5B[/unurl]]*)\[/[bB]\]&replace=\1> b>][text]the_text[/text][/grep][/text] >> >> [!] -- REPLACE [b] WITH (ignore case) text [/!] >> [text]the_text=[grep >> search=\[[iI]\]([^[unurl]%5B[/unurl]]*)\[/[iI]\]&replace=\1> i>][text]the_text[/text][/grep][/text] >> ----- code ---- >> >> There are lots of other Greps parsing syntax but I only include the >> above for this example. >> >> Palle >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > -- Venlig hilsen Palle B. Nielsen (PowerPalle) http://www.macnyt.dk/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Palle Bo Nielsen

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