RegexBuddy (anyone use this?)

[Eric_Dexter]

Has anyone tried this thing..
http://www.regular-expressions.info/regexbuddy.html

If I had $30 would this be worth getting or should I just try to learn
the manual. (I was hopeing the essential refrence would clear things
up but I am downloading a gilgillion pages on the re module to try to
learn it)

http://www.dexrow.com

 

[Thorsten Kampe]

* (e-mail address removed) (2006-09-16 15:27 +0100)

Has anyone tried this thing..
http://www.regular-expressions.info/regexbuddy.html

If I had $30 would this be worth getting or should I just try to learn
the manual.

Well, actually both is worth trying.

(I was hopeing the essential refrence would clear things
up but I am downloading a gilgillion pages on the re module to try to
learn it)

If you just have problems getting the grip of Python style regular
expressions than it's probably overkill. I think [1] suffices. But if
you regularly deal with regexes then RegexBuddy is indispensable and
unique.

Thorsten

PS Actually the author wrote the finest and best Windows Editor and I
also use EditPad Pro under Linux (together with Wine) because of the
lack of usables editors under Linux.

[1] http://www.regular-expressions.info/python.html

 

[Ravi Teja]

Has anyone tried this thing..
http://www.regular-expressions.info/regexbuddy.html

If I had $30 would this be worth getting or should I just try to learn
the manual. (I was hopeing the essential refrence would clear things
up but I am downloading a gilgillion pages on the re module to try to
learn it)

http://www.dexrow.com

The time spent on reading about regular expressions will reward you
many times over. A tool is no substitute for that.

However, a visual tool does help in constructing complex expressions.
Python includes one such. Search for redemo.py

On Windows
C:\Python24\Tools\scripts\redemo.py

There are also several good open source tools on Sourceforge. Try them
out.

 

[Rich Shepard]

PS Actually the author wrote the finest and best Windows Editor and I also
use EditPad Pro under Linux (together with Wine) because of the lack of
usables editors under Linux.

Wow! That's really opned you up for flaming! Most of us choose emacs or
vi, and after 30 years of continued existence and improvements no one could
successfully argue that they are not usable editors for linux, *BSD, or any
other OS.

Of course, there are many folks who prefer to enter text by
pointing-and-clicking, but that's the environment in which they were brought
up. I'm really happy that you found an editor that you like, but your
rationale will not sway many others.

Rich

 

[vbgunz]

Has anyone tried this thing..
I use kodos http://kodos.sourceforge.net/. I firmly agree using a tool
like this to learn regular expressions will not only save you a
ridiculous amount of time spent on trial and error *but* it's really
easy and makes learning re a joy.

btw, kodos is specifically created with Python's re module in mind.
Good luck!

 

[Eric_Dexter]

I use kodos http://kodos.sourceforge.net/. I firmly agree using a tool
like this to learn regular expressions will not only save you a
ridiculous amount of time spent on trial and error *but* it's really
easy and makes learning re a joy.

btw, kodos is specifically created with Python's re module in mind.
Good luck!

kodos does look good but I do not have the pyqt (maybe I am slightly
off) interface to use it on my system.. with another graphic interface
it would be a must try software.

 

[gene tani]

kodos does look good but I do not have the pyqt (maybe I am slightly
off) interface to use it on my system.. with another graphic interface
it would be a must try software.

There's also Komodo's regex debugger, (I would guess WIng IDE has a
good one also) and these

http://www.weitz.de/regex-coach/
http://www.quanetic.com/regex.php

http://www.python.org/pypi/retest/0.6
http://www.python.org/pypi/Pyreb/0.1.5

 

[vbgunz]

kodos does look good but I do not have the pyqt (maybe I am slightly

off) interface to use it on my system.. with another graphic interface
it would be a must try software.

on Ubuntu 6.06, the repos have this 'gtk2-engines-gtk-qt' and it makes
QT apps look really awesome on Gnome. Not sure about Windows *but* I am
sure something like it has to exist. Try looking into it. Good luck!

 

[alex23]

Has anyone tried this thing..
http://www.regular-expressions.info/regexbuddy.html

For another free option, there's Kiki:

http://project5.freezope.org/kiki/

It has the advantage of being based on the actual python re module. It
also comes with SPE.

-alex23

 

[John J. Lee]

kodos does look good but I do not have the pyqt (maybe I am slightly
off) interface to use it on my system.. with another graphic interface

[...]

So... why not just install pyqt?

http://www.diotavelli.net/PyQtWiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions


On the systems I use for development, I'd type "emerge PyQt" (Gentoo)
or double-click on the installer .exe (Windows). RPM-based and
Debian-based systems are just as easy. Can't see a MacOS installer,
but the source is there and PyQt 4 works fine on that system.


John

 

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Thorsten Kampe a écrit :
(snip)

PS Actually the author wrote the finest and best Windows Editor and I
also use EditPad Pro under Linux (together with Wine) because of the
lack of usables editors under Linux.

I guess we don't have the same definition of a "usable" editor...