Function list regex debugging
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RegexBuddy
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@sdasda7777 said in Function list regex debugging:
which I assume most people aren’t willing to spend on a tool they expect to use once
Well, I bought it based upon someone else’s advice here, and I use it all the time, not just for Notepad++ purposes. To me it was money well spent. Each has to judge for himself.
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@Alan-Kilborn Of course. As I said, I really do appreciate that you suggested it, because I have no doubt for someone who knows they will be sticking around it will be an easy choice.
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@Alan-Kilborn ,
Thanks @Alan-Kilborn , for bringing that option up, as I forgot to mention that, since I bought them myself, too, but after my initial trials and tribulations with Regex. I actually bought both, Regex Buddy and Regex Magic.However, it just became easier to use the Regex101 for quick dirty checks on my small code chores, as there is so many options and such in those programs, that at the time, it was like learning 3 sets of the Encyclopedia, one for NPP, one for Regex, and one for the Regex Buddy/Magic options. Was going dizzy back then, as I remember mentioning. :-)
However, since then, I have used those tools more, using the search box inside NPP itself along with Mark, etc, but also still on occasion use the Regex101 site, since i have the link in the same menu area as the Notepad++ links, so it’s quick and easy. :)
So there is one more tool for him to get what he needs to learn provided, he’s seriously interested. :-)
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@Lycan-Thrope said in Function list regex debugging:
but also still on occasion use the Regex101 site, since i have the link in the same menu area as the Notepad++ links, so it’s quick and easy
I have my Run menu set up with a command to “Launch RegexBuddy”, thus making it as simple as what you’re saying that you have for regex101.
RegexBuddy has a lot of options because it is very powerful. It’s always a struggle between simplicity and power, where a UI design is concerned – just consider Notepad++ itself.
But we’ve probably strayed off-topic too much with talk of RegexBuddy.
The important point I wanted to make was that people continually use regex101 and then, for more complex expressions, complain that Notepad++ isn’t acting the same way…and the reason for that is that they use different engines and neither one is wrong (but there is only something wrong when you compare different results obtained).