[dokuwiki] Re: Search pattern challenge for plugin

Martin Tschofen wrote:

So obvious, that does the trick. Thanks a lot for pointing this out.
Got another one if the pattern is preceeded by a [[reveal wide
10%|[[link]]/] DW thinks it's a link and gobbles it all up. I tried a
negative lookbehind: (?>!\[) before the pattern, but DW still thinks it's a 
link. Tried various sorts without success.

Thanks...martin


Two problems.
- sorts don't stop another pattern matching. DW prioritises the pattern that matches earlier in the string. The link syntax will match on the first [, one character earlier than your pattern. When two patterns can match at the same character, DW will favour the pattern with the lower sort order.
- negative look behind at the start of a pattern is not guaranteed to work. DW parses the wiki text incrementally, each subsequent match attempt starts at the next character after the last successful match.
Why is it important to use square brackets? Wouldn't it make things easier to use curly brackets or angle brackets?
Are you attempting a slight variation on the folded plugin? Can you use its syntax? 

Cheers,

Chris
--
DokuWiki mailing list - more info at
http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:mailinglist

Other related posts: