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by NoMoreFood
Wed Feb 17, 2016 12:25 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Regular Expression Hanging Question
Replies: 21
Views: 3982

To answer your question, this is not so much about me as my users. I have no problem adjusting my behavior slightly although I find myself using Notepad++ more than TextPad anyhow (mainly due to it being installed on all our 12,000 systems). We have over 400 TextPad licenses and we're all still ...
by NoMoreFood
Wed Feb 17, 2016 2:49 am
Forum: General
Topic: Regular Expression Hanging Question
Replies: 21
Views: 3982

Consensus doesn't mean every last person. I agree with your logic, but one has to realize that EVERY other text editor handles this as a special case since it's just not a good idea to put the user in a position where the program is going to hang, potentially loosing work. Here's another innocent ...
by NoMoreFood
Fri Feb 05, 2016 10:14 am
Forum: General
Topic: Regular Expression Hanging Question
Replies: 21
Views: 3982

I think the only consensus is that it probably ought to not match empty sets. Would love to see a change in this regard to 7.x and 8.x.
by NoMoreFood
Fri Dec 04, 2015 12:23 am
Forum: General
Topic: Regular Expression Hanging Question
Replies: 21
Views: 3982

Thanks for the great explanation -- I concur 100% with your breakdown and logic. I guess I'd still propose that the TextPad developers consider the "replacement of the empty string as a special case and move forward one character" approach or however other editors/libraries do it. It may not be the ...
by NoMoreFood
Thu Dec 03, 2015 11:55 am
Forum: General
Topic: Regular Expression Hanging Question
Replies: 21
Views: 3982

Regular Expression Hanging Question

I believe since the new regular expression engine change, I've seen some behavior that has held me back from upgrading my users to any newer TextPad version. In short, doing something seeming innocent like typing a few lines: one two three And then doing a replace all for '.*' with 'blah'. Now, I'd ...