Comments on: Generic Grep Tool http://www.elharo.com/blog/tech/2007/01/14/generic-grep-tool/ Ranting and Raving Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:35:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: The Cafes » My Next Book http://www.elharo.com/blog/tech/2007/01/14/generic-grep-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-42365 The Cafes » My Next Book Sun, 11 Feb 2007 01:01:09 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/tech/2007/01/14/generic-grep-tool/#comment-42365 [...] With a little luck, the book should be on store shelves sometime this summer. I’ve already posted a number of questions that arose while writing it. I’m going to be posting a lot more over the next couple of months. I also plan to post many small excerpts from the book for your perusal and comment. I hope you’ll help out by commenting on, caviling, and correcting the draft pieces I’ll be posting here. [...] [...] With a little luck, the book should be on store shelves sometime this summer. I’ve already posted a number of questions that arose while writing it. I’m going to be posting a lot more over the next couple of months. I also plan to post many small excerpts from the book for your perusal and comment. I hope you’ll help out by commenting on, caviling, and correcting the draft pieces I’ll be posting here. [...]

]]> By: anjan bacchu http://www.elharo.com/blog/tech/2007/01/14/generic-grep-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-35814 anjan bacchu Fri, 19 Jan 2007 02:39:20 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/tech/2007/01/14/generic-grep-tool/#comment-35814 hi elharo, it looks like more people like jEdit -- I agree! Are you trying to remove the SEARCH REPLACE tool from jEdit and make it a separate app ? Thank you, BR, ~A hi elharo,

it looks like more people like jEdit — I agree!

Are you trying to remove the SEARCH REPLACE tool from jEdit and make it a separate app ?

Thank you,

BR,
~A

]]> By: Paul King http://www.elharo.com/blog/tech/2007/01/14/generic-grep-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-33946 Paul King Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:56:04 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/tech/2007/01/14/generic-grep-tool/#comment-33946 jEdit is probably the way to go. If you want something in Perl, check out: http://pleac.sourceforge.net/pleac_perl/patternmatching.html Look for Program: tcgrep It is definitely in the unix-style tool genre but it does recursive searches, inside zip files, paragraph mode. I have written an equivalent in Groovy (still command line but a GUI would be easy to add). It supports Ant style include/exclude specifiers and is a short program that is easy to modify yourself. Happy to pass on the code if you want. jEdit is probably the way to go. If you want something in Perl, check out:
http://pleac.sourceforge.net/pleac_perl/patternmatching.html
Look for Program: tcgrep

It is definitely in the unix-style tool genre but it does recursive searches, inside zip files, paragraph mode.

I have written an equivalent in Groovy (still command line but a GUI would be easy to add). It supports Ant style include/exclude specifiers and is a short program that is easy to modify yourself. Happy to pass on the code if you want.

]]> By: Neville Rowe http://www.elharo.com/blog/tech/2007/01/14/generic-grep-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-33881 Neville Rowe Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:08:19 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/tech/2007/01/14/generic-grep-tool/#comment-33881 I'd second jEdit - I've been using it for far-too-long on both Mac and PC and find it very good. Mac integration isn't great (I've been meaning to do something about it for ages but haven't got around to it yet) - my gripes are 1. if jEdit is running with edited files when you shutdown or logout it cancels the shutdown rather than displaying a dialog. 2. menus in the wrong place. 3. if you exit jEdit with the window minimised, when you open it again it is still minimised, and you cannot click on the app icon in the doc to get it to maximise - you have to click on the document. None of which are serious and it is it still my preferred text editor on all platforms. N. I’d second jEdit - I’ve been using it for far-too-long on both Mac and PC and find it very good. Mac integration isn’t great (I’ve been meaning to do something about it for ages but haven’t got around to it yet) - my gripes are
1. if jEdit is running with edited files when you shutdown or logout it cancels the shutdown rather than displaying a dialog.
2. menus in the wrong place.
3. if you exit jEdit with the window minimised, when you open it again it is still minimised, and you cannot click on the app icon in the doc to get it to maximise - you have to click on the document.

None of which are serious and it is it still my preferred text editor on all platforms.

N.

]]> By: Elliotte Rusty Harold http://www.elharo.com/blog/tech/2007/01/14/generic-grep-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-33849 Elliotte Rusty Harold Sun, 14 Jan 2007 19:18:23 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/tech/2007/01/14/generic-grep-tool/#comment-33849 Excellent idea! Thank you! That looks like almost exactly what I need, and to the extent it isn't I can hack on it to make it so. Excellent idea! Thank you! That looks like almost exactly what I need, and to the extent it isn’t I can hack on it to make it so.

]]> By: Tony Cowderoy http://www.elharo.com/blog/tech/2007/01/14/generic-grep-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-33832 Tony Cowderoy Sun, 14 Jan 2007 17:21:26 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/tech/2007/01/14/generic-grep-tool/#comment-33832 jEdit? jEdit?

]]> By: Elliotte Rusty Harold http://www.elharo.com/blog/tech/2007/01/14/generic-grep-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-33826 Elliotte Rusty Harold Sun, 14 Jan 2007 16:18:16 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/tech/2007/01/14/generic-grep-tool/#comment-33826 The problem with Unix tools like sed, grep, and perl (besides the lack of a GUI) is that they don't deal well with multiple line ending conventions, and they can't easily handle nested directory hierarchies. They are designed to work on one Unix file at a time, not a big collection of files from multiple platforms. They also have trouble once you move beyond ASCII. What's nice about BBEdit is that it provides the full power of grep in a reasonable (though imperfect) GUI. However, it's payware and Mac OS X only. The problem with Unix tools like sed, grep, and perl (besides the lack of a GUI) is that they don’t deal well with multiple line ending conventions, and they can’t easily handle nested directory hierarchies. They are designed to work on one Unix file at a time, not a big collection of files from multiple platforms. They also have trouble once you move beyond ASCII.

What’s nice about BBEdit is that it provides the full power of grep in a reasonable (though imperfect) GUI. However, it’s payware and Mac OS X only.

]]> By: anjan bacchu http://www.elharo.com/blog/tech/2007/01/14/generic-grep-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-33823 anjan bacchu Sun, 14 Jan 2007 15:37:44 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/tech/2007/01/14/generic-grep-tool/#comment-33823 hi there, have you considered sed ? BR, ~A hi there,

have you considered sed ?

BR,
~A

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