From: a@9srv.net
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] Octets regexp
Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 10:58:30 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d2252bd65147f2caa38a56333366f813@9srv.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130502132556.GA2653@polynum.com>
your exact problem still isn't clear to me, but certainly there've
been times when I want to search for some array of characters
in a binary blob. i don't believe i've needed anything beyond a
literal string of bytes, but i could imagine from there the utility of
something regexp-like.
i think the answer is just "no, there's no way to do that today".
and i'd strongly advise keeping that tool as far away from any
discussion of localization or character sets or runes or the like.
there's oughtn't be any mode switching or the like: it's utf-8
encoded unicode runes, or it's binary, not characters at all.
hex editors are useful sometimes. being able to do more
complicated searches/edits/replaces/whatever could be
similarly useful sometimes. but don't go anywhere near the
character set or localization discussions with it.
anthony
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-05-02 14:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-02 12:38 tlaronde
2013-05-02 12:48 ` erik quanstrom
2013-05-02 13:25 ` tlaronde
2013-05-02 13:43 ` Tristan
2013-05-02 14:19 ` Tristan
2013-05-02 14:51 ` tlaronde
2013-05-02 15:02 ` Bence Fábián
2013-05-02 15:20 ` tlaronde
2013-05-02 15:27 ` erik quanstrom
2013-05-02 15:10 ` Kurt H Maier
2013-05-02 15:21 ` tlaronde
2013-05-02 13:44 ` erik quanstrom
2013-05-02 14:43 ` tlaronde
2013-05-02 14:58 ` a [this message]
2013-05-02 15:08 ` tlaronde
2013-05-02 15:19 ` erik quanstrom
2013-05-02 15:31 ` tlaronde
2013-05-02 16:53 ` erik quanstrom
2013-05-02 18:59 ` tlaronde
2013-05-02 18:45 ` dexen deVries
2013-05-02 19:04 ` tlaronde
2013-05-02 19:22 ` erik quanstrom
2013-05-02 19:39 ` tlaronde
2013-05-02 20:13 ` erik quanstrom
2013-05-02 20:17 ` 9p-st
2013-05-03 11:16 ` tlaronde
2013-05-03 13:15 ` Tristan
2013-05-03 16:33 ` tlaronde
2013-05-02 16:16 ` tlaronde
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