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Martaigne
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Location: Atlanta, GA
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 Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:16 am
Trigger pattern matching on first instance of a character?
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I have a bit of code that I use that highlights speech.
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<trigger priority="5160" id="516">
<pattern>(*), "(*)"$</pattern>
<value>#SUBSTITUTE {<font color=limegreen>%1,</font> ~"%2~"}</value>
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The problem is that it's greedy, so if someone uses a compounded speech sentence (in the following examples) they get highlighted wrong. How do I stop this at the first double-quote, given that the beginning of 'say' isn't always the same?
Current: Melissandra says, "It should say, "Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.""
Desired: Melissandra says, "It should say, "Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.""
Current: Melissandra gestures nonchalantly and states, "But, the worrisome part is what he would do with it." She considers this, then adds, "I suppose it's not such a grand idea after all."
Desired: Melissandra gestures nonchalantly and states, "But, the worrisome part is what he would do with it." She considers this, then adds, "I suppose it's not such a grand idea after all." |
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MattLofton
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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:12 am
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(*), becomes ([%w%s]),
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nexela
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Location: USA
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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 3:24 am
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Since you are not really change the text on the line I would use #PCOL instead of Substitute.
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<trigger priority="5160" id="516">
<pattern>^(*), "*"$</pattern>
<value>#PCOL limegreen %x1</value>
</trigger>
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Martaigne
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Location: Atlanta, GA
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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:53 am
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Thanks to both of you for looking.
Matt, the example you gave works until we reach this situation:
Martaigne concedes, however hesitantly, "Yes, I suppose it could be worse."
Going to play with the trigger a bit more and post if I find the solution.
nexela, I tried yours as well, and it works to a degree, but leaves out the comma before the first doublequote. I'd have to play with it a bit more to make it work.
Edit: This trigger did the trick: ([%w%s,.]), "(*)"$ |
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nexela
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Posts: 1644
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Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 3:42 am
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<trigger priority="5160" id="516">
<pattern>^([%w%s],)* "*"$</pattern>
<value>#PCOL limegreen %x1</value>
</trigger>
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This one should take everything into consideration |
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GenericGun
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Joined: 23 Jul 2009
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Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:31 pm
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This is usually where regular expressions come into play.
I think this pattern solves the problem.
Just don't forget to select the "Regular expression" check box.
It avoids traps such as "Drizzt Do'Urden says, .. " and others similar examples. |
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Martaigne
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Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:00 pm
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Will take a look at these tonight, thank you...
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Martaigne
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Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 3:56 am
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Very close. This wound up doing the trick so far. |
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