Re: Relation(s) between/among Kate, Kwrite, and Katepart
<tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 20, 2025 at 08:45:58AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > On 4/20/25 7:56 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > > On Sun, Apr 20, 2025 at 07:27:12AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > > I'm restarting a editing project that could take advantage of
> > > > using "regular expressions".
> > > >
> > > > I had stated using Kate for the project.
> > > >
> > > > I'm reviewing my regular expression related web searches. It
> > > > would be helpful if I could find a _single_ document that made
> > > > comparison between/among Kate, Kwrite, and Katepart. [e.g.
> > > > package goals]
> > >
> > > Now I'm confused: regular expressions or package comparisons?
> >
> > My "universe of discourse" is a collection of references discussing
> > the use of "regular expressions".
> >
> > A significant number of which mention Kate *or* Kwrite *or*
> > Katepart. I need to understand the entity goals of Kate, Kwrite,
> > and Katepart. I.E. In a discussion of "regular expressions", does
> > it matter which of those packages is referred to?
> >
> > Clearer?
>
> Got it. Then David Wirght's answer seems to be the most appropriate.
>
> Most (programmer's) text editors (from the many variations of vi,
> Emacs, and, yes, Kate and its friends) do support regular expressions.
>
> Note that regular expressions come in slightly different flavours.
> Going by Kate's documentation [1] on this topic they seem to be
> PCRE or a variant thereof.
>
> Cheers
>
> [1]
> https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/kate/katepart/regular-expressions.html
Err, did you notice the bit in that reference that says: "It documents
regular expressions in the form available within KatePart, which is not
compatible with the regular expressions of perl"? Note that PCRE stands
for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions.
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