regex in user key bindings

[cwolves]

I'm trying to get a regex to work with my key binding. Specifically, I'm trying to match any block comments. I've gotten the following to work matching the full scope, but I can't seem to get it to work using `regex_contains` so that I can just match "comment.block". Help?

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  , {
      "keys"    : ["enter"]
    , "command" : "insert_snippet"
    , "args"    : {"contents": "\n* "}
    , "context" : [
       { "key" : "selector", "operator": "equal", "operand": "source.js comment.block.documentation.js" }
    ]
  }

[agibsonsw]

I know nothing about this so I apologise for mis-information in advance. But I would take a guess that if there is an operator "equal" then there might also be an operator "contains" - even though I can't see one in the default key-bindings. Worth a stab, perhaps

You should also post your regex version..

The asterisk might also need escaping \*, but you've stated that it works..

[cwolves]

Yeah, I don't see a contains (and the parser chokes on it anyway). There is a `regex_contains`, which I'm trying to use as such:

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{ "key" : "selector", "operator": "regex_contains", "operand": ".*comment.block.*" }

I've tried variations of that with or without the `.*`, using `^` and `$`, etc... Can't seem to get anything to work. I can't even get `not_regex_contains` to work (which should match everything!)

[agibsonsw]

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    { "key" : "selector", "operator": "regex_contains", "operand": "comment\.block" }

[jps]

regex_contains only works with the preceding_text, text, and following_text keys.

To match vs all block comments, you just want to use a selector:

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    { "key" : "selector", "operator": "equal", "operand": "comment.block" }


You can test selectors via positioning the caret at the desired location, and then using the console:

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view.match_selector(view.sel()[0].a, "comment.block")


[cwolves]

Thanks jps

[highend]

regex_contains only works with the preceding_text, text, and following_text keys.

To match vs all block comments, you just want to use a selector:

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    { "key" : "selector", "operator": "equal", "operand": "comment.block" }


You can test selectors via positioning the caret at the desired location, and then using the console:

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view.match_selector(view.sel()[0].a, "comment.block")


Very helpful, thanks a lot.

[gekushner]

I was looking to do this also. Does this mean that there is no way to set a key binding for more than one scope. For example I have the scope source.python and source.python.django. I tried to use the regex_contains to set a key binding for every python scope but couldn't get it to work.

thanks.