RegReplace Plugin

[quodlibet]

I probably use terms like "soon" too freely...

I'm always hesitant to ask you for new features -- it feels like enabling an addict

(I am referring to the insane speed with which you respond to both messages and bugs & suggestions.)

I wanted to be able to fold all comments, so I added the fold/unfold a while ago...

I'm tinkering with a todo list (of all things!) and I want to fold some meta-data, but the gist is the same. Because I have a "nervous" Ctrl+S, it seemed reasonable (?) to use "on_save" as a trigger for this. This is such a niche thing.

[montrealDesigner724]

I've created the following, but nothing happens.

In the "reg_replace.sublime-settings":

// CONVERT TO LESS - STEPH
"lessrewrite_width": {
"find": "(\t*)[^-]\bwidth\b: (-?[0-9]*%|-?[0-9]*px|auto|-?[0-9]*);",
"replace": "$1.w($2);"
}

in the "Default.sublime-commands":

// Convert rewrite CSS to LESS - Steph
{
"caption": "Reg Replace: CSS to LESS",
"command": "reg_replace",
"args": {"replacements": ["lessrewrite_width"]}
},

I thought I did it correctly, but what am I missing?

[facelessuser]

Please give me a snippet of example code and the description of what you want to happen.

[montrealDesigner724]

I want to use the RegEx in the replace to change this:

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width: 250px;

to this:

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.w(250px);

Once I get one working, my goal is to chain a number of them together so that I can convert a whole document instead of spending time inputing all the RegEx piece by piece.
I'm attaching the LESS document I'm trying to run this on, and the RegReplace files I modified.

[facelessuser]

Two things. Python uses \\1 instead of $1. And your regex is in a string so escape literal backslashes.

        // CONVERT TO LESS - STEPH
        "lessrewrite_width": {
            "find": "(\\t*)[^-]\\bwidth\\b: (-?[0-9]*%|-?[0-9]*px|auto|-?[0-9]*);",
            "replace": "\\1.w(\\2);"
        }

[montrealDesigner724]

Thanks for the info about the RegEx, I didn't realize it was Python.

So I updated my code with your suggestion, but nothing happens when I run it from the Command Palette, or am I supposed to run it from somewhere else?

[facelessuser]

I verified the code before I posted; that is why I asked for an example.

I did not run it on the ads_ca-fr_home.less you provided because there are no width attributes that need to be converted in it; therefore, it would do nothing. So if that is the file you are testing on, you are wasting your time because width is already converted in every instance in that file.

[facelessuser]

Also, if you are still having issues, I may need some more info. It should work fine from command palette. But if it isn't, you may be doing something odd, so I would need to know how you installed the package, are you editing the default version of the settings file, or did you copy it to user and edit that one. I may need to see your settings file to verify what you have done. Based on what you gave me, it should work, and did for me. If it isn't working for you, then something else isn't right on your end.