[regex-coach] Mac OS X version bugs

[Edi Weitz]

Hi!

My current problem with the Mac version is the lack of time. There's
an issue with getting certain threads in sync and I've not
investigated this fully. It doesn't help that I don't have a Mac
myself and have to lend my wife's iBook for that... :)

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 12:17:28 -0500, Ray Zimmerman <rz10 at cornell.edu> wrote:

> Looks like a great tool once the bugs are out ... I tried a simple
> case in the Mac OS X version ...
>
> Reg-Ex:
>
> 	text\d
>
> Target String:
>
> 	text0123text
>
> It just says ...
>
> 	Unknown token FAKE-ENTRY in parse-tree

Yes, this is a consequence of the threading issues I mentioned
above. The program inserts certain "fake" entries into the parse tree
generated by the regex engine but they should have been removed at
this point. Unfortunately they aren't.

> Also, it appears the cursor keys do not work for editing the reg-ex
> and target strings.

Yes, I've noticed that, too. I guess this is only a minor problem that
should be easy to fix. But - see above - I haven't touched the Mac
version since I released the first beta. I hope I can look at it in
the next week.

Sorry,
Edi.