Re: Re: drop down box or something like it.

Since i never even looked at the xtextedit or alias modules ( lua ftw ), i  
might be wrong about it but i guess it's like this:

He uses something like !PopupDynamicActionFolder:!savesettings  
MYSETTING:"$FOLDER$*/"
%1 and %2 in the alias module are then replaced by the bang arguments,  
which would be MYSETTING and some file in FOLDER you clicked, creating  
something like

!execute [!setEvar MYSETTING > $FOLDER$FILE_I_CLICKED.TXT][!xtextSaveEvar   
$settingsFile$@ @MYSETTING@ @$FOLDER$FILE_I_CLICKED.TXT@]

whatever the first '>' means, probably you'll see it in the alias docs (or  
just a typo).
What is does should be clear now i guess.

As for the regex, hmm ...
(^%1 > \=)(.*\\)(.*\..*\=)

everything inside ( ) are captures, which in turn get assigned to \1, \2,  
\3.
So \3 would be what (.*\..*\=) matches, which is, "any character, as often  
as possible, then a . then any character, as often as possible, then the  
end of the string." ... in a string like' E:\hello\test.txt' that would be  
'test.txt'.
But you'll have to learn regex and xtextedits special syntax to fully  
understand it ( or just use the simpler lua patterns ^^ )

On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:47:36 +0200, Hale, Paul <Paul.Hale-uv/[email protected]>  
wrote:

> SNIP
>> >> *Popup "Select color scheme" !new !popupSchemes
>> >>    *Popup "Select color scheme"
>> >> !popupDynamicACtionFolder:!apply_colors:"$SchemesDir$"
>> >> *Popup ~New
>> >>
> SNIP
>> >
>> > Wow... That is perfect actually. Okay, now how about saving the
>> > filename as an evar?
> SNIP
>>
>> That's why I defined bangs like these:
>>
>> *alias !saveSetting !execute [!setEvar %1 > %2][!xtextSaveEvar
> @$settingsFile$@ @%1@ @%2@]
>> *alias !stripPath !execute [!xtextReplace @$settingsFile$@ @(^%1 >
> \=)(.*\\)(.*\..*\=)_@ @\1\3@]
>> *alias !stripExtn !execute [!xtextReplace @$settingsFile$@ @(^%1 >
> \=.*)(\..*\=)_@ @\1\=@]
>>
>
> OK, bear with me as I am slow. As I understand it, the popupaction uses
> the data after the " : " as the arguments, so when looking at your
> Alias's I am trying to figure where the file path is represented. I
> don't understand the %1 %2. Also, in this example, is $settingFile$ the
> themevars? If so, where is the Var that it is trying to replace? I am
> used to the
>
> !xTextSaveEvar @file_the_Var_is_in@ @var_to_be_changed@ "new_value"
>
> format. In my head, I am trying to figure out how your configs work.
> Sorry if I sound dumb on this, I just don't get it yet.
>
>>
>>
>
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