Reg Replace is a plugin for Sublime Text 2 that allows the creating of commands consisting of sequences of find and replace instructions.
- Use Package Control to install
- Or you can download or clone directly and drop into your Sublime Text 2 packages directory (plugin folder must be named RegReplace)
To use, replacements must be defined in the reg_replace.sublime-settings file.
There are two kinds of definitions. The first uses regex to find regions, and then you can use scopes to qualify the regions before applying the replace.
// Required parameters:
// find: Regex description of what you would like to target.
//
// Optional parameters:
// replace: description of what you would like to replace target with.
// Variables are okay for non-literal searches and are done by escaping
// the selection number \\1 etc. Default value is "" (empty string)
// literal: Boolean setting to define whether the find and replace is literal or not.
// Default is false.
// greedy: Boolean setting to define whether search is greedy or not. Default is true.
// case: Boolean defining case sensitivity. True equals sensitive. Defualt is true.
// dotall: Boolean defining whether to use dotall flag in regex (include \n etc. when using dot).
// Default is False
// scope_filter: an array of scope qualifiers for the match.
// - Any instance of scope qualifies match: scope.name
// - Entire match of scope qualifies match: !scope.name
// - Any instance of scope disqualifies match: -scope.name
// - Entire match of scope disqualifies match: -!scope.name
{
"replacements": {
"html5_remove_deprecated_type_attr": {
"find": "(<(style|script)[^>]*)\\stype=(\"|')text/(css|javascript)(\"|')([^>]*>)",
"replace": "\\1\\6",
"greedy": true,
"case": false
},The second kind of definition allows you to search for a scope type and then apply regex to the regions to filter the matches and make replaces.
// Required parameters:
// scope: scope you would like to target
//
// Optional parameters:
// find: regex description that is to be applied to the scope
// to qualify. Also can be used to find and replace
// within the found scope. Default is None.
// replace: description of what you would like to replace within the scope.
// Default value is "\\0".
// literal: Boolean setting to define whether the find and replace is literal or not.
// Default is false.
// greedy_replace: Boolean setting to define whether regex search is greedy or not. Default is true.
// greedy_scope: Boolean setting to define whether scope search is greedy or not. Default is true.
// case: Boolean setting to define whether regex search is case sensitive. Default is true.
// dotall: Boolean defining whether to use dotall flag in regex (include \n etc. when using dot).
// Default is False
// multi_pass_regex:Boolean setting to define whether there will be multiple sweeps on the scope region
// region to find and replace all instances of the regex, when regex cannot be formatted
// to find all instances in a greedy fashion. Default is false.
{
"replacements": {
"remove_comments": {
"scope": "comment",
"find" : "(([^\\n\\r]*)(\\r\\n|\\n))*([^\\n\\r]+)",
"replace": "",
"greedy_replace": true
}Once you have replacements defined, there are a number of ways you can run a sequence. One way is to create a command in the command palette by editing/creating a Default.sublime-commands in your User folder and adding your command. RegReplace comes with its own Default.sublime-commands file and includes some examples showing simple replacement commands and an example showing the chaining of multiple replacements.
{
"caption": "Reg Replace: Remove Trailing Spaces",
"command": "reg_replace",
"args": {"replacements": ["remove_trailing_spaces"]}
},Chained replacements in one command
{
"caption": "Reg Replace: Remove HTML Comments and Trailing Spaces",
"command": "reg_replace",
"args": {"replacements": ["remove_html_comments", "remove_trailing_spaces"]}
}You can also bind a replacement command to a shortcut.
{
"keys": ["ctrl+shift+t"],
"command": "reg_replace",
"args": {"replacements": ["remove_trailing_spaces"]}
}If you would simply like to view what the sequence would find without replacing, you can construct a command to highlight targets without replacing them (each pass could affect the end result, but this just shows all passes without predicting replaces).
Just add the "find_only" argument and set it to true.
{
"caption": "Reg Replace: Remove Trailing Spaces",
"command": "reg_replace",
"args": {"replacements": ["remove_trailing_spaces"], "find_only": true}
},A prompt will appear allowing you to replace the highlighted regions. Regions will be cleared on cancel.
If for any reason the highlights do not get cleared, you can simply run the "RegReplace: Clear Highlights" command from the command palette.
Highlight color and style can be changed in the settings file.
If instead of replacing you would like to do something else, you can override the action. Actions are defined in commands by setting the action parameter. Some actions may require additional parameters be set in the options parameter. See examples below.
{
"caption": "Reg Replace: Fold HTML Comments",
"command": "reg_replace",
"args": {"replacements": ["remove_html_comments"], "action": "fold"}
},
{
"caption": "Reg Replace: Unfold HTML Comments",
"command": "reg_replace",
"args": {"replacements": ["remove_html_comments"], "action": "unfold"}
},
{
"caption": "Reg Replace: Mark Example",
"command": "reg_replace",
"args": {
"replacements": ["example"],
"action": "mark",
"options": {"key": "name", "scope": "invalid", "style": "underline"}
}
},
{
"caption": "Reg Replace: Unmark Example",
"command": "reg_replace",
"args": {
"action": "unmark",
"options": {"key": "name"}
}
},###Supported override actions:
- fold
- unfold
- mark
- unmark
"action": "fold"This action folds the given find target. This action has no parameters.
"action": "unfold"This action unfolds the all regions that match the given find target. This action has no parameters
"action": "mark"This action highlights the regions of the given find target.
Action options are specified with the options key.
#####Required Parameters:
"options": {"key": "name"}Unique name for highlighted regions.
####Optional Parameters:
"options": {"scope": "invalid"}Scope name to use as the color. Default is invalid.
"options": {"style": "outline"}Highlight style (solid|underline|outline). Default is outline.
"action": "unmark"This action removes the highlights of a given key. Replacements can be ommitted with this command.
Action options are specified with the options key.
#####Required Parameters:
"options": {"key": "name"}unique name of highlighted regions to clear
Sometimes a regular expression cannot be made to find all instances in one pass. In this case, you can use the multi-pass option.
Multi-pass cannot be paired with override actions (it will be ignored), but it can be paired with find_only. Multi-pass will sweep the file repeatedly until all instances are found and replaced. To protect against poorly constructed mult-pass regex looping forever, there is a default max sweep threshold that will cause the sequence to kick out if it is reached. This threshold can be tweaked in the settings file.
{
"caption": "Reg Replace: Remove Trailing Spaces",
"command": "reg_replace",
"args": {"replacements": ["example"], "multi_pass": true}
},Sometimes you only want to search under selections. This can be done by enabling the selection_only setting in the settings file. By enabling this setting, regex targets will be limited to the current selection if and only if a selection exists. Auto replace/highlight on save events ignore this setting. If you have a command that you wish to ignore this setting, just set the no_selection argument to true. Highlight style will be forced to underline under selections if find_only is set to ensure they will show up.
// Ignore "selection_only" setting
{
"caption": "Reg Replace: Remove Trailing Spaces",
"command": "reg_replace",
"args": {"replacements": ["example"], "multi_pass": true, "no_selection": true}
},Sometimes you might have a regex chain that lends itself better to performing the regex on the entire file buffer and then pick the matches under the selections opposed the default behaviour of applying the regex directly to the selection buffer. To do this, you can use the option regex_full_file_with_selections.
{
"caption": "Remove: All Comments",
"command": "reg_replace",
"args": {
"replacements": [
"remove_comments", "remove_trailing_spaces",
"remove_excessive_newlines", "ensure_newline_at_file_end"
],
"find_only": true,
"regex_full_file_with_selections": true
}
},If you want to automatically apply a sequence right before a file saves, you can define sequences in the reg_replace.sublime-settings file. Each "on save" sequence will be applied to the files you sepcify by file patterns or file regex. Also, you must have on_save set to true. You can also just highlight, fold, or unfold by regex by adding the "action": "mark" key/value pair (options are mark, fold, and unfold). Both types can be used at the same time. Actions are performed after replacements.
Example:
// If on_save is true, RegReplace will search through the file patterns listed below right before a file is saved,
// if the file name matches a file pattern, the sequence will be applied before the file is saved.
// RegReplace will apply all sequences that apply to a given file in the order they appear below.
"on_save": true,
// Highlight visual settings
"on_save_highlight_scope": "invalid",
"on_save_highlight_style": "outline",
"on_save_sequences": [
// An example on_save event that removes dangling commas from json files
// - file_regex: an array of regex strings that must match the file for the sequence to be applied
// - case: regex case sensitivity (true|false) false is default (this setting is optional)
// - file_pattern: an array of file patterns that must match for the sequence to be applied
// - sequence: an array of replacement definitions to be applied on saving the file
// - multi_pass: perform multiple passes on file to catch all regex instances
{
"file_regex": [".*\\.sublime-(settings|commands|menu|keymap|mousemap|theme|build|project|completions|commands)"],
"file_pattern": ["*.json"],
"sequence": ["remove_json_dangling_commas"]
},
// An example on_save_sequence that targets all files and highlights trailing spaces
// - file_pattern: an array of file patterns that must match for the sequence to be applied
// - sequence: an array of replacement definitions to be applied on saving the file
// - action: (mark|fold|unfold) instead of replace
{
"file_pattern": ["*"],
"sequence": ["remove_trailing_spaces"],
"action": "mark"
}
],There are times that simple regular expresion and replace is not enough. Since RegReplace uses Python's re regex engine, we can use python code to intercept the replace and do more complex things via a plugin.
In this example we are going to search for dates with the form YYYYMMDD and increment them by one day.
Here is the regex rule, notice we have defined a plugin to replace. Plugins are defined as if you were importing a module in python. So in this example, we are loading it from the User package. You do not need an __init__.py file in rr_modules folder; it is recommended to not use one as Sublime shouldn't bother loading these files as they RegReplace will load them when needed.
"date_up": {
"find": "(?P<year>\\d{4})(?P<month>\\d{2})(?P<day>\\d{2})",
"plugin": "User.rr_modules.date_up"
// "args": {"some_plugin_arguments": "if_desired"} <== optional plugin arguments
}Next we can define the command that will utilize the regex rule:
{
"caption": "Replace: Date Up",
"command": "reg_replace",
"args": {"replacements": ["date_up"], "find_only": true}
},Lastly we can provide the plugin. RegReplace will load the plugin and look for a function called replace. replace takes a python re match object, and any arguments you want to feed it (arguments are defined in the regex rule as shown above):
SHORT_MONTH = 30
LONG_MONTH = 31
FEB_MONTH = 28
FEB_LEAP_MONTH = 29
JAN = 1
FEB = 2
MAR = 3
APR = 4
MAY = 5
JUN = 6
JUL = 7
AUG = 8
SEP = 9
OCT = 10
NOV = 11
DEC = 12
def is_leap_year(year):
return ((year % 4 == 0) and (year % 100 != 0)) or (year % 400 == 0)
def days_in_months(month, year):
days = LONG_MONTH
if month == FEB:
days = FEB_LEAP_MONTH if is_leap_year(year) else FEB_MONTH
elif month in [SEP, APR, JUN, NOV]:
days = SHORT_MONTH
return days
def increment_by_day(day, month, year):
mdays = days_in_months(month, year)
if day == mdays:
day = 1
if month == DEC:
month = JAN
year += 1
else:
month += 1
else:
day += 1
return day, month, year
def replace(m):
g = m.groupdict()
year = int(g["year"].lstrip("0"))
month = int(g["month"].lstrip("0"))
day = int(g["day"].lstrip("0"))
day, month, year = increment_by_day(day, month, year)
return "%04d%02d%02d" % (year, month, day)Here is some text to test the example on:
# Test 1: 20140228
# Test 2: 20141231
# Test 3: 20140101
RegReplace gomes with a very simple example you can test with found at /Packages/RegReplace/rr_modules/example.py. Imported with RegReplace.rr_modules.example.
https://github.com/facelessuser/RegReplace/zipball/master
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