Regular Expression

RE, short for Regular Expression is a tool to build advanced structures that use, among other things, Regular Expressions to transform text. I didn`t spend too much time thinking about a decent name for the application and a first version only operated on the clipboard (and was called CBRE: Clipboard Regular Expression), so I got stuck with `Regular Expression`. Another rule I broke is that you can`t really operate it with the keyboard only. In return there is a really nifty drag-and-drop way of moving items around and connecting them, really a nice way to visualise the structure you`re working on, and easy to have more items than needed around when building or debugging.

tarter`s guide:
» Download and install RE_setup.exe, and have the wizard start RE. Hit the `Register Regular Expression data file type` button on the settings dialogs. This registers the .rxe file format with Windows to open the files easily.
» The application starts with an empty workspace, use the Add menu on the main-menu, or use the right-click menu in the workspace that has all the items also. Pick an item, e.g. Input/Output > Clipboard, and another, e.g. Input/Output > Viewer. Now drag from one of the sunken rectagles, called linkpoints, to the other to establish a Link. If you now hit Run, the text-contents of the clipboard, if any, are shown in the Viewer.
» To MOVE bigger structures around, drag on the open workspace, to get a running ants rectangle to select multiple items. When a structure is bigger than your screen and you need to scroll, HOLD Ctrl down and drag the workspace around.

What`s new in 2.0.2.270?

- improved checking for unsaved changes
- `copy to`, `paste from` options
- use UTF8 for saved expressions
- don`t store width and height for unresizable items
- drag to select multiple items, with ctrl pressed on release, inverts items from selection
- some item types auto-patch-through connections when linking or deleting
- `Groups` item (RegEx)
- And more...