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From: Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Filter in Pluto
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:44:19 GMT
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In message <5bbe3272fadave@triffid.co.uk>
          Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <5bbe1da83fNews03@avisoft.f9.co.uk>,
>    Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:
>> In article <5bbe02d86ddave@triffid.co.uk>,
>>    Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Good day folks, a bit of advice would be appreciated for my soggy
>>> brain.
>>> :-(

>>> I was doing a bit of house keeping on Pluto filters where I have a
>>> number of them Regex active with   .*

>>> "Sans quotes) Some of them are "Filterstring .*" (Filterstring
>>> space.*) and some of them are "Filterstring.*" (Filterstring
>>> nospace.*).

>>> Can some kind person please remind me of the different effects of
>>> those two different .* positions?

>> 'string.*' will match 'string x' and 'stringx'
>> 'string<blank>.*' will match 'string x' but not 'stringx'

>> This question has prompted me to add to my website a RegExTest program
>> I wrote years ago, but it never got formally released. Note that it is
>> Beta, may have some bugs, but could be useful. It is available from:

>>     http://www.avisoft.f9.co.uk/
>>     https://homepages.force9.net/avisoft/

>> Martin

> Thanks for that info Martin, appreciated.

> Dave

> But...
> Problem... When I go to your site, with either NetSurf (RISC OS side) or
> Firefox (Windows side) I get an error message when I click the !RegExTest
> download link:

> "Avisoft Page Error.
> Sorry ... we could not find that page!"

> "Please click  'home' to return to the Avisoft home page."

>  "Home" being a link, but it does nothing in both browsers.

Just tried it for you and I was able to access the:
http://www.avisoft.f9.co.uk/  website and then go and download the file without issue.

But the https site generated a certificate error  for an invalid TLS 
certificate
https://homepages.force9.net/avisoft/

Both using !Iris

-- 
Chris Hughes