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O.P. Strict and loose filtering
Strict
2 => two
1234 => 1234

loose
2 => two
1234 => 1two34

Hope you understand, sorry for the briefness
06-22-2004 06:01 AM
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RE: Strict and loose filtering
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Hope you understand, sorry for the briefness
No, I don't understand, sorry. Could you explain that better; and include the version of your plus?

I think you're trying to set a filter that changes 2 by two, but that isn't possible because filters must be at least 2 characters long.
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RE: Strict and loose filtering
I think i get it. He wants 2 to change into "two" if its on its own but not filter if the number 2 is in the middle of a word. Thats strict.

"I want 2" Would change into "I Want two"
"I want 6002" wouldn't change at all it would stay "I want 6002"


Loose filtering wouldn't care and would always change 2 into  "two" like:

"I want 2" Would change into "I Want two"
"I want 6002" would change into "I want 600two"


I think i got it. correct me if i'm wrong
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RE: Strict and loose filtering
I understand.. well, I can add an option for that in the registry if you want... but how could it be really useful?
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RE: Strict and loose filtering
maybe in URL's?

www.iamafucker.com -> www.iamabeep.com
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RE: Strict and loose filtering
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I understand.. well, I can add an option for that in the registry if you want... but how could it be really useful?

I think it would be useful for things like

"So how are u?" as "So how are you?"
but not
"So how's it down under?" as "So how's it down younder"

Quite a few people want a word filter for that kind of thing...
but it could be done more easily if word filter was less strict...I mean you could set it so:
" u " is "you"
"u?" is "you?"
but
"I had to make a U-Turn" is not "I had to make a You-Turn" :P

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RE: Strict and loose filtering
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"So how are u?" as "So how are you?"
but not
"So how's it down under?" as "So how's it down younder"
those things already work like that in plus because in the first example "u" is a whole word and in the second "u" is part of a word (well, just that example doesn't work, due to the at-least-2-chars minimun length of filters; but you get the idea)
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I understand.. well, I can add an option for that in the registry if you want... but how could it be really useful?
IMO, the best way to personalise that is giving the user (even if it has to be done in the registry) the ability of choose what characters will act as delimiters for filters. However, that may be quite difficult of implement and also could bring bugs or similar dodgy things.

Personally, I'm fine with the way it works now; maybe, Patchou, you can add the ability of filter 1 char words and for me the filter feature would be completed :)
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O.P. RE: Strict and loose filtering
I think it would work well as a radio button when adding a word to turn it on/off for that word
Then one character filters could be used(maybe for sending only)
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RE: Strict and loose filtering
yeah when applying a new filter, having the option as a radio button of: "Strict Filtering, Loose filtering" then having a small example of each so the user knows what it means :P:)
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06-27-2004 07:40 AM
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RE: Strict and loose filtering
Strict filtering, loose filtering??... it will make things realy more complicated then it realy is... The only thing it realy needs is an option for each filter to filter on "words" or not. It is the standard way of how every program in Windows works. This is proberly also what you realy meant...


with "2"="two" and "search for words" on:
"2" => two
"6002" => 6002

with "2"="two" and "search for words" off:
"2" => two
"6002" => 600two

A "word" is when the searchstring is encapseled by a space or a sign like "?.,:".



PS: and the added use of wildcards will make the search function realy perfect :D

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