[Oberon] n-o: Rx.Tool ? span multiple lines

[John Drake]

--- easlab at absamail.co.za wrote:
> I'm getting emails like this (from win users)
> :-----------
> 
> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><font size=3D2
> face=3D"Courier New"><span lang=3D=
> EN-ZA
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>
> I have made some remarks for you. You are welc=
> ome to
> phone me anytime.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
> -----------
> 
> And it is politically incorrect for me to tell the
> sender to "do it properly".
> I suspect they feel they must have a spell checker
> available ?
> 
> >From my previous work with Rx.Tool (before I
> abandoned it [perhaps
> not permanently] when the 'new version' made all my
> ET.Do scripts,
> which used Rx.*, non-functioning) I vaguely remember
> that Rx.*
> can't span multiple lines.

There is another regular expressions package "Regul".

http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/software/Regul.html

I've played with it enough to get it to span mutliple
lines, but I haven't tried applying it to your 
specific problem.

Regards,

John M. Drake

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