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Re: ListMatch Clarification

At 11:49 AM 6/23/2004, Daniel Henninger wrote:
>> caseIgnoreListSubstringsMatch has the same basic substrings
>> semantics as caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch.  Instead of matching
>> against a single directory string, the former matches against
>> a list of directory strings (lines).  The initial substring, if
>> asserted, must match the beginning of the first line.  The
>> final substring, if asserted, must match the end of the last
>> line.  Each any substrings match in between.  The matched
>> portions must not overlap each other, must not span lines,
>> and must appear in the same order as the substrings.  Multiple
>> matched portions, however, may be in the same line... and
>> some lines may have no matched portions.
>
>
>Ok so, caseIgnoreListSubstringsMatch is no different than
>caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch -except- for:
>
>A. the list is effectively concatenated into one line
>B. there are "markers" where there were line breaks that no single pattern
>   can cross
>C. \'s and $'s are handled so that they can be escaped out
>
>Does that sound right?

Yes.