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Re: QuickNotes



Reply to note from Harry Binswanger <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Thu, 14 May 2026 13:06:36
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Harry,

> I do use XyWrite wildcards in CI ,too.

My point, and my examples, apply equally to CH, CI, CV, et al.

> I was re-inventing the RE wheel with its $1, $2 lazy and greedy
> IIRC.

No need to reinvent that particular wheel in QuickNotes -- it's already there. For example, you can
swap "Last, First" name pairs to "First Last"; see User Manual sec. 5.4.

I'm not unalterably opposed to adding wildcards. It's a bit tricky because, unlike XyWrite which has
access to 3-byte characters for wildcards and other meta-characters, the CMline in QN is plain text.
But ... I'm open to ideas.

-- 
Carl Distefano
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