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by needlepont 2853 days ago
Wasn't referring specifically to you.. but to the gist of the article and the post previous to yours I believe. On the ansi escape sequences to find matches, etc...yes, I get what your tool does but having to tokenize against ansi escape codes and other ad-hoc env artifacts is something I'm glad to leave to authors that enjoy it...not that it is terribly difficult unless you decide to reinvent the wheel and optimize everything.