New Plugin Idea (Text Manipulation)

[dragonmage]

We could do a lot of dynamic things if Rainmeter had the ability to read, write and compare text. So why not create a plugin with the following abilities...

• String Comparison
  • Regular Expressions
  • Compare string values from other measures
  • Compare strings retrieved from files
  • Semi-conditionals (any number of them should be possible)
    • IfString1Exists=This is my string.
    • IfString1ExistsAction=!Execute [!SomeBang]
• INI
  • Read and return values (Can check settings in other skins)
  • Write values (Can change settings in other skins)
  • Write whole [Sections] to an .ini
    • Bang to write sections dynamically
    • Syntax: !WriteToIni path\to\file.ini [section to write new section after] [new section name] key=value key=value key=value
  • Semi-conditionals (any number of them should be possible)
    • IfValueIs=This is my string.
    • IfValueIsAction=!Execute [!SomeBang]
• Search and Replace
  • Bang that can be used to find and replace strings in files
• Convert Strings to Integers
  • For use by other measures that require integers

Anyone have anything to add or any holes to shoot through my ideas? Devs, should this be a plugin or would this make more since in the core?

[JamesAC]

I agree, that would be a great set of new features.

Could be quite a lot of work to do all of those things though

[Omardude]

Great idea! At the moment, using NirCmd works just fine for doing similar tasks (if not all), but having this available in Rainmeter would certainly be better. In my opinion this should rather be part of the core instead of being a separate plugin.

Some of the ideas discussed in The Meter Measure could also be added here.

[Varelse]

I would also love to be able to find the length of a string in pixels.

[ehcelino]

Great sugestions, I'd like that level of text manipulation too.