/*
 * Menu: Text > Grep and paste
 * Kudos: ciukes
 * License: EPL 1.0
 * DOM: http://monkey.brain-bakery.com/update-site/com.brainbakery.eclipse.monkey.dom.editors
 * References:
 * 
 */
  
function main() 
{
        var sourceEditor = bb_editors.activeEditor;

        var valid = true;

        // make sure we have an editor
        if (sourceEditor === undefined) {
                valid = false;
                showError("No active editor");
        }

        if (valid) {
                        regex = ask_pattern();

                        output_editor=bb_editors.createEmpty()
                        if (output_editor!=null){
                                for each(line in sourceEditor.lines)
                                {
                                        if (line.match(regex)) {
                                                output_editor.appendLine(line)
                                }
                                }      
                        }
        }
}

function ask_pattern() {
   dialog = new Packages.org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.InputDialog(
          window.getShell(), 
          "Regular expresion to match",
          "Expresion to match?",
          ".*", null)
   result = dialog.open()
   if (result == Packages.org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.OK) {
       return dialog.getValue();
   }
}

Comment:
Find expression and copy to new editor.

Tags:
selection expression editor find copy