Rx lib

Visual Studio Code extension to create library of reusable sed-style regular expressions.

Features

Open the Command Palette (ctrl/cmd + shift + P) and start typing in "rxl" to see the commands available. The available commands are:

Add new regex: add a new regex to the workspace or globally
Remove regex: remove a saved regex
Apply regex: apply regex, substitution regexes will be applied in the current editor, find regexes will open the find dialog.
Regex format is sed, i.e. s/foo/bar/gi for substitution and /foo/gi for find (like sed any non-whitespace/non-alphanum delimiters are supported).
Uses the JavaScript regex engine, i.e. permitted flags are the JavaScript ones, groups are referenced by $1 etc.

Use Rx lib: Add regex/Rx lib: Remove regex from the command palette (ctrl+shift+p).

Edit saved regexes in User settings (JSON).

"rxl": {
  "Unbold": {
    "pattern": "s/\\*\\*(.*?)\\*\\*/$1/g",
  }
}

Bind keyboard shortcuts to saved regexes in Keyboad shortcuts (JSON):

{
  "key": "shift+ctrl+alt+u",
  "command": "rxl.apply",
  "args": {
    "regex": "Unbold"
  }
}

key: Label for regex, will be shown in menus.

pattern: sed style regex, NOTE: \ needs to be escaped when editing directly in the JSON.