core: add "POSIX extended" in description of options/commands/functions using regular expressions

5 files changed, 33 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/src/core/wee-command.c b/src/core/wee-command.c
index 1f64ba6cd..97453b877 100644
--- a/src/core/wee-command.c
+++ b/src/core/wee-command.c
@@ -6515,8 +6515,8 @@ command_init ()
                      "                <   less\n"
                      "                >=  greater or equal\n"
                      "                >   greater\n"
-                     "                =~  is matching regex\n"
-                     "                !~  is NOT matching regex\n\n"
+                     "                =~  is matching POSIX extended regex\n"
+                     "                !~  is NOT matching POSIX extended regex\n\n"
                      "An expression is considered as \"true\" if it is not NULL, "
                      "not empty, and different from \"0\".\n"
                      "The comparison is made using integers if the two "
@@ -6594,9 +6594,10 @@ command_init ()
                      "         - logical \"and\": use \"+\" between tags (for "
                      "example: \"nick_toto+irc_action\")\n"
                      "         - tags can start or end with '*'\n"
-                     "  regex: regular expression to search in line\n"
-                     "         - use '\\t' to separate prefix from message, special "
-                     "chars like '|' must be escaped: '\\|'\n"
+                     "  regex: POSIX extended regular expression to search in "
+                     "line\n"
+                     "         - use '\\t' to separate prefix from message, "
+                     "special chars like '|' must be escaped: '\\|'\n"
                      "         - if regex starts with '!', then matching "
                      "result is reversed (use '\\!' to start with '!')\n"
                      "         - two regular expressions are created: one for "
diff --git a/src/core/wee-config.c b/src/core/wee-config.c
index b91e89d03..34ded8019 100644
--- a/src/core/wee-config.c
+++ b/src/core/wee-config.c
@@ -2071,8 +2071,8 @@ config_weechat_init_options ()
     config_look_buffer_search_regex = config_file_new_option (
         weechat_config_file, ptr_section,
         "buffer_search_regex", "boolean",
-        N_("default text search in buffer: if enabled, search regular expression, "
-           "otherwise search simple string"),
+        N_("default text search in buffer: if enabled, search POSIX extended "
+           "regular expression, otherwise search simple string"),
         NULL, 0, 0, "off", NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
     config_look_buffer_search_where = config_file_new_option (
         weechat_config_file, ptr_section,
@@ -2224,11 +2224,12 @@ config_weechat_init_options ()
     config_look_highlight_regex = config_file_new_option (
         weechat_config_file, ptr_section,
         "highlight_regex", "string",
-        N_("regular expression used to check if a message has highlight or not, "
-           "at least one match in string must be surrounded by word chars "
-            "(alphanumeric, \"-\", \"_\" or \"|\"), regular expression is case "
-           "insensitive (use \"(?-i)\" at beginning to make it case sensitive), "
-           "examples: \"flashcode|flashy\", \"(?-i)FlashCode|flashy\""),
+        N_("POSIX extended regular expression used to check if a message has "
+           "highlight or not, at least one match in string must be surrounded "
+           "by word chars (alphanumeric, \"-\", \"_\" or \"|\"), regular "
+           "expression is case insensitive (use \"(?-i)\" at beginning to make "
+           "it case sensitive), examples: \"flashcode|flashy\", "
+           "\"(?-i)FlashCode|flashy\""),
         NULL, 0, 0, "", NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, &config_change_highlight_regex, NULL, NULL, NULL);
     config_look_highlight_tags = config_file_new_option (
         weechat_config_file, ptr_section,
diff --git a/src/plugins/irc/irc-command.c b/src/plugins/irc/irc-command.c
index 82b5cd4fa..92601bb05 100644
--- a/src/plugins/irc/irc-command.c
+++ b/src/plugins/irc/irc-command.c
@@ -5977,9 +5977,10 @@ irc_command_init ()
                              " || del <number>|-all"),
                           N_("     list: list all ignores\n"
                              "      add: add an ignore\n"
-                             "     nick: nick or hostname (can be regular "
-                             "expression if \"re:\" is given or a mask using "
-                              "\"*\" to replace one or more chars)\n"
+                             "     nick: nick or hostname (can be a POSIX "
+                             "extended regular expression if \"re:\" is given "
+                             "or a mask using \"*\" to replace one or more "
+                             "chars)\n"
                              "      del: delete an ignore\n"
                              "   number: number of ignore to delete (look at "
                              "list to find it)\n"
@@ -6079,9 +6080,9 @@ irc_command_init ()
                              "[-re <regex>]"),
                           N_("channel: channel to list\n"
                              " server: server name\n"
-                             "  regex: regular expression used to filter "
-                             "results (case insensitive, can start by \"(?-i)\" "
-                             "to become case sensitive)\n\n"
+                             "  regex: POSIX extended regular expression used "
+                             "to filter results (case insensitive, can start "
+                             "by \"(?-i)\" to become case sensitive)\n\n"
                              "Examples:\n"
                              "  list all channels on server (can be very slow "
                              "on large networks):\n"
diff --git a/src/plugins/relay/relay-config.c b/src/plugins/relay/relay-config.c
index 7b60bc40e..e0e46cbe1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/relay/relay-config.c
+++ b/src/plugins/relay/relay-config.c
@@ -588,10 +588,11 @@ relay_config_init ()
     relay_config_network_allowed_ips = weechat_config_new_option (
         relay_config_file, ptr_section,
         "allowed_ips", "string",
-        N_("regular expression with IPs allowed to use relay (case insensitive, "
-           "use \"(?-i)\" at beginning to make it case sensitive); if IPv6 is "
-           "enabled and that connection is made using IPv4, it will be "
-           "IPv4-mapped IPv6 address (like: \"::ffff:127.0.0.1\"), example: "
+        N_("POSIX extended regular expression with IPs allowed to use relay "
+           "(case insensitive, use \"(?-i)\" at beginning to make it case "
+           "sensitive); if IPv6 is enabled and that connection is made using "
+           "IPv4, it will be IPv4-mapped IPv6 address (like: "
+           "\"::ffff:127.0.0.1\"), example: "
            "\"^((::ffff:)?123.45.67.89|192.160.*)$\""),
         NULL, 0, 0, "", NULL, 0, NULL, NULL,
         &relay_config_change_network_allowed_ips, NULL, NULL, NULL);
@@ -642,9 +643,10 @@ relay_config_init ()
     relay_config_network_websocket_allowed_origins = weechat_config_new_option (
         relay_config_file, ptr_section,
         "websocket_allowed_origins", "string",
-        N_("regular expression with origins allowed in websockets (case "
-           "insensitive, use \"(?-i)\" at beginning to make it case sensitive), "
-           "example: \"^http://(www\\.)?example\\.(com|org)\""),
+        N_("POSIX extended regular expression with origins allowed in "
+           "websockets (case insensitive, use \"(?-i)\" at beginning to make "
+           "it case sensitive), example: "
+           "\"^http://(www\\.)?example\\.(com|org)\""),
         NULL, 0, 0, "", NULL, 0, NULL, NULL,
         &relay_config_change_network_websocket_allowed_origins, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/rmodifier/rmodifier-command.c b/src/plugins/rmodifier/rmodifier-command.c
index 421d7170f..bb3eeccf4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/rmodifier/rmodifier-command.c
+++ b/src/plugins/rmodifier/rmodifier-command.c
@@ -256,8 +256,9 @@ rmodifier_command_init ()
                              "expression (inside parentheses): comma separated "
                              "list of groups (from 1 to 9) with optional \"*\" "
                              "after number to hide the group\n"
-                             "      regex: regular expression (case insensitive, "
-                             "can start by \"(?-i)\" to become case sensitive)\n"
+                             "      regex: POSIX extended regular expression "
+                             "(case insensitive, can start by \"(?-i)\" to "
+                             "become case sensitive)\n"
                              "        del: delete a rmodifier\n"
                              "       -all: delete all rmodifiers\n"
                              "    missing: add missing rmodifiers\n"