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    regex content between multiple tags

    mikuro, you rock my world! thank you so much for your explanation. you make regex sound beautiful! :) all best, tench
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    regex content between multiple tags

    i have an xml segment which looks like this: <s xml:id="X">Some text.</s><s xml:id="Y">Some other text.</s><s xml:id="Z">Some other text.</s> I am new to regular expressions, but I would like to match the text between s tags. I've tried with: (<s.+>).+</s> which is a good...
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    safari vs. firefox on javascript window.event

    i don't know what i'm going wrong -- my code works in safari, but not in firefox. i was wondering if someobdy could help me track down the problem. i have a function which ought to split normal clicks from alt-clicks.. and process them differently. fine. so i have something like <a...
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    how to import rss feeds from netnewswire into safari

    thanks guys. i was really excited about rss in safari, but now i realize i will have to stick with netnewswire. if only could safari keep track of the feeds i've already read, it would be great... tench
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    how to import rss feeds from netnewswire into safari

    how can one import all of one's rss feeds from netnewswire into safari? tench
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    what to do when mail import hangs

    mail 2 is importing my old messages, it starts ok, but then it hangs on "imported 597 of 6563 messages". it can't get beyond this point, and the time remaining simply starts increasing (now it's up to 8 hours!) i saw another thread here about how to import manually -- but that is for those...
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    Amazon's A9 interface

    hi, i've been looking for a detailed explanation/deconstruction of amazon's search portal www.a9.com but couldn't find it. Does anybody know if it has been analysed? I can see that it's javascript based, but i'd like to learn more. i very much like the slidable columns and optional...
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    windows XP in virtual pc does NOT connect to internet

    Thanks for your response, Cheryl. Printing is a different issue, but internet should work, because VPC simply uses the Mac IP settings. It should work "out of the box" when Shared Networking is selected...
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    windows XP in virtual pc does NOT connect to internet

    HI! i've installed virtual PC with windows xp in order to be able to test web sites with internet explorer. but i can't get the windows ie to connect to the internet. i have a netgear wireless router that has filtering enabled, so i checked the MAC address of my windows machine and...
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    applescript system events broken?

    weird, weird, weird. my applescript which uses system events stopped working. i tried a newer, simpler one, only to discover that keystroking with system events now is completely on drugs -- it turns every character into an "a" except for numbers. so: display dialog "hello" -- works...
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    Panther and Britannica

    i was wondering if anybody found a solution for using britannica on panther? still the same problem, absolutely no help from britannica support... all best, tench
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    mod_rewrite and virtual hosts

    Hi guys. I am having a serious problem with mod_rewrite on OS 10.3.3 running Apache. Basically, I had a nice set up working on my web hosting provider's server, but I had to replicate the set up on my laptop in order to present it at a meeting, where no internet connection will be available...
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    applescript to close and trash topmost document

    hi, i was wondering if anybody has seen an applescript that can close the topmost file and move it to trash? i often find myself downloading a file (.pdf, .doc or .mp3), looking at it and deciding i don't need to keep it. it's a pain in the neck to have to close it manually, find it in...
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    sidebar menu that adjusts its position

    thanks a lot for that link -- i think i;ll be able to figure it out i am not actually planning to use it as a menu with links and sublinks, but as a display for an iframe which gives word definitions when the user clicks on a word in the text. i am not a heartless safari killer :) so i will...
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    sidebar menu that adjusts its position

    thanks mdkny, but that's not it. did you look at the example link i provided? the sidebar is not fixed at all: when you scroll down the page, it disappears out of your view and then it slowly slides back to its new position, which is the same distance from the viewable top of the page. so it...
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    sidebar menu that adjusts its position

    i have noticed on several websites a type of sidebar menu that adjusts its position as you scroll down the page so that it is always the same distance from the top of the page -- but it's position is not fixed... i am not very good at explaining what it is, but here's an example...
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    who's using my wireless and how to prevent it

    i'm the first one who has no idea about honeypots, so they may be way above my head (and, obviously, they have nothing to do with honey) but, on my netgear control panel, i see WEP encryption. these are my options: WEP Encryption Disable/Enable Web Key Generator Create Passphrase Web...
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    who's using my wireless and how to prevent it

    thanks guys. problem solved -- as bobw and fbp suggested in the netgear control panel -- i registered my desktop and my laptop, so they are now the only machines allowed access to the router. all best, tench
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