When selecting messages for display in the Filtered Messages window, note that the overall filtering specified by the Filter menu does not apply to the Filtered Messages window; only the filters specified in the window will have any effect on the messages seen. Note also that only APRS Messages (prefix ":", as specified in Chapter 14 of the APRS 1.01 specification) will be seen in the window.
There are three separate filters, of which not all have to be used; any message to be displayed and logged must pass all defined filters:
Regular expressions are defined as the Java version of the POSIX.2 specification. The full capabilities defined by the java.util.regex.Pattern class may be used.
| Construct | Matches |
|---|---|
| Characters | |
| x | The character x |
| \\ | The backslash character |
| \0n | The character with octal value 0n (0 <= n <= 7) |
| \0nn | The character with octal value 0nn (0 <= n <= 7) |
| \0mnn | The character with octal value 0mnn (0 <= m <= 3, 0 <= n <= 7) |
| \xhh | The character with hexadecimal value 0xhh |
| \uhhhh | The character with hexadecimal value 0xhhhh |
| \t | The tab character ('\u0009') |
| \n | The newline (line feed) character ('\u000A') |
| \r | The carriage-return character ('\u000D') |
| \f | The form-feed character ('\u000C') |
| \a | The alert (bell) character ('\u0007') |
| \e | The escape character ('\u001B') |
| \cx | The control character corresponding to x |
| Character classes | |
| [abc] | a, b, or c (simple class) |
| [^abc] | Any character except a, b, or c (negation) |
| [a-zA-Z] | a through z or A through Z, inclusive (range) |
| [a-d[m-p]] | a through d, or m through p: [a-dm-p] (union) |
| [a-z&&[def]] | d, e, or f (intersection) |
| [a-z&&[^bc]] | a through z, except for b and c: [ad-z] (subtraction) |
| [a-z&&[^m-p]] | a through z, and not m through p: [a-lq-z](subtraction) |
| Predefined character classes | |
| . | Any character (may or may not match line terminators) |
| \d | A digit: [0-9] |
| \D | A non-digit: [^0-9] |
| \s | A whitespace character: [ \t\n\x0B\f\r] |
| \S | A non-whitespace character: [^\s] |
| \w | A word character: [a-zA-Z_0-9] |
| \W | A non-word character: [^\w] |
| POSIX character classes (US-ASCII only) | |
| \p{Lower} | A lower-case alphabetic character: [a-z] |
| \p{Upper} | An upper-case alphabetic character:[A-Z] |
| \p{ASCII} | All ASCII:[\x00-\x7F] |
| \p{Alpha} | An alphabetic character:[\p{Lower}\p{Upper}] |
| \p{Digit} | A decimal digit: [0-9] |
| \p{Alnum} | An alphanumeric character:[\p{Alpha}\p{Digit}] |
| \p{Punct} | Punctuation: One of !"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~ |
| \p{Graph} | A visible character: [\p{Alnum}\p{Punct}] |
| \p{Print} | A printable character: [\p{Graph}\x20] |
| \p{Blank} | A space or a tab: [ \t] |
| \p{Cntrl} | A control character: [\x00-\x1F\x7F] |
| \p{XDigit} | A hexadecimal digit: [0-9a-fA-F] |
| \p{Space} | A whitespace character: [ \t\n\x0B\f\r] |
| java.lang.Character classes (simple java character type) | |
| \p{javaLowerCase} | Equivalent to java.lang.Character.isLowerCase() |
| \p{javaUpperCase} | Equivalent to java.lang.Character.isUpperCase() |
| \p{javaWhitespace} | Equivalent to java.lang.Character.isWhitespace() |
| \p{javaMirrored} | Equivalent to java.lang.Character.isMirrored() |
| Classes for Unicode blocks and categories | |
| \p{InGreek} | A character in the Greek block |
| \p{Lu} | An uppercase letter |
| \p{Sc} | A currency symbol |
| \P{InGreek} | Any character except one in the Greek block (negation) |
| [\p{L}&&[^\p{Lu}]] | Any letter except an uppercase letter (subtraction) |
| Boundary matchers | |
| ^ | The beginning of a line |
| $ | The end of a line |
| \b | A word boundary |
| \B | A non-word boundary |
| \A | The beginning of the input |
| \G | The end of the previous match |
| \Z | The end of the input but for the final terminator, if any |
| \z | The end of the input |
| Greedy quantifiers | |
| X? | X, once or not at all |
| X* | X, zero or more times |
| X+ | X, one or more times |
| X{n} | X, exactly n times |
| X{n,} | X, at least n times |
| X{n,m} | X, at least n but not more than m times |
| Reluctant quantifiers | |
| X?? | X, once or not at all |
| X*? | X, zero or more times |
| X+? | X, one or more times |
| X{n}? | X, exactly n times |
| X{n,}? | X, at least n times |
| X{n,m}? | X, at least n but not more than m times |
| Possessive quantifiers | |
| X?+ | X, once or not at all |
| X*+ | X, zero or more times |
| X++ | X, one or more times |
| X{n}+ | X, exactly n times |
| X{n,}+ | X, at least n times |
| X{n,m}+ | X, at least n but not more than m times |
| Logical operators | |
| XY | X followed by Y |
| X|Y | Either X or Y |
| (X) | X, as a capturing group |
| Back references | |
| \n | Whatever the nth capturing group matched |
| Quotation | |
| \ | Nothing, but quotes the following character |
| \Q | Nothing, but quotes all characters until \E |
| \E | Nothing, but ends quoting started by \Q |
| Special constructs (non-capturing) | |
| (?:X) | X, as a non-capturing group |
| (?idmsux-idmsux) | Nothing, but turns match flags i d m s u x on - off |
| (?idmsux-idmsux:X) | X, as a non-capturing group with the given flags i d m s u x on - off |
| (?=X) | X, via zero-width positive lookahead |
| (?!X) | X, via zero-width negative lookahead |
| (?<=X) | X, via zero-width positive lookbehind |
| (?<!X) | X, via zero-width negative lookbehind |
| (?>X) | X, as an independent, non-capturing group |
The backslash character ('\') serves to introduce escaped constructs, as defined in the table above, as well as to quote characters that otherwise would be interpreted as unescaped constructs. Thus the expression \\ matches a single backslash and \{ matches a left brace.
It is an error to use a backslash prior to any alphabetic character that does not denote an escaped construct; these are reserved for future extensions to the regular-expression language. A backslash may be used prior to a non-alphabetic character regardless of whether that character is part of an unescaped construct.
As soon as a filter is changed, the changes will apply to all Messages arriving after the change; it will not retroactively affect Messages already logged.