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-rw-r--r--doc/aerc-templates.7.scd8
-rw-r--r--lib/parse/match.go30
-rw-r--r--lib/templates/functions.go2
3 files changed, 40 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/aerc-templates.7.scd b/doc/aerc-templates.7.scd
index 7d77cd0b..401c04e7 100644
--- a/doc/aerc-templates.7.scd
+++ b/doc/aerc-templates.7.scd
@@ -384,6 +384,14 @@ aerc provides the following additional functions:
X-Mailer: aerc {{version}}
```
+*match*
+ Check if a string matches a regular expression. This is intended for
+ use in conditional control flow:
+
+ ```
+ {{if match .Subject `^(\[[\w-]+\]\s*)?\[(RFC )?PATCH`}}{{.Style .Subject "cyan"}}{{else}}{{.Subject}}{{end}}
+ ```
+
*Function chaining*
All of the template functions can be chained together if needed.
diff --git a/lib/parse/match.go b/lib/parse/match.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac43673e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/parse/match.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package parse
+
+import (
+ "regexp"
+ "sync"
+
+ "git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/log"
+)
+
+var reCache sync.Map
+
+// Check if a string matches the specified regular expression.
+// The regexp is compiled only once and stored in a cache for future use.
+func MatchCache(s, expr string) bool {
+ var re interface{}
+ var found bool
+
+ if re, found = reCache.Load(expr); !found {
+ var err error
+ re, err = regexp.Compile(expr)
+ if err != nil {
+ log.Errorf("`%s` invalid regexp: %s", expr, err)
+ }
+ reCache.Store(expr, re)
+ }
+ if re, ok := re.(*regexp.Regexp); ok && re != nil {
+ return re.MatchString(s)
+ }
+ return false
+}
diff --git a/lib/templates/functions.go b/lib/templates/functions.go
index 1cbdc85d..8bd8f37b 100644
--- a/lib/templates/functions.go
+++ b/lib/templates/functions.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
"time"
"git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/lib/format"
+ "git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/lib/parse"
"github.com/emersion/go-message/mail"
)
@@ -271,4 +272,5 @@ var templateFuncs = template.FuncMap{
"join": join,
"trimSignature": trimSignature,
"compactDir": compactDir,
+ "match": parse.MatchCache,
}