About config display option and regex filters

[aborruso]

Hi,
in my config file I have

options.disp_float_fmt = '{:,.02f}'
options.disp_int_fmt = '{:,}'

And when I open this

{"name": "andy","value":10245888888}
{"name": "saul","value":10245}

I have

If I run a regex filter to find all rows in value that contain 8888 I have no result.
To have some result I need to apply a right regular expression for what I see, and not for the value contained in the cells.
I must use 8,888.

I had never noticed this, and I discovered it because I was going crazy trying to figure out why the regex was not working.
Is this the intended behavior? I'm sure it is.

Couldn't this thing become a boolean configuration parameter? And leave it up to the user if he or she wants regexes to apply to what he/she sees and not to cell values.

And wouldn't it be a good idea to emphasize the actual behavior in the documentation? "Dear user, please note, regex filters are applied to the value as it is formatted."

Best regards,

Andrea

[aborruso]

What about this my dear @saulpw ?

[aborruso]

@anjakefala Is it better to write this in the issues? Thank you

[saulpw]

Probably Issues are better for things that cause you problems, and Discussions are better for longer-form discussions with the community. I think people check Issues more frequently in general.

[saulpw]

Hi @aborruso, yes, you're right, that is how it is intended to work. We can certainly add a line to that effect to the documentation; where do you think we should put it? On the command, or on the option you have set, or somewhere else?