More filters example for selfoss ?

[otyugh]

Hey !
Lately I just saw that my filters... Didn't work ! I piled them for a month to see that they weren't operant >_<

I tried to follow the instructions from https://selfoss.aditu.de/docs/usage/filters/

preceded by an exclamation mark (!). It will only keep items would not be kept by the filter after the exclamation mark.

Here attempts that aren't effective

Trying to remove all article containing the word "Foo" or "Bar" :
content:/Foo|Bar/!

Should I write it like this ?
content:/Foo!|Bar!/

If I wanted to filter "Foo!" should I write it like this ?
content:/Foo\!!/

Thanks ! (Even better would be a "preview" of what the filter does applied to current feed showing in red/green the ones that were tagged for removal/whitelist but I feel this mlight be overly complicated to do)

[jtojnar]

The proper syntax is !content:/Foo|Bar/ – the exclamation mark should precede the field-specific filter.

See the test suite for all relevant combinations:

selfoss/tests/Helpers/FilterTest.php

Line 304 in c01ac87

'!content:/(?i)reg(ular expression|exp)/',

Also note that this feature requires selfoss 2.20 (development build at this time).

There is no need to escape ! as it does not have special meaning in regexp.

Preview is on my to-do list but it needs some UX design so it will be a while until I find time to get around to it.

[otyugh]

Thanks ! I totally misread ! T_T

Also note that this feature requires selfoss 2.20 (development build at this time).

May do that at some point then.

• where is written the version number in fossar ?
• can I upgrade it by conserving the feeds or am I to start from scratch each time ? (retro compatibility ?)

[jtojnar]

There is SELFOSS_VERSION in src/constants.php. Previously, we had it in the UI but it was noisy there looking for a place to put it back.

All selfoss versions should be backwards compatible with regards to database contents. Newer versions will migrate the database schema as needed. If it does not work it will be considered a serious bug.

However, you should always backup your database prior to updating since, as with all software, bugs may occasionally sneak in. Also selfoss currently does not ensure forwards compatibility of the database schema, so if you decide to go back to old version, the already migrated database schema might not be supported.

Also note the software is named selfoss after an Icelandic waterfall. fossar is just the GitHub organisation (the word is plural for waterfalls in Icelandic).