[LM21+Bulky2.5] - Unusable due to weird renaming behavior

[oleole39]

Linux Mint 21 Cinnamon "Vanessa"
Bulky 2.5

Since some time (maybe some update I can't trace back), Bulky has become unusable with strange patterns (or have I missed something?)

[kmkom]

Both effects are based on a change in the re engine in Python starting from Python 3.7.
While the behavior is unexpected, it is actually correct.
There was a discussion about this here: (python/cpython#76489)

So, when using regular expressions, use a search pattern like .+ or ^.*
In the pull request, I ignored empty search strings, which should fix the other problem.

[oleole39]

While the behavior is unexpected, it is actually correct.
So, when using regular expressions, use a search pattern like .+ or ^.* In the pull request, I ignored empty search strings, which should fix the other problem.

Thanks for explaining, I now get how this is expected for my second example.

As for the first example I still find that as such the UX is not so good - in this case I would rather expect Bulky to:

1. replace the full filename with the replace field's content;
2. OR do nothing (what you went for in your pending PR if I got it well!).