Filtermacro parameters

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What happened to Filtermacro parameters?

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Filtername = Startwith
Search = startwith:query:
Macro = dummy<query>

In the olden days <query> was the first "word" of the search query, making the rest of the search (second "word" and onwards) a regular search.

1.4 debug log:
search 'startwith:n otepad' filter '' sort 19

1346a (happens to be the most recent portable version on my system):
search 'startwith:n otepad' filter '' sort 5 ascending 0

1373a:
search 'startwith:&PARAMSTART:n otepad&PARAMEND:' filter '' sort 0 ascending 1


1373a no longer produces results (no "notepad.exe"). This breaks a couple of filters here.
I dont mind switching to the new syntax (using $param: in the filter search), but I'm missing an easy way to still be able to use something like "$PARAM1:"and "$PARAM2:" (or "$PARAM3*" to indicate the remaining paramters).
($PARAM1 etc is just an example to show what I mean; hard to explain otherwise)


BTW: As expected, using the macro ("dummy:n otepad") still works in all cases.

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I like the idea of $param1: and $param2*:
I will consider these in a future release.



The next alpha update will add support for #param:

#param: will be replaced with the parameter text as is.

For example:

startwith:#param:

=>

startwith:n otepad

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The next alpha update will add support for #param:

EDIT:
The $param2*: idea might be useful for the ELEMENT formula and preprocessor function too.

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Everything 1.5.0.1374a adds support for #param:

#param: is replaced with the parameter text as is.

startwith:#param:
=>
startwith:n otepad