No regex for text manipulation

[Endercraft]

Is it possible to add the "Plain text (no regex)" option for each text manipulation currently using regex ?

 

[sampleuserhere]

It should be very possible, replace() function in Java accepts regular text, while replaceAll() accepts regex.

For further context.

Difference between String replace() and replaceAll()

What's the difference between java.lang.String 's replace() and replaceAll() methods, other than the latter uses regex? For simple substitutions like, replace . with /, is there any difference?

stackoverflow.com

You can somewhat replicate this by escaping all the special characters with Text Manipulation > Replace All.

Match the following regexp.

[\$\?\^\\\|\[\]\{\}\(\)\*\+\.]

Then replace the match with \\$0.

 

[Endercraft]

I know I can do that but it gets annoying and users that don't know about regex may not be able to use the actions and not understand why.

 

[sampleuserhere]

That's true.

I put that one down as a pointer, I'd say it's wise to leave alternative while waiting for implementation.