Arbitraries Seach and Highlight functions

[rdllopes]

I'd like to allow arbitraries search and highlight functions. In my specific case, I'm interested in search function that mimic TextMate "Go to File…" action.

Here, an example:

    
<script>
function mateSearch(target, query){
  regexp = query.replace(/(.)/g, "$1.*");
  return target.search(regexp);
}
function highlight(target, query, caseOpt){
  comp = target;
  if (!caseOpt) comp = comp.toLowerCase();
  result = ""
  j = 0
  for (var i=0; i < target.length; i++){
    if (comp[i]==query[j]){
      result += ""+ target[i] + "";
      j++;
    } else {
      result += target[i]
    }
  }
  result = result.replace(/<\/em>/g, "");
  return result;  
}
$("#input_names").autoSuggest(data.items, {selectedItemProp: "name", searchObjProps: "name", searchFunction: mateSearch, highlightFunction: highlight});

[wuyuntao]

Thank you very much for the code contribution. I will run through your code as soon as I get time.

[rdllopes]

Thank you in advance for your attention.