[jQuery] Re: Anyway to highlight words accents-insensitive?

[Alex Tercete]

So, I tried something similar to what I had in mind and was able to
get it working. I'll put it here in case anyone wants it:

#####  ORIGINAL CODE  #####
highlight: function(value, term) {
        return value.replace(new RegExp("(?![^&;]+;)(?!<[^<>]*)(" +
term.replace(/([\^\$\(\)\[\]\{\}\*\.\+\?\|\\])/gi, "\\$1") + ")(?![^<>]
*>)(?![^&;]+;)", "gi"), "<strong>$1</strong>");
}

#####  MODIFIED CODE WITH ACCENTS-INSENSITIVE SUPPORT  #####
highlight : function(value, term)
{
        // Strip accents from 'term' for an accents-insensitive search
        term = stripAccents(term);

        var value_no_accents = stripAccents(value);
        var everything_except_term = value_no_accents.split(new RegExp(term,
"gi"));
        var highlighted_value = '';
        var current_position = 0;

        for (var n in everything_except_term)
        {
                // Get the part with accents, since they were stripped to make 
the
comparisson using RegExp, and add it to the final value
                var part_no_accents = everything_except_term[n];
                var part = value.substr(current_position,
part_no_accents.length);  //--- this one with accents!!!
                highlighted_value += part;

                // Add the part length to the current position
                current_position += part.length;

                // If its not the last part, add the accented and highlighted 
term
to the final value
                if (n < everything_except_term.length - 1)
                {
                        // Get the term with the original accentuation and add 
it
highlighted to the final value
                        var termo_local = value.substr(current_position, 
term.length);
                        highlighted_value += "<strong>" + termo_local + 
"</strong>";

                        // Update the current position
                        current_position += term.length;
                }
        }

        return highlighted_value;
}

Where the function to strip accents (Credits: 
http://scripterlative.com/?noaccent)
is:

function stripAccents(str)
{
        var rExps=[
        {re:/[\xC0-\xC6]/g, ch:'A'},
        {re:/[\xE0-\xE6]/g, ch:'a'},
        {re:/[\xC8-\xCB]/g, ch:'E'},
        {re:/[\xE8-\xEB]/g, ch:'e'},
        {re:/[\xCC-\xCF]/g, ch:'I'},
        {re:/[\xEC-\xEF]/g, ch:'i'},
        {re:/[\xD2-\xD6]/g, ch:'O'},
        {re:/[\xF2-\xF6]/g, ch:'o'},
        {re:/[\xD9-\xDC]/g, ch:'U'},
        {re:/[\xF9-\xFC]/g, ch:'u'},
        {re:/[\xD1]/g, ch:'N'},
        {re:/[\xF1]/g, ch:'n'} ];

        for(var i=0, len=rExps.length; i<len; i++)
                str=str.replace(rExps[i].re, rExps[i].ch);

        return str;
}

I'll send and e-mail to the plugin creator suggesting the inclusion of
an "ignoreAccents" option, which would toggle beetwen the original and
the modified code.

That's it. Thanks again for the help!