Feature request - inverse filters

[Deleted user]

This is probably a niche feature and IDK how feasible it is but some boards I only go to for a couple of threads, with the rest of the threads being things I either don't care about or actively don't like. I think it would be cool to be able to filter everything except threads that match a topic. I can currently somewhat do it with

^(?!(.|\n)*(test1|test2|test3))

however this is very slow and only allows filtering one field at once, otherwise it just filters everything because even if it matches in the subject it gets filtered out in the comment or vice versa.

[Deleted user]

Dashchan/src/com/mishiranu/dashchan/content/HidePerformer.java

Lines 127 to 176 in b78d82b

	String result;
	// OR selection (hide if subject, comment, or name match the rule)
	if (autohideItem.optionSubject) {
	if (subject == null) {
	subject = postItem.getSubject();
	}
	if ((result = autohideItem.find(subject)) != null) {
	return autohideItem.getReason(AutohideStorage.AutohideItem
	.ReasonSource.SUBJECT, comment, result);
	}
	}
	if (autohideItem.optionComment) {
	if (comment == null) {
	comment = postItem.getComment(chan).toString();
	}
	if ((result = autohideItem.find(comment)) != null) {
	return autohideItem.getReason(AutohideStorage.AutohideItem
	.ReasonSource.COMMENT, comment, result);
	}
	}
	if (autohideItem.optionName) {
	if (names == null) {
	String name = postItem.getFullName(chan).toString();
	List<Post.Icon> icons = postItem.getIcons();
	if (!icons.isEmpty()) {
	names = new ArrayList<>(1 + icons.size());
	names.add(name);
	for (Post.Icon icon : icons) {
	names.add(icon.title);
	}
	} else {
	names = Collections.singletonList(name);
	}
	}
	for (String name : names) {
	if ((result = autohideItem.find(name)) != null) {
	return autohideItem.getReason(AutohideStorage.AutohideItem
	.ReasonSource.NAME, name, result);
	}
	}
	}
	if (autohideItem.optionFileName && postItem.hasAttachments()) {
	for (AttachmentItem attachmentItem : postItem.getAttachmentItems()) {
	String originalName = StringUtils.emptyIfNull(attachmentItem.getOriginalName());
	if ((result = autohideItem.find(originalName)) != null) {
	return autohideItem.getReason(AutohideStorage.AutohideItem
	.ReasonSource.FILE, originalName, result);
	}
	}
	}

I'm sure this solution isn't optimised, but changing this snippet to

String result;
String finalSearch = "";
String reason = "";
// OR selection (hide if subject, comment, or name match the rule)
if (autohideItem.optionSubject) {
	if (subject == null) {
		subject = postItem.getSubject();
		finalSearch += subject + "\n";
	}
	if ((result = autohideItem.find(subject)) != null) {
		reason = autohideItem.getReason(AutohideStorage.AutohideItem
				.ReasonSource.SUBJECT, comment, result);
	}
}
if (autohideItem.optionComment) {
	if (comment == null) {
		comment = postItem.getComment(chan).toString();
		finalSearch += comment + "\n";
	}
	if ((result = autohideItem.find(comment)) != null) {
		reason = autohideItem.getReason(AutohideStorage.AutohideItem
				.ReasonSource.COMMENT, comment, result);
	}
}
if (autohideItem.optionName) {
	if (names == null) {
		String name = postItem.getFullName(chan).toString();
		List<Post.Icon> icons = postItem.getIcons();
		if (!icons.isEmpty()) {
			names = new ArrayList<>(1 + icons.size());
			names.add(name);
			for (Post.Icon icon : icons) {
				names.add(icon.title);
			}
		} else {
			names = Collections.singletonList(name);
		}
	}
	for (String name : names) {
		finalSearch += name + "\n";
		if ((result = autohideItem.find(name)) != null) {
			reason = autohideItem.getReason(AutohideStorage.AutohideItem
					.ReasonSource.NAME, name, result);
		}
	}
}
if (autohideItem.optionFileName && postItem.hasAttachments()) {
	for (AttachmentItem attachmentItem : postItem.getAttachmentItems()) {
		String originalName = StringUtils.emptyIfNull(attachmentItem.getOriginalName());
		originalName += subject + "\n";
		if ((result = autohideItem.find(originalName)) != null) {
			reason = autohideItem.getReason(AutohideStorage.AutohideItem
					.ReasonSource.FILE, originalName, result);
		}
	}
}
if (autohideItem.find(finalSearch) != null) {
	return reason;
}

allows the filter to work across multiple fields however is so slow it effectively crashes when actually loading a board where the majority of posts are filtered (although this behaviour happens even when using the filter on just one field currently as well).