.TH "KIKI" "6" .SH "NAME" kiki \(em tool for python regular expression testing .SH "SYNOPSIS" .PP \fBkiki\fR .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP This manual page was written for the \fBDebian\fP distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. .PP A free environment for regular expression testing (ferret). It allowsyou to write regexes and test them against a sample text, providing extensive output about the results. It is useful for several purposes: .PP \- exploring and understanding the structure of match objects generated by the re module, making Kiki a valuable tool for people new to regexes. .PP \- testing regexes on sample text before deploying them in code. .SH "OPTIONS" .PP This program does not take any command line options. .SH "AUTHOR" .PP This manual page was written by Franz Pletz fpletz@franz-pletz.org for the \fBDebian\fP system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. .PP On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL. .\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Sun 07 Sep 2014, 01:22