[request] Add a Directory search option to the Pattern search (findAny() ???)

[janet]

Working on a set of tests that function x-platform using Sikuli-1.0 RC2.
Currently I divide my search images by os (Images, Images_win, Images_osx, Images_lin), and depending on the platform specify Images, and Images_plat as my search directories.

What would be super useful would be that instead of Pattern(file.png) searching for only a specific file, if you could specify a directory name Pattern(some_image_dir) which Sikuli would search for any match in that directory.

That would simplify searching images that may vary slightly across OS versions or states such as selected.

Ex:

So if I have the directory Images_win in my search path:

Images_win/button_feedback/button_feedback_xp.png
Images_win/button_feedback/button_feedback_vista.png
Images_win/button_feedback/button_feedback_win7.png
Images_win/button_feedback/feedback.png

In my test case I specify:
 find(Pattern("button_feedback"))

Sikuli searches for each image in the directory until it finds a match.

[Tsung-Hsiang Chang (vgod)]

addImagePath is what you are looking for.
http://sikuli.org/docx/globals.html?highlight=addimagepath#addImagePath

[janet (jed-pculture)]

I disagree. I use addImagePath for the main directories I use for searching, but I really want something more transient so that I can specify something on-the-fly, and Sikuli will know to try to match anything that's in that directory, regardless of it's name.

ex: I specify directory("A"), and the first match of the directory contents, A/a.png, A/ab.png, or A/ac.png, or A/monkey.png is considered a match.

With addImagePath: The first image file with a matching image name is used, so I'm still required to specify a specific file name.