5 files changed, 23 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/kaddressbook/kaddressbookview.cpp b/kaddressbook/kaddressbookview.cpp
index 424d52a..09859c2 100644
--- a/kaddressbook/kaddressbookview.cpp
+++ b/kaddressbook/kaddressbookview.cpp
@@ -51,4 +51,20 @@ KAddressBookView::~KAddressBookView()
 {
-  kdDebug(5720) << "KAddressBookView::~KAddressBookView: destroying - "
-                << name() << endl;
+ 
+}
+
+QRegExp KAddressBookView::getRegExp( const QString s )
+{
+    QRegExp re;
+    
+    if ( s.length() == 3  && s.mid(1,1) == "-" ) {
+        QString pattern = "^[" + s.lower() +"]";
+        re.setCaseSensitive(false);
+        re.setPattern( pattern );
+    } else {
+        QString pattern = s.lower()+"*";
+        re.setWildcard(true); // most people understand these better.
+        re.setCaseSensitive(false);
+        re.setPattern( pattern );
+    }
+    return re;
 }
diff --git a/kaddressbook/kaddressbookview.h b/kaddressbook/kaddressbookview.h
index 8f31910..6bbb9c2 100644
--- a/kaddressbook/kaddressbookview.h
+++ b/kaddressbook/kaddressbookview.h
@@ -36,2 +36,3 @@ class QDropEvent;
 #include <qwidget.h>
+#include <qregexp.h>
 
@@ -247,2 +248,3 @@ class KAddressBookView : public QWidget
     QWidget *viewWidget();
+    QRegExp getRegExp( const QString );
 
diff --git a/kaddressbook/views/kaddressbookcardview.cpp b/kaddressbook/views/kaddressbookcardview.cpp
index 9d8c5ce..2b40909 100644
--- a/kaddressbook/views/kaddressbookcardview.cpp
+++ b/kaddressbook/views/kaddressbookcardview.cpp
@@ -302,7 +302,3 @@ void KAddressBookCardView::doSearch( const QString&  s,KABC::Field *field  )
     }  
-    QString pattern = s.lower()+"*";
-    QRegExp re;
-    re.setWildcard(true); // most people understand these better.
-    re.setCaseSensitive(false);
-    re.setPattern( pattern );
+    QRegExp re = getRegExp( s );
     if (!re.isValid())
diff --git a/kaddressbook/views/kaddressbookiconview.cpp b/kaddressbook/views/kaddressbookiconview.cpp
index fb53215..3bdfd1a 100644
--- a/kaddressbook/views/kaddressbookiconview.cpp
+++ b/kaddressbook/views/kaddressbookiconview.cpp
@@ -261,7 +261,3 @@ void KAddressBookIconView::doSearch( const QString&  s ,KABC::Field *field )
     }  
-    QString pattern = s.lower()+"*";
-    QRegExp re;
-    re.setWildcard(true); // most people understand these better.
-    re.setCaseSensitive(false);
-    re.setPattern( pattern );
+    QRegExp re = getRegExp( s );
     if (!re.isValid())
diff --git a/kaddressbook/views/kaddressbooktableview.cpp b/kaddressbook/views/kaddressbooktableview.cpp
index b73ceaa..f4b008c 100644
--- a/kaddressbook/views/kaddressbooktableview.cpp
+++ b/kaddressbook/views/kaddressbooktableview.cpp
@@ -145,7 +145,3 @@ void KAddressBookTableView::doSearch( const QString&  s, KABC::Field *field  )
     }  
-    QString pattern = s.lower()+"*";
-    QRegExp re;
-    re.setWildcard(true); // most people understand these better.
-    re.setCaseSensitive(false);
-    re.setPattern( pattern );
+    QRegExp re = getRegExp( s );
     if (!re.isValid())