added wildcard (*?) support

grum/dictlist/dictlist.py

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import fnmatch
+import re
+
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QWidget, QVBoxLayout
 
 from .dictlistwidget import DictListWidget
@@ -31,11 +34,26 @@ class DictList(QWidget):
 
 
     def hide_not_matching(self, pattern):
-        pattern = pattern.casefold()
+        g = Globber(pattern)
         for name, itm in self.lst.items.items():
-            name = name.casefold()
-            state = (pattern not in name)
-            itm.setHidden(state)
+            state = g.match(name)
+            itm.setHidden(not state)
+
+
+
+class Globber:
+
+    def __init__(self, pattern):
+        pattern = pattern.casefold()
+        pattern = "*" + pattern + "*"
+        regex = fnmatch.translate(pattern)
+        self.pattern = re.compile(regex)
+
+    def match(self, string):
+        string = string.casefold()
+        matches = self.pattern.match(string)
+        state = bool(matches)
+        return state