--- mod_evhost.c.orig   2007-02-17 06:22:52.000000000 -0500
+++ mod_evhost.c        2007-05-25 15:18:57.403845000 -0400
@@ -87,9 +87,13 @@
                        s->path_pieces[s->len+1] = buffer_init();
 
                        buffer_copy_string_len(s->path_pieces[s->len],pos,ptr-pos);
+                       if(*(ptr+2) == '.') {
+                                       pos = ptr + 4;  
+                                       buffer_copy_string_len(s->path_pieces[s->len+1],ptr++,4);  
+                       } else {  
                        pos = ptr + 2;
-
                        buffer_copy_string_len(s->path_pieces[s->len+1],ptr++,2);
+                       }  
 
                        s->len += 2;
                }
@@ -287,6 +291,20 @@
                        if (*(ptr+1) == '%') {
                                /* %% */
                                BUFFER_APPEND_STRING_CONST(p->tmp_buf,"%");
+                         } else if (*(ptr+2) == '.') {
+                                /* dot notation in pattern, ie %3.1 insert 1st char of %3 */
+                                char key[3];
+                                int poffset = 0;
+                                strncpy(key, p->conf.path_pieces[i]->ptr, 2);
+                                key[2] = (char)NULL;
+                                ds = (data_string *)array_get_element(parsed_host,key,1);
+
+                                /* check if the index is outside the string, indexing starts at 1 in config */
+                                poffset = atoi(ptr+3)-1;
+
+                                if (ds != NULL && (poffset >= 0 && poffset < ds->value->used)) {
+                                               buffer_append_string_len(p->tmp_buf,ds->value->ptr+poffset, 1);
+                               }
                        } else if (NULL != (ds = (data_string *)array_get_element(parsed_host, CONST_BUF_LEN(p->conf.path_pieces[i])))) {
                                if (ds->value->used) {
                                        buffer_append_string_buffer(p->tmp_buf,ds->value);