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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1996-12-13 22:04:31 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1996-12-13 22:04:31 (GMT)
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Merged in many typo corrections and fixes to support GNU info processing; submitted by Tamito Kajiyama.
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@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@ affect how the regular expressions around them are interpreted.
The special characters are:
\begin{itemize}
-\item[\code{.}]{(Dot.) Matches any character except a newline.}
-\item[\code{\^}]{(Caret.) Matches the start of the string.}
-\item[\code{\$}]{Matches the end of the string.
+\item[\code{.}] (Dot.) Matches any character except a newline.
+\item[\code{\^}] (Caret.) Matches the start of the string.
+\item[\code{\$}] Matches the end of the string.
\code{foo} matches both 'foo' and 'foobar', while the regular
-expression '\code{foo\$}' matches only 'foo'.}
+expression '\code{foo\$}' matches only 'foo'.
\item[\code{*}] Causes the resulting RE to
match 0 or more repetitions of the preceding RE. \code{ab*} will
match 'a', 'ab', or 'a' followed by any number of 'b's.
@@ -119,48 +119,48 @@ should be doubled are indicated.
creates a regular expression that will match either A or B. This can
be used inside groups (see below) as well.
%
-\item[\code{\e( \e)}]{Indicates the start and end of a group; the
+\item[\code{\e( \e)}] Indicates the start and end of a group; the
contents of a group can be matched later in the string with the
-\code{\e \[1-9]} special sequence, described next.}
+\code{\e [1-9]} special sequence, described next.
%
{\fulllineitems\item[\code{\e \e 1, ... \e \e 7, \e 8, \e 9}]
-{Matches the contents of the group of the same
+Matches the contents of the group of the same
number. For example, \code{\e (.+\e ) \e \e 1} matches 'the the' or
'55 55', but not 'the end' (note the space after the group). This
special sequence can only be used to match one of the first 9 groups;
groups with higher numbers can be matched using the \code{\e v}
sequence. (\code{\e 8} and \code{\e 9} don't need a double backslash
-because they are not octal digits.)}}
+because they are not octal digits.)}
%
-\item[\code{\e \e b}]{Matches the empty string, but only at the
+\item[\code{\e \e b}] Matches the empty string, but only at the
beginning or end of a word. A word is defined as a sequence of
alphanumeric characters, so the end of a word is indicated by
-whitespace or a non-alphanumeric character.}
+whitespace or a non-alphanumeric character.
%
-\item[\code{\e B}]{Matches the empty string, but when it is \emph{not} at the
-beginning or end of a word.}
+\item[\code{\e B}] Matches the empty string, but when it is \emph{not} at the
+beginning or end of a word.
%
-\item[\code{\e v}]{Must be followed by a two digit decimal number, and
-matches the contents of the group of the same number. The group number must be between 1 and 99, inclusive.}
+\item[\code{\e v}] Must be followed by a two digit decimal number, and
+matches the contents of the group of the same number. The group number must be between 1 and 99, inclusive.
%
\item[\code{\e w}]Matches any alphanumeric character; this is
equivalent to the set \code{[a-zA-Z0-9]}.
%
-\item[\code{\e W}]{Matches any non-alphanumeric character; this is
-equivalent to the set \code{[\^a-zA-Z0-9]}.}
-\item[\code{\e <}]{Matches the empty string, but only at the beginning of a
+\item[\code{\e W}] Matches any non-alphanumeric character; this is
+equivalent to the set \code{[\^a-zA-Z0-9]}.
+\item[\code{\e <}] Matches the empty string, but only at the beginning of a
word. A word is defined as a sequence of alphanumeric characters, so
the end of a word is indicated by whitespace or a non-alphanumeric
-character.}
-\item[\code{\e >}]{Matches the empty string, but only at the end of a
-word.}
+character.
+\item[\code{\e >}] Matches the empty string, but only at the end of a
+word.
-\item[\code{\e \e \e \e}]{Matches a literal backslash.}
+\item[\code{\e \e \e \e}] Matches a literal backslash.
% In Emacs, the following two are start of buffer/end of buffer. In
% Python they seem to be synonyms for ^$.
-\item[\code{\e `}]{Like \code{\^}, this only matches at the start of the
-string.}
+\item[\code{\e `}] Like \code{\^}, this only matches at the start of the
+string.
\item[\code{\e \e '}] Like \code{\$}, this only matches at the end of the
string.
% end of buffer