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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libre.tex b/Doc/lib/libre.tex
index e6cbc55..3940dd1 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libre.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libre.tex
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ Special characters either stand for classes of ordinary characters, or
affect how the regular expressions around them are interpreted.
The special characters are:
-
-\begin{list}{}{\leftmargin 0.7in \labelwidth 0.65in}
+%
+\begin{description}
\item[\character{.}] (Dot.) In the default mode, this matches any
character except a newline. If the \constant{DOTALL} flag has been
@@ -306,14 +306,14 @@ pattern, which will match with \code{'<user@host.com>'} as well as
\code{'user@host.com'}, but not with \code{'<user@host.com'}.
\versionadded{2.4}
-\end{list}
+\end{description}
The special sequences consist of \character{\e} and a character from the
list below. If the ordinary character is not on the list, then the
resulting RE will match the second character. For example,
\regexp{\e\$} matches the character \character{\$}.
-
-\begin{list}{}{\leftmargin 0.7in \labelwidth 0.65in}
+%
+\begin{description}
\item[\code{\e \var{number}}] Matches the contents of the group of the
same number. Groups are numbered starting from 1. For example,
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ character properties database.
\item[\code{\e Z}]Matches only at the end of the string.
-\end{list}
+\end{description}
Most of the standard escapes supported by Python string literals are
also accepted by the regular expression parser: