From d16d4981d1514ceb714c35f7a7953f08f771f0fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 20:21:00 +0000
Subject: Markup nits.

---
 Doc/lib/libre.tex | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libre.tex b/Doc/lib/libre.tex
index 8f41e1a..45844e4 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libre.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libre.tex
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ while \code{"\e n"} is a one-character string containing a newline.
 Usually patterns will be expressed in Python code using this raw
 string notation.
 
-\subsection{Regular Expression Syntax}
-\label{re-syntax}
+\subsection{Regular Expression Syntax \label{re-syntax}}
 
 A regular expression (or RE) specifies a set of strings that matches
 it; the functions in this module let you check if a particular string
@@ -70,29 +69,31 @@ The special characters are:
 % define these since they're used twice:
 \newcommand{\MyLeftMargin}{0.7in}
 \newcommand{\MyLabelWidth}{0.65in}
+
 \begin{list}{}{\leftmargin \MyLeftMargin \labelwidth \MyLabelWidth}
+
 \item[\character{.}] (Dot.)  In the default mode, this matches any
 character except a newline.  If the \constant{DOTALL} flag has been
 specified, this matches any character including a newline.
-%
+
 \item[\character{\^}] (Caret.)  Matches the start of the string, and in
 \constant{MULTILINE} mode also matches immediately after each newline.
-%
+
 \item[\character{\$}] Matches the end of the string, and in
 \constant{MULTILINE} mode also matches before a newline.
 \regexp{foo} matches both 'foo' and 'foobar', while the regular
 expression \regexp{foo\$} matches only 'foo'.
-%
+
 \item[\character{*}] Causes the resulting RE to
 match 0 or more repetitions of the preceding RE, as many repetitions
 as are possible.  \regexp{ab*} will
 match 'a', 'ab', or 'a' followed by any number of 'b's.
-%
+
 \item[\character{+}] Causes the
 resulting RE to match 1 or more repetitions of the preceding RE.
 \regexp{ab+} will match 'a' followed by any non-zero number of 'b's; it
 will not match just 'a'.
-%
+
 \item[\character{?}] Causes the resulting RE to
 match 0 or 1 repetitions of the preceding RE.  \regexp{ab?} will
 match either 'a' or 'ab'.
@@ -105,24 +106,26 @@ Adding \character{?} after the qualifier makes it perform the match in
 \dfn{non-greedy} or \dfn{minimal} fashion; as \emph{few} characters as
 possible will be matched.  Using \regexp{.*?} in the previous
 expression will match only \code{'<H1>'}.
-%
+
 \item[\code{\{\var{m},\var{n}\}}] Causes the resulting RE to match from
 \var{m} to \var{n} repetitions of the preceding RE, attempting to
 match as many repetitions as possible.   For example, \regexp{a\{3,5\}}  
 will match from 3 to 5 \character{a} characters.  Omitting \var{m} is the same
 as specifying 0 for the lower bound; omitting \var{n} specifies an
 infinite upper bound. 
-%
+
 \item[\code{\{\var{m},\var{n}\}?}] Causes the resulting RE to
 match from \var{m} to \var{n} repetitions of the preceding RE,
 attempting to match as \emph{few} repetitions as possible.  This is
 the non-greedy version of the previous qualifier.  For example, on the
-6-character string \code{'aaaaaa'}, \regexp{a\{3,5\}} will match 5 \character{a}
-characters, while \regexp{a\{3,5\}?} will only match 3 characters.   
-%
-\item[\character{\e}] Either escapes special characters (permitting you to match
-characters like \character{*}, \character{?}, and so forth), or
-signals a special sequence; special sequences are discussed below.  
+6-character string \code{'aaaaaa'}, \regexp{a\{3,5\}} will match 5
+\character{a} characters, while \regexp{a\{3,5\}?} will only match 3
+characters.
+
+\item[\character{\e}] Either escapes special characters (permitting
+you to match characters like \character{*}, \character{?}, and so
+forth), or signals a special sequence; special sequences are discussed
+below.
 
 If you're not using a raw string to
 express the pattern, remember that Python also uses the
@@ -133,7 +136,7 @@ if Python would recognize the resulting sequence, the backslash should
 be repeated twice.  This is complicated and hard to understand, so
 it's highly recommended that you use raw strings for all but the
 simplest expressions.
-%
+
 \item[\code{[]}] Used to indicate a set of characters.  Characters can
 be listed individually, or a range of characters can be indicated by
 giving two characters and separating them by a \character{-}.  Special
@@ -153,28 +156,27 @@ the set.  This is indicated by including a
 simply match the \character{\^} character.  For example, \regexp{[\^5]}
 will match any character except \character{5}.
 
-%
 \item[\character{|}]\code{A|B}, where A and B can be arbitrary REs,
 creates a regular expression that will match either A or B.  This can
 be used inside groups (see below) as well.  To match a literal \character{|},
 use \regexp{\e|}, or enclose it inside a character class, as in  \regexp{[|]}.
-%
+
 \item[\code{(...)}] Matches whatever regular expression is inside the
 parentheses, and indicates the start and end of a group; the contents
 of a group can be retrieved after a match has been performed, and can
 be matched later in the string with the \regexp{\e \var{number}} special
-sequence, described below.  To match the literals \character{(} or \character{')}, 
-use \regexp{\e(} or \regexp{\e)}, or enclose them inside a character
-class: \regexp{[(] [)]}.
-%
-\item[\code{(?...)}] This is an extension notation (a \character{?} following a
-\character{(} is not meaningful otherwise).  The first character after
-the \character{?} 
+sequence, described below.  To match the literals \character{(} or
+\character{')}, use \regexp{\e(} or \regexp{\e)}, or enclose them
+inside a character class: \regexp{[(] [)]}.
+
+\item[\code{(?...)}] This is an extension notation (a \character{?}
+following a \character{(} is not meaningful otherwise).  The first
+character after the \character{?} 
 determines what the meaning and further syntax of the construct is.
 Extensions usually do not create a new group;
 \regexp{(?P<\var{name}>...)} is the only exception to this rule.
 Following are the currently supported extensions.
-%
+
 \item[\code{(?iLmsx)}] (One or more letters from the set \character{i},
 \character{L}, \character{m}, \character{s}, \character{x}.)  The group matches
 the empty string; the letters set the corresponding flags
@@ -182,13 +184,13 @@ the empty string; the letters set the corresponding flags
 \constant{re.X}) for the entire regular expression.  This is useful if
 you wish to include the flags as part of the regular expression, instead
 of passing a \var{flag} argument to the \function{compile()} function. 
-%
+
 \item[\code{(?:...)}] A non-grouping version of regular parentheses.
 Matches whatever regular expression is inside the parentheses, but the
 substring matched by the 
 group \emph{cannot} be retrieved after performing a match or
 referenced later in the pattern. 
-%
+
 \item[\code{(?P<\var{name}>...)}] Similar to regular parentheses, but
 the substring matched by the group is accessible via the symbolic group
 name \var{name}.  Group names must be valid Python identifiers.  A
@@ -201,18 +203,18 @@ For example, if the pattern is
 name in arguments to methods of match objects, such as \code{m.group('id')}
 or \code{m.end('id')}, and also by name in pattern text
 (e.g. \regexp{(?P=id)}) and replacement text (e.g. \code{\e g<id>}).
-%
+
 \item[\code{(?P=\var{name})}] Matches whatever text was matched by the
 earlier group named \var{name}.
-%
+
 \item[\code{(?\#...)}] A comment; the contents of the parentheses are
 simply ignored.
-%
+
 \item[\code{(?=...)}] Matches if \regexp{...} matches next, but doesn't
 consume any of the string.  This is called a lookahead assertion.  For
 example, \regexp{Isaac (?=Asimov)} will match \code{'Isaac~'} only if it's
 followed by \code{'Asimov'}.
-%
+
 \item[\code{(?!...)}] Matches if \regexp{...} doesn't match next.  This
 is a negative lookahead assertion.  For example,
 \regexp{Isaac (?!Asimov)} will match \code{'Isaac~'} only if it's \emph{not}
@@ -474,8 +476,7 @@ Perform the same operation as \function{sub()}, but return a tuple
 \end{excdesc}
 
 
-\subsection{Regular Expression Objects}
-\label{re-objects}
+\subsection{Regular Expression Objects \label{re-objects}}
 
 Compiled regular expression objects support the following methods and
 attributes:
@@ -547,8 +548,7 @@ The pattern string from which the regex object was compiled.
 \end{memberdesc}
 
 
-\subsection{Match Objects}
-\label{match-objects}
+\subsection{Match Objects \label{match-objects}}
 
 \class{MatchObject} instances support the following methods and attributes:
 
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