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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2001-11-28 13:15:29 (GMT)
committerdkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2001-11-28 13:15:29 (GMT)
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Manpage fix (RE syntax now in separate page.)
Resolves Bug486159 reported by Larry Virden.
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--doc/regexp.n11
-rw-r--r--doc/regsub.n11
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 02fcbea..7e6ff11 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-11-28 Donal K. Fellows <fellowsd@cs.man.ac.uk>
+
+ * doc/regsub.n, doc/regexp.n: Converted dangling references to
+ METASYNTAX section into references to the re_syntax manual page.
+
2001-11-27 D. Richard Hipp <drh@hwaci.com>
* win/tclWinFCmd.c: Fix a coredump in the filename normalizer
diff --git a/doc/regexp.n b/doc/regexp.n
index 2fe8546..9fea3e9 100644
--- a/doc/regexp.n
+++ b/doc/regexp.n
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: regexp.n,v 1.10 2000/09/07 14:27:50 poenitz Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: regexp.n,v 1.11 2001/11/28 13:15:31 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH regexp n 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ expression. This switch is primarily intended for debugging purposes.
\fB\-expanded\fR
Enables use of the expanded regular expression syntax where
whitespace and comments are ignored. This is the same as specifying
-the \fB(?x)\fR embedded option (see METASYNTAX, below).
+the \fB(?x)\fR embedded option (see the \fBre_syntax\fR manual page).
.TP 15
\fB\-indices\fR
Changes what is stored in the \fIsubMatchVar\fRs.
@@ -67,17 +67,18 @@ matches an empty string after any newline in addition to its normal
function, and `$' matches an empty string before any newline in
addition to its normal function. This flag is equivalent to
specifying both \fB\-linestop\fR and \fB\-lineanchor\fR, or the
-\fB(?n)\fR embedded option (see METASYNTAX, below).
+\fB(?n)\fR embedded option (see the \fBre_syntax\fR manual page).
.TP 15
\fB\-linestop\fR
Changes the behavior of `[^' bracket expressions and `.' so that they
stop at newlines. This is the same as specifying the \fB(?p)\fR
-embedded option (see METASYNTAX, below).
+embedded option (see the \fBre_syntax\fR manual page).
.TP 15
\fB\-lineanchor\fR
Changes the behavior of `^' and `$' (the ``anchors'') so they match the
beginning and end of a line respectively. This is the same as
-specifying the \fB(?w)\fR embedded option (see METASYNTAX, below).
+specifying the \fB(?w)\fR embedded option (see the \fBre_syntax\fR
+manual page).
.TP 15
\fB\-nocase\fR
Causes upper-case characters in \fIstring\fR to be treated as
diff --git a/doc/regsub.n b/doc/regsub.n
index 1d66f5d..9fe54ab 100644
--- a/doc/regsub.n
+++ b/doc/regsub.n
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: regsub.n,v 1.6 2000/09/07 14:27:50 poenitz Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: regsub.n,v 1.7 2001/11/28 13:15:31 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH regsub n 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ from the corresponding match.
\fB\-expanded\fR
Enables use of the expanded regular expression syntax where
whitespace and comments are ignored. This is the same as specifying
-the \fB(?x)\fR embedded option (see METASYNTAX, below).
+the \fB(?x)\fR embedded option (see the \fBre_syntax\fR manual page).
.TP 15
\fB\-line\fR
Enables newline-sensitive matching. By default, newline is a
@@ -70,17 +70,18 @@ matches an empty string after any newline in addition to its normal
function, and `$' matches an empty string before any newline in
addition to its normal function. This flag is equivalent to
specifying both \fB\-linestop\fR and \fB\-lineanchor\fR, or the
-\fB(?n)\fR embedded option (see METASYNTAX, below).
+\fB(?n)\fR embedded option (see the \fBre_syntax\fR manual page).
.TP 15
\fB\-linestop\fR
Changes the behavior of `[^' bracket expressions and `.' so that they
stop at newlines. This is the same as specifying the \fB(?p)\fR
-embedded option (see METASYNTAX, below).
+embedded option (see the \fBre_syntax\fR manual page).
.TP 15
\fB\-lineanchor\fR
Changes the behavior of `^' and `$' (the ``anchors'') so they match the
beginning and end of a line respectively. This is the same as
-specifying the \fB(?w)\fR embedded option (see METASYNTAX, below).
+specifying the \fB(?w)\fR embedded option (see the \fBre_syntax\fR
+manual page).
.TP 10
\fB\-nocase\fR
Upper-case characters in \fIstring\fR will be converted to lower-case