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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/re_syntax.n | 8 |
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diff --git a/doc/re_syntax.n b/doc/re_syntax.n index 628b1bf..9a9e2b0 100644 --- a/doc/re_syntax.n +++ b/doc/re_syntax.n @@ -138,22 +138,22 @@ later, under \fBESCAPES\fR. \fB^\fR . matches at the beginning of the string or a line (according to whether -matching is line-sensitive or not, as described in \fBMATCHING\fR, +matching is newline-sensitive or not, as described in \fBMATCHING\fR, below). .TP \fB$\fR . matches at the end of the string or a line (according to whether -matching is line-sensitive or not, as described in \fBMATCHING\fR, +matching is newline-sensitive or not, as described in \fBMATCHING\fR, below). .RS .PP The difference between string and line matching modes is immaterial when the string does not contain a newline character. The \fB\eA\fR -and \fB\eZ\fR constraint escapes have a similar purpose, but are +and \fB\eZ\fR constraint escapes have a similar purpose but are always constraints for the overall string. .PP -The default line-sensitvity depends on the command that uses the +The default newline-sensitivity depends on the command that uses the regular expression, and can be overridden as described in \fBMETASYNTAX\fR, below. .RE |