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diff --git a/doc/regsub.n b/doc/regsub.n
index b895bdb..4217bd1 100644
--- a/doc/regsub.n
+++ b/doc/regsub.n
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
'\"
'\" Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California.
'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+'\" Copyright (c) 2000 Scriptics Corporation.
'\"
'\" 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 1.4 1999/09/21 04:20:36 hobbs Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: regsub.n,v 1.5 2000/05/18 21:37:07 hobbs Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH regsub n 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -55,6 +56,31 @@ matching range is found and substituted.
If \fB\-all\fR is specified, then ``&'' and ``\e\fIn\fR''
sequences are handled for each substitution using the information
from the corresponding match.
+.TP 15
+\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).
+.TP 15
+\fB\-line\fR
+Enables newline-sensitive matching. By default, newline is a
+completely ordinary character with no special meaning. With this
+flag, `[^' bracket expressions and `.' never match newline, `^'
+matches an empty string after any newline in addition to its normal
+function, and `$' matches an empty string before any newline in
+addition to its normal function. This flag is equivalent to
+specifying both \fB\-linestop\fR and \fB\-lineanchor\fR, or the
+\fB(?n)\fR embedded option (see METASYNTAX, below).
+.TP 15
+\fB\-linestop\fR
+Changes the behavior of `[^' bracket expressions and `.' so that they
+stop at newlines. This is the same as specifying the \fB(?p)\fR
+embedded option (see METASYNTAX, below).
+.TP 15
+\fB\-lineanchor\fR
+Changes the behavior of `^' and `$' (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).
.TP 10
\fB\-nocase\fR
Upper-case characters in \fIstring\fR will be converted to lower-case
@@ -66,9 +92,7 @@ by \fIsubSpec\fR use the original unconverted form of \fIstring\fR.
Specifies a character index offset into the string to start
matching the regular expression at. When using this switch, `^'
will not match the beginning of the line, and \\A will still
-match the start of the string at \fIindex\fR. If \fB\-indices\fR
-is specified, the indices will be indexed starting from the
-absolute beginning of the input string.
+match the start of the string at \fIindex\fR.
\fIindex\fR will be constrained to the bounds of the input string.
.VE 8.3
.TP 10