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Article #98975Re: regexp doc
From: Piet van Oostrum
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 1990 15:47
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 1990 15:47
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>>>>> In message <9012111141.AA06198@media-lab.media.mit.edu>, straz@MEDIA-LAB.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Steve Strassmann) (SS) writes: SS> Where is the syntax for regexp strings documented? There doesn't seem SS> to be any online documentation - the info tree (C-h i) and doc (C-h f) SS> entries for replace-regexp seem like obvious places, but no dice. The menu entry Regexps has the regexp doc. File: emacs Node: Regexps, Prev: Regexp Search, Up: Search, Next: Search Case Syntax of Regular Expressions ============================= SS> Specifically, what's the regexp for matching "two or more newlines"? \n\n+ or if you write it in Lisp code "\\n\\n+" -- Piet* van Oostrum, Dept of Computer Science, Utrecht University, Padualaan 14, P.O. Box 80.089, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands. Telephone: +31 30 531806 Uucp: uunet!mcsun!ruuinf!piet Telefax: +31 30 513791 Internet: piet@cs.ruu.nl (*`Pete')
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb2f1,6561b2576b1c9717 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb2f1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-12-12 07:47:45 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.ruu.nl!piet From: piet@cs.ruu.nl (Piet van Oostrum) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Subject: Re: regexp doc Message-ID: <4504@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl> Date: 12 Dec 90 15:47:45 GMT References: <9012111141.AA06198@media-lab.media.mit.edu> Sender: daemon@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: piet@cs.ruu.nl (Piet van Oostrum) Distribution: gnu Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Lines: 22 Approved: bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu Posted: Wed Dec 12 16:47:45 1990