Re: regexp doc

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From: Hugh Secker-Walker
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 1990 20:36

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>>>> In message <9012111141.AA06198@media-lab.media.mit.edu>, straz@MEDIA-LAB.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Steve Strassmann) (SS) writes:

SS>>   Specifically, what's the regexp for matching "two or more newlines"?

>>>In article <4504@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl> piet@cs.ruu.nl (Piet van Oostrum) (PvO) writes:

PvO>   \n\n+ or if you write it in Lisp code "\\n\\n+"

This is incorrect on both counts.

Interactively, (e.g. in the minibuffer) the key sequence for the
regexp is  C-q C-j C-q C-j + 

In lisp code it is the string "\n\n+"

Hugh Secker-Walker
hugh@ear.mit.edu

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