Re: multiline regex mode?

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 24.11.2006 um 22:14 schrieb Dieter Wilhelm:

> Just for completeness: where to look for the answer? In AWK, Perl, an
> Elisp function on the Emacs wiki?

Into this list – or its archive(s)! This kind of question was  
answered more than once. This year, last year, ... It might be time  
to put it into an FAQ or a Wiki. Hints are given in the Elisp info  
doc on Regexp (where the full description can be found):

        `.' (Period)
             is a special character that matches any single character
             except a newline.
        
        `[^ ... ]'
             A complemented character alternative can match a newline,
             unless newline is mentioned as one of the characters not
             to match.  This is in contrast to the handling of regexps
             in programs such as `grep'.

So "{[^}]*}" stands for 'a region that starts with `{´ and has no `}´  
until the final `}´ is hit; between both braces any number (starting  
with 0) of any character except `}´ can appear.'

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