comparison man/search.texi @ 40521:549e09fb7907

Clarify how to enter regexps in isearch and in the miniubuffer.

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set of alternatives within backslash-parentheses that matches either
end-of-line, a space at the end of a line, a tab, or two spaces; and a
character set matching whitespace characters, repeated any number of
times.

  To enter the same regexp interactively, you would type @key{TAB} to
enter a tab, and @kbd{C-j} to enter a newline.  (When typed
interactively, @kbd{C-j} should be preceded by a @kbd{C-q}, to prevent
Emacs from running the command bound to a newline.)  You would also type
single backslashes as themselves, instead of doubling them for Lisp
syntax.

@ignore
@c I commented this out because it is missing vital information
@c and therefore useless.  For instance, what do you do to *use* the
@c regular expression when it is finished?  What jobs is this good for?

40521:549e09fb7907

set of alternatives within backslash-parentheses that matches either
end-of-line, a space at the end of a line, a tab, or two spaces; and a
character set matching whitespace characters, repeated any number of
times.

  To enter the same regexp in incremental search, you would type
@key{TAB} to enter a tab, and @kbd{C-j} to enter a newline.  You would
also type single backslashes as themselves, instead of doubling them
for Lisp syntax.  In commands that use ordinary minibuffer input to
read a regexp, you would quote the @kbd{C-j} by preceding it with a
@kbd{C-q} to prevent @kbd{C-j} from exiting the minibuffer.

@ignore
@c I commented this out because it is missing vital information
@c and therefore useless.  For instance, what do you do to *use* the
@c regular expression when it is finished?  What jobs is this good for?