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New multi-line regexp and new regexp syntax. (arg_type): at_icregexp label removed (obsolete). (pattern): New member multi_line for multi-line regexps. (filebuf): A global buffer containing the whole file as a string for multi-line regexp matching. (need_filebuf): Global flag raised if multi-line regexps used. (print_help): Document new regexp modifiers, remove references to obsolete option --ignore-case-regexp. (main): Do not set regexp syntax and translation table here. (main): Treat -c option as a backward compatibility hack. (main, find_entries): Init and free filebuf. (find_entries): Call regex_tag_multiline after the regular parser. (scan_separators): Check for untermintaed regexp and return NULL. (analyse_regex, add_regex): Remove the ignore_case argument, which is now a modifier to the regexp. All callers changed. (add_regex): Manage the regexp modifiers. (regex_tag_multiline): New function. Reads from filebuf. (readline_internal): If necessary, copy the whole file into filebuf. (readline): Skip multi-line regexps, leave them to regex_tag_multiline. (add_regex): Better check for null regexps. (readline): Check for regex matching null string. (find_entries): Reorganisation.

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@settitle GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual
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@center @titlefont {GNU Emacs Lisp}
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@quotation
  Most of the GNU Emacs text editor is written in the programming
language called Emacs Lisp.  You can write new code in Emacs Lisp and
install it as an extension to the editor.  However, Emacs Lisp is more
than a mere ``extension language''; it is a full computer programming
language in its own right.  You can use it as you would any other
programming language.

  Because Emacs Lisp is designed for use in an editor, it has special
features for scanning and parsing text as well as features for handling
files, buffers, displays, subprocesses, and so on.  Emacs Lisp is
closely integrated with the editing facilities; thus, editing commands
are functions that can also conveniently be called from Lisp programs,
and parameters for customization are ordinary Lisp variables.

  This manual describes Emacs Lisp.  Generally speaking, the earlier
chapters describe features of Emacs Lisp that have counterparts in
many programming languages, and later chapters describe features that
are peculiar to Emacs Lisp or relate specifically to editing.
@end quotation

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